Klappgriffeinrichtung

• Main Authors: KUREK, EDWARD A, MORRISON, MARTY
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 22.02.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HAND CARRIED BAGS; HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES; HAND TOOLS; HANDCUFFS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KEYS; LOCKS; LUGGAGE; MANIPULATORS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PURSES; SAFES; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS

A folding handle device is disclosed, mountable to an article to be carried, having a rotatable U-shaped handle with leg members adaptable to pivotally receive a mounting shaft, each leg member having a base having planar surfaces in which the handle be held upright or folded. The device further includes two mounting shafts rotatably mounted to the handle through apertures in a planar mounting surface and are retained in place by a nut. A spring between the nut and the bottom side of the mounting surface bias the mounting shaft away from the bottom side of the planar mounting surface. The handle is adapted to facilitate axial movement of the shafts relative to and perpendicular to the planar mounting surface as the handle is rotated between the upright and folded positions, wherein when the handle is either in the upright position or folded position, the spring is under a compressive load, and during the transition from the upright to folded positions and the transition from folded to upright positions, the spring is under a greater compressive load than that when the handle is in the upright position or folded position.