CA2062336A1 - Portable handle - Google Patents
Portable handleInfo
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- CA2062336A1 CA2062336A1 CA 2062336 CA2062336A CA2062336A1 CA 2062336 A1 CA2062336 A1 CA 2062336A1 CA 2062336 CA2062336 CA 2062336 CA 2062336 A CA2062336 A CA 2062336A CA 2062336 A1 CA2062336 A1 CA 2062336A1
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- handle portion
- latch member
- hook
- handle
- tip
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A handle is disclosed having a hand grip portion as well as a hook-like depending member defining an area on which the handles of a plurality of shopping bags may be supported. A
latch mechanism is provided to retain the handles in place and the latch mechanism may be suitably actuated to allow the handles to be released. The latch mechanism is spring biased in a direction preventing removal of the handles.
A handle is disclosed having a hand grip portion as well as a hook-like depending member defining an area on which the handles of a plurality of shopping bags may be supported. A
latch mechanism is provided to retain the handles in place and the latch mechanism may be suitably actuated to allow the handles to be released. The latch mechanism is spring biased in a direction preventing removal of the handles.
Description
q~ ` j POR'rABLE HANDL~
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable handle. In ~he prior art, portable carrying devices are known, however, ~pplicant is unaware of any such device having all of tha features and aspects of the present invention.
The following prior art is known to Applicant:
Un.;ted States Patent Number 3,861,733 to Vander Mey di.scloses a handle and retainer designed to be used to carry, for example, a semi-conductor wafer, which handle includes gripping portions and a handle portion. ~he present invention lif~e~rs ~rom ~lle teaching8 of Vander Mey as conkemplating a portable handle having a hook-like portion on which the handles of shopping bags may be supported.
Uni-ted States Patent Number 4,772,059 to Parry et al.
discloses a carrying member including a central slot closeable by a pi~otable latch and which when opened allows receipt o~
I:he harldles of a plurality o~ shopping bags. The present inverltion differs from the teachings of Parry et al. as contemplating a device including a handle with a depending hook member with a latch.
United States Patent Numbex 4,841,596 to Fink discloses the concep~ of a handle designed to support a plurality of shopping bag handles including a gripping portion having slots designed to allow support of one or more plastic shopping bag halldles. The present invention diffexs Erom the teachings of Fink as contemplating a gripping portion with a hook-like me]ll~er depending therefrom.
~5? ~3 SVMMARY OF THE INVENTION
~rhe present invention relates to a portable handle. ~he present invention includes the following interrelated objects, aspec-ts and features:
(A) In a first aspect, the present inven~ion includes a handle portion having an opening designed to allow receipt of the fingers of the user to allow the device ~o be gripped. If ~esired, adjacent recesses are provided to receive individual fingers.
(B) Depending from the handle portion is a hook-like nlember which extends downwardly and laterally to a termination poin~ forward of the handle portion.
(C) ~ latch mechanism is pivotably attached to the handle portion and depends downwardly engaging a top surface of the lloolc-.l.i.Jce member. ~ coil spring mounted betweell a pivot pin o~
the latch member and the body of the handle portion biases the latcll device in a position in engagement with the said -top ~urface of the hook~like member.
(D) ~he latch member may be pivoted against the force of the coil spring to create an opening between the termination of ~:he la~ch lnember and the top surface of the hook-like member to a:l.low the handles of one or more shopping bags to be moved past ~lle latch member, whereupon release of the latch member allows the coil spring to pivot the la~ch.member to a position wherein ~5 l:llc-~ halldles are retained on the hook-like member.
~s such, it is a first object of the present invention to provide a portable handle. ~ ' I~ is a further object of the present invention to provide sucll a clevice including a handle por~ion and a depending hook-like member. ;
It .is a yet further. ob ~ the present invention to prC)V.i(le BUCh a device inaluding a latch member allowing retention o~ the handles of one or more shopping bags on the llook-like lnember.
These and other object~, aspects and featur~s of tha present invention will be better understood from the ~ollowing detailed description o~ the preferred embodiment when read in conjunction with the appended drawing figures.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 shows a side view of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a front view of the present invention.
Figure 3 shows a view of a por-~ion of the other side of tlle present invention.
Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view along the line IV-IV
oE Figure 2.
