JPS6216903Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an improvement of a travel bag.

So-called Samsonite suitcases and trunks are commonly used as a means of carrying clothing, personal items, and valuables necessary for daily life when traveling abroad, and as the length of travel is becoming longer, they have gradually become larger. Efforts have been made to make it convenient to carry, such as attaching casters.

However, when this type of bag is filled with luggage and actually carried by gripping the handle, the side of the bag body and the body cannot maintain a parallel relationship, and the tip side tends to face inward in the direction of travel. The above-mentioned tendency becomes especially strong when the bag is carried with the bag intermittently supported in the air, such as when going up and down stairs.

As a result, it is easy for knees and toes to collide with the bag body while being transported.In particular, this type of bag is heavy and often has a hard outside, so repeated collisions can cause injury to body parts, or the bag body may have to be removed one by one. The problem was that it was extremely tiring and extremely difficult to use as it had to be carried while flipping and dodging.

This invention was devised for this reason.The reason why it is difficult for the main body of the bag to maintain a parallel relationship with the body is that the wrist that grips the handle is slightly towards the body and tends to turn inward, which makes it easy to apply force even in this state. On the other hand, the main body of the bag and the handle are either aligned with their widthwise center lines or are attached in a parallel relationship, and as a result, a force that unconsciously pulls the handle diagonally when carrying the bag causes the bag body to turn inward. It turns out that it is.

Therefore, the present invention makes it possible to adjust the angle of the handle in the direction that intersects the center line of the bag body.In particular, by making it possible to change the angle symmetrically across the center line of the bag body, it is possible to adjust the angle of the handle in a direction that intersects with the center line of the bag body. No matter what happens, the main body of the bag is always parallel to the walking direction so that it can be transported smoothly.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 show an outline of a travel bag according to the present invention, in which 1 is a bag body made of appropriate material and size, and a caster 2 is disposed at the bottom.
A lock part 3 is provided on the upper side. 4 is a handle, which has legs 41, 41' and a grip part 4 that connects them.
2, and is pivotally attached to the bag body 1 so as to be able to rise and fall. Although such a structure is similar to that of a conventional travel bag, the present invention provides an angle changing mechanism 5 between the handle 4 and the bag body 1, and the angle changing mechanism 5 allows the handle 4 to be changed as shown in FIG. The angle can be changed in a direction intersecting the center line CL of the bag body 1, and preferably, it can be displaced point-symmetrically at angles α and α′ to the left and right with the center line CL of the bag body as a boundary. This is a configuration that can be used.

3 to 5 show an example of the handle angle changing mechanism 5, in which a connecting portion 43 is pivotally attached to the lower ends of the legs 41, 41', and a longitudinally intermediate portion of the connecting portion 43 is attached to the lower end of the legs 41, 41'. A mounting hole 7 is formed, and a shaft member 8 with a sliding portion 81 positioned inside the bag body is inserted into this mounting hole 7, and a stator 9 such as a nut is attached.
The handle 4 and the bag body 1 are connected by this, so that the handle 4 can be displaced around the shaft member 8 from a state that coincides with or parallel to the center line of the bag body 1 in a direction intersecting the same center line.

Figures 6 to 8 show the handle angle changing mechanism 5.
This shows another embodiment of the handle 4, in which the legs 4 of the handle 4
Pivot pins 10, 10 are passed through the lower ends of 1, 41', and these pivot pins 10, 10 are supported by bearing fittings 11, 11 whose cross section is approximately L-shaped, so that the bag body can be freely raised and lowered. 1 has an arcuate groove 1 into which the bearing fittings 11, 11 are inserted;
2 and 12, and furthermore, horizontal leg parts 111, 111 of bearing fittings 11, 11 are formed on the back side of the bag body 1.
The abutting members 13, 13 are fixed with guide grooves 131, 131 for receiving the guide grooves 13, 131.
1 and 131 are formed substantially concentrically with the arcuate grooves 12 and 12, and bearings 14 are disposed at predetermined intervals for angle adjustment. In this case, leg 4
The angle of the handle 4 can be changed to the left or right using one of the handles 1 and 41' as a fulcrum.

Furthermore, FIGS. 9 to 11 show another embodiment of the present invention, in which one leg 41 of the handle 4
The shaft member 8' with a sliding part 81' is fixed to the other leg 41', and the shaft member 8' is fixed to the other leg part 41'. An arcuate groove 12' is formed to allow the movement of the blade. In this embodiment, the handle 4 is movable left and right around one leg 41.

