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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Kazuhide Takimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takigen Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a folding handle assembly in which a handle (6) which is fixedly mounted onto an article (16) for carrying is held in its erected or folded position. A support element (1) has an upper-portion recess (2). Two threaded through-hole (4) extends from a bottom surface (3) of the recess (2) to a rear surface (1a) of the element (1). A bolt (14) has its front-end threaded portion fixedly mounted in the through-hole (4), and receives in its front-end small bore (15) a spring (13) and an engaging piece (12). The handle (6) is provided with concave portions (9a, 9b) in its base-end portion (7), has the portion (7) mounted in the recess (2) of the elements (1), and is pivoted to the element (1) through a pivot (11) passing through both a through-hole (5) of a side surface (1b) of each element (1) and a through-hole (10) of the base-end portion (7) of the handle (6). The engaging piece (12) is urged by the spring (13) so as to have its front-end portion 12a engaged with the concave portions (9a), (9b) of the handle (6).