Fi.gure 5 shows a cxo~-8ec~ional view along the line V-V
of Fiyure 2.
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SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Wit}l reference to the figures, the present invention is . generally designated by the reference numsral 10 and is seen to i.nc:lude a handle uortion 11 and a depending hook-like member 23. Tlle llandle por-~ion 11 includes a top portion 13 and a bottom portion 15 defining therebetween an opening 17 sized and collfi.gure~ to allow the fingers of the user to extend therctllrougll to allow gripping of. the handle portion 11. As showrl par~icularly in Figure 1, a plurality of recesses 19 are Eormed in the opening 17 for individual finger gripping.
~s particularly seen in Figure 1, the hook-like member 23 .i.s connected to the handle portion 11 via a connecting portion 21. The hook-like member 23 extends downwardly from the handle pOI. ~iOIl 11 and then curves upwardly to a termination point 25-Wi.~h roference ~o Figure~ 1~5, a latch member 30 is ~een ~ be pivo Lably mounted on eho h dle portion 11 and includee a Z~ 36 ~hulllb receiving portion 31 at one end thereof, a central por~ion 34 moving in a channel 14 in the handle portion 11 and a tip 33 at another end -thereof which may engage a recess 22 in the top surface 24 of the hook-liko member 23. As particularly ¦ seen witll reference to Figures 2-5, the latch member 30 is ¦ mounted on the handle portion ll by virtue of an elonga~ed bolt ¦ 35 having a head 37, a central portion 39 extending thxough the ¦ s~uare opening 32 of the latch 30 and being of square cross-¦ sec~ion (Figure 4), and an end extending through the handle ¦ portion 11 as best seen with reerence to Figures 2 and 3.
()Iller ~llan at the por~ion 39 of square cross-section, the bolt 35 has a circular cross~section as seen, for example, in Figure 5, to allow the bolt 35 to freely rotate within an opening 16 formed in the handle portion 11 (Figure 5). ~s seen in Figure ~, ~he ].atch member 30 has the opening 32 o~ square cro~s~
sec-tion complimentary -to the portion 39 of the bolt 35 so that when the latch 30 is pivoted, the bolt 35 rotates therewith.
On the end o~ the bolt 35 remote ~rom the head 37 thereof, a nut 41 is attached and permanently fixed in position thereon by sui-table means such as, for example, tha weld bead 43 (li'ic3ure 3). ~ coil spring 45 is interconnected between the nut ~l and ~lle handle portion 11 a~ shown in Figures 2 and 3. In particular, the coil spring 45 has an end 47 received within a recess 42 in the nut 41, and another end 49 received within a recess 51 in the handle por~ion ll. In this way, with reference back to Figure 1, when ~he latch member 30 is rotated in a clockwise direction in the view of Figure 1, such movement is against the force of the coil spring 45 which provides a restoring force whereby the latch member 30 tends to move in a counterclockwi~e direction in the view of Figure 1 wi.~:h the tip 33 thereof in engagement with the recess 22 in the ~op surface 24 of the hook-like member 23 to close a "chambsr"
. 2G ~ormed by the bottom portion 15 of tha handle portion 11, ;~ ;r~ ~ ~ ~
~he top surface 24 o the hook-like member 23 and the body o~
t}le latch member 30.
Now, with the above description in mind, the preferrad mode oE operation of the present invention will now be S described.
When it is desired to support one or more handles 3, 5 of one or more shopping bags 1 on the inventive device lO, the I harldles 3, 5 are slipped over the tip 25 of the hook-like ¦ member 23 and are slid downwardly tcward the latch 30 tip 33.
rrhe latch 30 is rotated in the clockwi~e direction in the view oL l;.igure 1 to allow the handles 3, 5 to be slid into khe "chamber" 26 as shown in Figure 1. Release of the latch member 30 causes the latch member 30 to rotate in the counterclockwise direction in the view of Figure 1 to the posi~i.oll sllown in Figure 1 with the tip 33 thereof engaging the recess 22 in the top surface 24 of the hook-like member 23. In this position, the bag 1 is retained in position on the hook-like membe.r 23 and the handle portion 11 may be gripped by engaging the fingers of the user on the recesses 19 in the openirlg 17 of the handle portion 11 so that the bag 1 or a plura.l.i~y of bags such as the bag 1 may be suitably carried in one halld.
