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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1996
Lien-Ching Lu, Miao-Li Hsien, TW;
Other;
Abstract
A locating structure for luggage pull rod including a handle, a transmission assembly, a linking lever, an inner tube, a hollow inner engaging tube secured at the bottom end and an outer tube. A lateral side of the inner engaging tube is formed with a through hole. The upper and lower edges of the through hole are respectively disposed with two restricting blocks. The other lateral side is open and engaged with an engaging cover. A slide seat is fitted in the inner engaging tube and formed with an inner cavity. The slide seat is up and down movably fitted with the restricting blocks. Two inclined channels are formed near the belly of the cavity, so that the guide posts of the locating block are inserted in the inclined channels of the slide seat, The locating block has a locating button at the front end. The locating button is passed and engaged in the through hole of the inner engaging tube. A rear end of the locating block is disposed with a fitting block fitted and restricted in the cavity of the slide seat. A spring is fitted in the interior of the slide seat and the inner engaging tube. When the transmission assembly is forced downward, the transmission plate is depressed and the linking lever is also depressed to move the slide seat downward. The inclined channels cooperate with the guide posts to retract and disengage the locating block from the locating hole of the outer tube, so that the pull rod can be pulled upward or pushed downward.