Luggage cart

Claim 1

An improved luggage cart of the type foldable from a compact storage condition into an open condition for transporting luggage at an airport or the like, said cart comprising a body having a back, a transversely oriented support member connected across said back, a spaced-apart pair of cylindrical members connected in vertical relation to said support member, a handle slidably disposed on said back for sliding movement in said cylindrical members between a compact storage position adjacent thereto and a position extending therefrom for facilitating the pushing and pulling of said cart, said handle being formed with two depending legs movable in said cylindrical members and having detent means thereon adapted to project through openings of a specified diameter in said cylindrical members for releasably holding said handle in said extending position on said cart back, and a cylindrical detent-release bar pivotally mounted on said cylindrical members having a diameter in cross section which is sized in relation to said diameter of each said opening of said detent means so that the pivotal traverse of said detent-release bar results in the projection thereof into said openings and establishes contact with said detent means such that the continuation of said pivotal traverse of said bar causes the complete withdrawal of said detent means from said openings and the release of said handle incident to allowing the sliding movement thereof from said extended position into said compact storage condition adjacent said cart back.