When it is desired to release the bags 1 from the device 10, -the latch member 30 is pivoted in the clockwise direction (1~i~ure J.) and the handles 3, 5 are sui.tably slid toward and over ~he tip 25 thereby releasing them from the hook-like nlember 23. The latch member 30 i8 released allowing it to be res-tored to the position shown in Figure 1.
In the preferred embodiment o~ ~he present invention, the various components thereof may suitably be made of any suitable plastic material except for the bolt 35, nut 41 and coil spring ~5 WlliCil may be made of suitable metallic materials for stren~tll and rigidity.
. 5 As such, an invention has been disclosed in termæ of a preferred embodiment thereo~ which fulfills each and every one of -the objects of the present invention as set forth hereinabove and provides a new and useful portable handle of great novelty and utility.
of course, various changes, modifications and alterations in the teachings of -the present invention may be contemplated by those skilled in the art without departing from the intended spiri-t and scope thereof. As such, it is intended that the present invention only be limited by the terms of the appended . ~
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable handle. In ~he prior art, portable carrying devices are known, however, ~pplicant is unaware of any such device having all of tha features and aspects of the present invention.
The following prior art is known to Applicant:
Un.;ted States Patent Number 3,861,733 to Vander Mey di.scloses a handle and retainer designed to be used to carry, for example, a semi-conductor wafer, which handle includes gripping portions and a handle portion. ~he present invention lif~e~rs ~rom ~lle teaching8 of Vander Mey as conkemplating a portable handle having a hook-like portion on which the handles of shopping bags may be supported.
Uni-ted States Patent Number 4,772,059 to Parry et al.
discloses a carrying member including a central slot closeable by a pi~otable latch and which when opened allows receipt o~
I:he harldles of a plurality o~ shopping bags. The present inverltion differs from the teachings of Parry et al. as contemplating a device including a handle with a depending hook member with a latch.
United States Patent Numbex 4,841,596 to Fink discloses the concep~ of a handle designed to support a plurality of shopping bag handles including a gripping portion having slots designed to allow support of one or more plastic shopping bag halldles. The present invention diffexs Erom the teachings of Fink as contemplating a gripping portion with a hook-like me]ll~er depending therefrom.
~5? ~3 SVMMARY OF THE INVENTION
~rhe present invention relates to a portable handle. ~he present invention includes the following interrelated objects, aspec-ts and features:
(A) In a first aspect, the present inven~ion includes a handle portion having an opening designed to allow receipt of the fingers of the user to allow the device ~o be gripped. If ~esired, adjacent recesses are provided to receive individual fingers.
(B) Depending from the handle portion is a hook-like nlember which extends downwardly and laterally to a termination poin~ forward of the handle portion.
(C) ~ latch mechanism is pivotably attached to the handle portion and depends downwardly engaging a top surface of the lloolc-.l.i.Jce member. ~ coil spring mounted betweell a pivot pin o~
the latch member and the body of the handle portion biases the latcll device in a position in engagement with the said -top ~urface of the hook~like member.
(D) ~he latch member may be pivoted against the force of the coil spring to create an opening between the termination of ~:he la~ch lnember and the top surface of the hook-like member to a:l.low the handles of one or more shopping bags to be moved past ~lle latch member, whereupon release of the latch member allows the coil spring to pivot the la~ch.member to a position wherein ~5 l:llc-~ halldles are retained on the hook-like member.
~s such, it is a first object of the present invention to provide a portable handle. ~ ' I~ is a further object of the present invention to provide sucll a clevice including a handle por~ion and a depending hook-like member. ;
It .is a yet further. ob ~ the present invention to prC)V.i(le BUCh a device inaluding a latch member allowing retention o~ the handles of one or more shopping bags on the llook-like lnember.
These and other object~, aspects and featur~s of tha present invention will be better understood from the ~ollowing detailed description o~ the preferred embodiment when read in conjunction with the appended drawing figures.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 shows a side view of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a front view of the present invention.
Figure 3 shows a view of a por-~ion of the other side of tlle present invention.
Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view along the line IV-IV
oE Figure 2.
Fi.gure 5 shows a cxo~-8ec~ional view along the line V-V
of Fiyure 2.
