Claims
- 1. An assembly for securing a molded plastic handle including an elongated gripping portion and a side post extending downwardly from each end thereof to a wall of a piece of luggage, said assembly comprising:
- a. a rigid bar extending between the ends of the side posts that are remote from the gripping portion of the handle, said bar being spaced from and substantially parallel to the handle gripping portion, said bar including two axially spaced apart undercuts encircling said bar and two axially spaced apart transverse interfaces intermediate the said posts and outwardly spaced from said undercuts along said posts;
- b. an elongated metallic strap mounted on said bar, said strap having two integral, deformable tabs spaced inwardly from the ends thereof for engaging said undercuts on said bar and two internally directed ribs spaced inwardly from the ends of said strap and positioned so as to engage said transverse interfaces on said bar to thereby limit axial movement of said strap relative to said bar, said strap including a pair of longitudinally extending, spacedly parallel side edges having a length dimension greater than the axial spacing between said interfaces for concealing said undercuts and said transverse interfaces; and
- c. a plurality of deformable finger means integral with and spaced along each said side edge of said strap for securing said strap to the luggage wall, said finger means being alternately positioned on said side edges of said strap, said finger means having pointed ends that are adapted to pierce the luggage wall and to be bent towards each other and against the inside surface thereof, said finger means being sufficiently long so that they overlap each other and extend past the longitudinal axis of said bar after they are bent.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 465,601 filed Apr. 30, 1974 now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 233,900 filed Mar. 13, 1972, now abandoned.
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Continuations (2)
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465601 |
Apr 1974 |
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233900 |
Mar 1972 |
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