In each of the above embodiments, reference numeral 6 denotes a locking mechanism 6 for fixing the handle 4 at an arbitrary angle, and the structure of this locking mechanism 6 is arbitrary, but in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the shaft member 8 A flange piece 17 is provided on a part of the flange piece 17, and a plurality of locking parts 18 are formed at predetermined intervals on this flange piece 17. The handle 4 is provided with a lever 20 having a protrusion 201 that engages with the locking portion 18 at one end and an operating piece 21 at the other end.
A spring 31 for pressing the protrusion 20 against the locking portion 18 is attached near one end of the spring 31 . Under normal conditions, the flange piece 17 is kept immovable due to the relationship between the protrusion 201 and the locking part 18, thereby fixing the handle 4 in a fixed position.
01 is separated from the locking portion 18, and the angle of the handle 4 can be changed freely.

In addition, in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, as shown on one side, a lever 20' is disposed near the leg piece 41, and the bag body corresponds to the axial direction of the lever 20'. 1 and bearing piece 1
A locking hole 22 is provided in the horizontal leg portion 111 of the lever 1, and by pressing the rear end of the lever lever 20', the locking portion 18' at the tip of the lever is separated from the locking hole 22, and the handle 4 is set in a free state. I decided to put it there.

Furthermore, in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, an operating button 23 is provided at a suitable location on the handle 4, and a push rod 24 whose lower part penetrates the shaft member 8' and reaches the sliding portion 81' is provided on the operating button 23. , protrusions 201' are formed at the lower part of the push rod 24, and locking parts 18' that can engage the protrusions 201' are formed at predetermined intervals on the bag body side, and the push rod 24 is pulled up by the spring 25 in the normal state. Engaging the protrusion 201' with the locking part 18',
When necessary, the push rod 24 is moved by pressing the operation button 23 to release the previous engagement.

In addition, when the bag body 1 has a structure that can be opened from side to side by a hinge on the lower surface, the projecting piece 26 is connected to the bag body 1a on the side where the handle is attached, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13. It is sufficient to form an arcuate groove 12' in this projecting piece 26, while forming an arcuate groove 12'' corresponding to the arcuate groove 12' in the edge of the other bag body 1b.
The same applies to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 8 through 8.

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, the handle 4 can be fixed by the locking mechanism 6 so as to be aligned with or parallel to the center line in the width direction of the bag body 1. 1, the handle 4 is freed by operating the lock mechanism 6, and in this state, by grasping and twisting the handle 4, it can be displaced to an angle that intersects the center line in the width direction of the bag body 1. This state can be fixed by operating the lock mechanism 6 at any position.

Therefore, when carrying the bag body 1 in the direction A as shown in Fig. 2, the handle 4 can be set so as to be tilted inward by α with respect to the center line CL of the bag body 1, and this allows it to match the structure of the wrist. This makes it easier to control the direction of movement of the bag body 1, and as shown in the figure, the movement direction of the bag body 1 can be easily controlled.
This allows for smooth transportation while maintaining a good parallel relationship between the two. The angle of the handle 4 can be changed so that it intersects the center line CL of the bag body 1 from side to side, so it can be used when grasping the handle with the right and left hands or when moving the bag body 1 forward and backward. You can also respond freely.

According to the present invention described above, the bag body 1 is provided with a handle 4 that can change its angle in the direction intersecting the center line of the bag body 1 and can be fixed at any angle by means of a locking mechanism 6. This provides an excellent effect of being able to carry a certain bag in a manner that maintains a parallel relationship with the body.

It should be noted that the present invention is suitable for so-called Samsonite-type suitcases and trunks, and can of course also be applied to attachment cases, ski bags, and the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a travel bag according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the same state of use, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view showing an example of the handle angle changing mechanism, and FIG. The figure is also a partially cutaway side view, Figure 5 is a partially cutaway front view, and Figure 6 is a partially cutaway side view.
8 to 8 show another embodiment of the handle angle changing mechanism according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a half-sectional plan view thereof, FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view, and FIG. 7 is a front view thereof. 9 to 11 show other embodiments of the handle angle changing mechanism, FIG. 9 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 10 is a partially cutaway side view thereof, and FIG. 11 is a partially cutaway side view thereof. Similarly, FIG. 12 is a plan view showing an example of the guide mechanism when the handle angle changing mechanism straddles the left and right bag parts, and FIG. 13 is a sectional view thereof. 1...Bag body, 4...Handle, 5...Angle change mechanism, 6...Lock mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A travel bag characterized in that a handle is provided on the main body of the bag, the angle of which can be changed in a direction intersecting the center line of the bag, and which can be fixed at any angle using a locking mechanism.