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SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Wit}l reference to the figures, the present invention is . generally designated by the reference numsral 10 and is seen to i.nc:lude a handle uortion 11 and a depending hook-like member 23. Tlle llandle por-~ion 11 includes a top portion 13 and a bottom portion 15 defining therebetween an opening 17 sized and collfi.gure~ to allow the fingers of the user to extend therctllrougll to allow gripping of. the handle portion 11. As showrl par~icularly in Figure 1, a plurality of recesses 19 are Eormed in the opening 17 for individual finger gripping.
~s particularly seen in Figure 1, the hook-like member 23 .i.s connected to the handle portion 11 via a connecting portion 21. The hook-like member 23 extends downwardly from the handle pOI. ~iOIl 11 and then curves upwardly to a termination point 25-Wi.~h roference ~o Figure~ 1~5, a latch member 30 is ~een ~ be pivo Lably mounted on eho h dle portion 11 and includee a Z~ 36 ~hulllb receiving portion 31 at one end thereof, a central por~ion 34 moving in a channel 14 in the handle portion 11 and a tip 33 at another end -thereof which may engage a recess 22 in the top surface 24 of the hook-liko member 23. As particularly ¦ seen witll reference to Figures 2-5, the latch member 30 is ¦ mounted on the handle portion ll by virtue of an elonga~ed bolt ¦ 35 having a head 37, a central portion 39 extending thxough the ¦ s~uare opening 32 of the latch 30 and being of square cross-¦ sec~ion (Figure 4), and an end extending through the handle ¦ portion 11 as best seen with reerence to Figures 2 and 3.
()Iller ~llan at the por~ion 39 of square cross-section, the bolt 35 has a circular cross~section as seen, for example, in Figure 5, to allow the bolt 35 to freely rotate within an opening 16 formed in the handle portion 11 (Figure 5). ~s seen in Figure ~, ~he ].atch member 30 has the opening 32 o~ square cro~s~
sec-tion complimentary -to the portion 39 of the bolt 35 so that when the latch 30 is pivoted, the bolt 35 rotates therewith.
On the end o~ the bolt 35 remote ~rom the head 37 thereof, a nut 41 is attached and permanently fixed in position thereon by sui-table means such as, for example, tha weld bead 43 (li'ic3ure 3). ~ coil spring 45 is interconnected between the nut ~l and ~lle handle portion 11 a~ shown in Figures 2 and 3. In particular, the coil spring 45 has an end 47 received within a recess 42 in the nut 41, and another end 49 received within a recess 51 in the handle por~ion ll. In this way, with reference back to Figure 1, when ~he latch member 30 is rotated in a clockwise direction in the view of Figure 1, such movement is against the force of the coil spring 45 which provides a restoring force whereby the latch member 30 tends to move in a counterclockwi~e direction in the view of Figure 1 wi.~:h the tip 33 thereof in engagement with the recess 22 in the ~op surface 24 of the hook-like member 23 to close a "chambsr"
. 2G ~ormed by the bottom portion 15 of tha handle portion 11, ;~ ;r~ ~ ~ ~
~he top surface 24 o the hook-like member 23 and the body o~
t}le latch member 30.
Now, with the above description in mind, the preferrad mode oE operation of the present invention will now be S described.
When it is desired to support one or more handles 3, 5 of one or more shopping bags 1 on the inventive device lO, the I harldles 3, 5 are slipped over the tip 25 of the hook-like ¦ member 23 and are slid downwardly tcward the latch 30 tip 33.
rrhe latch 30 is rotated in the clockwi~e direction in the view oL l;.igure 1 to allow the handles 3, 5 to be slid into khe "chamber" 26 as shown in Figure 1. Release of the latch member 30 causes the latch member 30 to rotate in the counterclockwise direction in the view of Figure 1 to the posi~i.oll sllown in Figure 1 with the tip 33 thereof engaging the recess 22 in the top surface 24 of the hook-like member 23. In this position, the bag 1 is retained in position on the hook-like membe.r 23 and the handle portion 11 may be gripped by engaging the fingers of the user on the recesses 19 in the openirlg 17 of the handle portion 11 so that the bag 1 or a plura.l.i~y of bags such as the bag 1 may be suitably carried in one halld.
When it is desired to release the bags 1 from the device 10, -the latch member 30 is pivoted in the clockwise direction (1~i~ure J.) and the handles 3, 5 are sui.tably slid toward and over ~he tip 25 thereby releasing them from the hook-like nlember 23. The latch member 30 i8 released allowing it to be res-tored to the position shown in Figure 1.
