FOLDING HANDLE DEVICE

• Main Authors: MORRISON, MARTY, KUREK, EDWARD, A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 01.05.2002
• 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 (10) is disclosed, mountable to an article to be carried, having a rotatable U-shaped handle (20) with leg members adaptable to pivotally receive a mounting shaft (30), each leg member having a base having planar surfaces (23, 25) such that the handle can be held upright or folded. The device further includes two mounting shafts rotatably mounted to the handle through apertures in a planar mounting surface (70) and are retained in place by a nut (50). A spring (40) between the nut and the bottom side of the mounting surface bias the mounting shaft away from 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 or folded position, the spring is under a compressive load, and during the transition from folded to upright positions, the spring is under a greater compressive load than that when the handle is in the upright or folded position. El dispositivo de asa es incorporable en un artículo a transportar, poseyendo un asa en forma de U de tipo rotativo con brazos adaptables para recibir de forma pivotante un vástago de montaje, poseyendo cada uno de los elementos de brazos una base con superficies planas en las que se mantiene el asa en posición vertical o rebatida. El dispositivo comprende además dos vástagos de montaje montados de forma rotativa en el asa a través de aberturas de la superficie de montaje plana y que quedan retenidas en su lugar por una tuerca. Un resorte entre la tuerca y la base inferior de la superficie de montaje obliga al vástago de montaje en separación con respecto a la cara inferior de la superficie de montaje plana.