Wheeled container handle assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-RE50761-E
Application number	US-201618223953-A
Country	US
Kind code	E1
Filing date	Dec 8, 2016
Priority date	Dec 10, 2015
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

Provided are wheeled containers having a handle assembly that is configured for providing support to an assembly of containers when in rest position and for permitting locomoting of the assembly upon demand.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A mobile container assembly comprising a container assembly with a wheeled base container configured with at least a rear rolling wheel assembly, and a handle assembly attached to the wheeled base container;
the handle assembly being configured with a telescopic handle that is manipulable between a retracted handle position and extended handle position, and the telescopic handle comprising a pair of parallel rods, connected to one another at an upper portion thereof by a handle gripping member, each integrated with a tilt support that is at its lower portion, the tilt support being manipulable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein when the tilt support is at the extended position, a ground support thereof extends behind and below an axis of the rear rolling wheel assembly, the telescopic handle being integrated with the tilt support and comprising at least one rod being configured with a handle gripping member at an upper portion thereof and with the tilt support at a lower portion of said rod, the telescopic handle being secured to the container assembly via a H-shaped handle support member, such that said rod extends the rods extend and retracts retract coaxially within said the H-shaped handle support member, the H-shaped handle support member being configured with a manipulation member that comprises a locking mechanism configured to secure and lock the rods of the telescopic handle at an extended handle position or at a retracted handle position, and each of the rods comprises a first arresting slot at the upper portion of the rod and a second arresting slot located adjacent to the tilt support at a lower portion of the rod, and the locking mechanism comprises a pair of bolts, the bolts are commonly actuatable by a release lever in which each bolt of the pair of bolts is associated with a respective first arresting slot when the telescopic handle is in the retracted handle position and each bolt of the pair of bolts is associated with a respective second arresting slot when the telescopic handle in the extended handle position.

2 . The mobile container assembly of claim 1 , wherein when the tilt support is at the extended position, the ground support extends substantially horizontally and is aligned with a bottom surface of the rear rolling wheel assembly.

3 . The mobile container assembly of claim 1 , having an operative rest, upright position and a mobile position in which it is locomoted by the rolling wheel assembly.

4 . The mobile container assembly of claim 3 , wherein when at the upright position, the base container and the handle assembly articulated thereto are disposed at a substantially vertical position; and when at the mobile position, the wheeled base container is configured for pulling by the handle assembly at a tilted position, rolling over the rear rolling wheel assembly.

5 . The mobile container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the rear rolling wheel assembly comprises an axel associating the wheels, the axel being located at or adjacent a bottom portion of a back wall of the base container.

6 . The mobile container assembly of claim 5 , wherein the handle assembly is articulated to a said back wall.

7 . The mobile container assembly of claim 5 , wherein when the container is at the rest position, the wheels of the rear rolling wheel assembly are disengaged from the ground and the ground support of the tilt support, when at the extended position, is disposed coplanar with the bottom surface of the container.

8 . The mobile container assembly of claim 7 , wherein at the rest, upright position of the container., the tilt support is activatable for extending the ground support to its extended position for preventing tilt-over of the wheeled container.

9 . The mobile container assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an additional rolling wheel assembly.

10 . The mobile container assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a cantilever container, having an open position in which a top portion of the cantilever container extends behind a rear axle of the wheeled base container; when at the open position of the cantilever container, the handle assembly being manipulated into its retracted handle position and the tilt support is manipulated into its extended position.

11 . A handle assembly for a container assembly with a wheeled base container configured with at least a rear rolling wheel assembly; saidthe handle assembly configured for attaching to the wheeled base container,
wherein the handle assembly is configured with a telescopic handle that is manipulable between a retracted handle position and an extended handle position, and a lilt tilt support that is manipulable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein when the lilt tilt support is at the extended position, a ground support thereof extends behind and below an axis of the rear roiling rolling wheel assembly, the telescopic handle being integrated with the tilt support and comprising at least one rod being configured with a handle gripping member at an upper portion thereof and with the tilt support at a lower portion of said the at least one rod, the telescopic handle being configured to be secured to the container assembly Via a handle support member, such that said the at least one rod extends and retracts coaxially within said handle support member, the handle support member being configured with a manipulation member, the manipulation member being configured with a locking mechanism to secure and lock the at least one rod of the telescopic handle at the extended handle position and at the retracted handle position; and wherein the lower portion of the at least one rod comprises an arresting slot located directly adjacent to the tilt support, and wherein the locking mechanism is configured to engage the arresting slot when the tilt support is in the retracted position.

12 . The handle assembly of claim 11 , beingwherein the handle assembly is fixed to the wheeled base container or detachably attached thereto.

13 . The handle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the telescopic handle being secured to the container assembly via a handle support member, said rod extends and retracts coaxially within said handle support member.

14 . The handle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the handle support member being configured with a manipulation member; the manipulation member being optionally configured with a locking mechanism to secure and lock the rod of the telescopic handle at an extended handle position or at a retracted handle position.

15 . The handlemobile container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the H-shaped handle support member comprises a support frame, the support frame being hollowed to allow coaxial displacement of a telescopic rodthe rods therewithin.

16 . The mobile container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the telescopic handle comprises a locking mechanism is configured for securing the telescopic handle at a retracted handle position and the tilt support at an extended position and/or securing the telescopic handle at an extended handle position and the tilt support at a retracted position.

17 . The handle assembly of claim 11 , wherein the telescopic handle comprises a locking mechanism is configured for securing the telescopic handle at a retracted handle position and the tilt support at an extended position and/or securing the telescopic handle at an extended handle position and the tilt support at a retracted position.

18 . The handle assembly of claim 11 , wherein the telescopic handle

Assignees

• Keter Plastic Ltd

Inventors

• Brunner Yaron

Classifications

• B62B5/067

  Stowable or retractable handle bars · CPC title

• B62B1/16

  involving tiltably-mounted containers · CPC title

• B62B1/008 Primary

  having a prop or stand for maintaining position · CPC title

• B62B5/049 Primary

  locking against movement by contacting the floor or a wall · CPC title