In the preferred embodiment o~ ~he present invention, the various components thereof may suitably be made of any suitable plastic material except for the bolt 35, nut 41 and coil spring ~5 WlliCil may be made of suitable metallic materials for stren~tll and rigidity.
. 5 As such, an invention has been disclosed in termæ of a preferred embodiment thereo~ which fulfills each and every one of -the objects of the present invention as set forth hereinabove and provides a new and useful portable handle of great novelty and utility.
of course, various changes, modifications and alterations in the teachings of -the present invention may be contemplated by those skilled in the art without departing from the intended spiri-t and scope thereof. As such, it is intended that the present invention only be limited by the terms of the appended . ~
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Claims (9)
1. A portable handle, comprising:
a) a handle portion having an opening sized to receive a hand of a user;
b) a hook-like member depending from said handle portion and having a tip spaced from said handle portion, said hook-like member having a top surface facing said handle portion;
c) a latch member attached to said handle portion and including a tip, said tip being movable from a first position in engagement with said top surface to a second position spaced therefrom.
a) a handle portion having an opening sized to receive a hand of a user;
b) a hook-like member depending from said handle portion and having a tip spaced from said handle portion, said hook-like member having a top surface facing said handle portion;
c) a latch member attached to said handle portion and including a tip, said tip being movable from a first position in engagement with said top surface to a second position spaced therefrom.
2. The invention of Claim 1, wherein said latch member is pivotably supported on said handle portion.
3. The invention of Claim 2, wherein said latch member is biased in a direction of pivoting from said second position toward said first position.
4. The invention of Claim 3, wherein said latch member is supported on said handle portion by an elongated bolt fixedly attached to said latch member and extending through a passage in said handle portion, said latch member being biased by biasing means attached between said bolt and said handle portion.
5. The invention of Claim 4, wherein said biasing means comprises a spring.
6. The invention of Claim 4, wherein said biasing means comprises a coil spring including a coil portion wrapped about an end of said bolt remote from said latch member.
7. The invention of Claim 1, wherein said handle portion and hook-like member comprise a single integral body.
8. The invention of Claim 7, wherein said body is made of plastic.
9. The invention of Claim 1, wherein said latch member has a finger receiving depression at an end thereof remote from said tip.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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| US83154992A | 1992-02-05 | 1992-02-05 | |
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Cited By (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2339383A (en) * | 1998-07-10 | 2000-01-26 | Alison Jane Blagg | Bag carrying handle |
| EA017488B1 (en) * | 2011-10-14 | 2012-12-28 | Михаил Михайлович ШАРОЙКО | Fixation device |
| WO2017120779A1 (en) * | 2016-01-13 | 2017-07-20 | 邢皓宇 | Grocery carrier |
| CN107744243A (en) * | 2017-11-04 | 2018-03-02 | 辽宁石油化工大学 | A kind of shopping bag hand carries device |
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Cited By (9)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2339383A (en) * | 1998-07-10 | 2000-01-26 | Alison Jane Blagg | Bag carrying handle |
| GB2339383B (en) * | 1998-07-10 | 2000-11-15 | Alison Jane Blagg | Carrying handle |
| EA017488B1 (en) * | 2011-10-14 | 2012-12-28 | Михаил Михайлович ШАРОЙКО | Fixation device |
| WO2013055194A2 (en) * | 2011-10-14 | 2013-04-18 | Sharoiko Mikhail Mikhailovich | Fastening device (variants) |
| WO2013055194A3 (en) * | 2011-10-14 | 2013-06-06 | Sharoiko Mikhail Mikhailovich | Fastening device (variants) |
| EA021111B1 (en) * | 2011-10-14 | 2015-04-30 | Михаил Михайлович ШАРОЙКО | Fixing device |
| WO2017120779A1 (en) * | 2016-01-13 | 2017-07-20 | 邢皓宇 | Grocery carrier |
| US10285491B2 (en) | 2016-01-13 | 2019-05-14 | HAOYU Xing | Bag carrier for hand |
| CN107744243A (en) * | 2017-11-04 | 2018-03-02 | 辽宁石油化工大学 | A kind of shopping bag hand carries device |
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