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Granted Patent B2
US 12668086 · App. 17/870,252 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Convertible handle

Inventors: Benjamin M. Wernberg (Savage, MN); Benjamin P. Williams (Chaska, MN); Joseph P. Foley (St. Paul, MN)
Assignee: Tricam Industries, LLC
B60D1/54B60D1/145B62B5/0079
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12668086
App. No.
17/870,252
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A convertible handle having a shaft portion and a grip portion. The grip portion is configured to slide along the length the shaft portion to expose a tongue on the shaft portion. In a manual configuration, the grip portion is used for manually pulling a cart. When not in the manual configuration, the shaft may be attached to a vehicle via the tongue for towing by vehicle.

Claims (13)

1 . A convertible handle for pulling or towing a cart, comprising:

a shaft having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis, an outer perimeter, and a tongue proximate the first end, the tongue having an outer perimeter;

a grip having a handle portion and a hub, the hub having a shaft aperture with a shaft aperture inner perimeter;

wherein the grip shaft aperture inner perimeter is sized to accommodate the shaft outer perimeter and the tongue outer perimeter; and

wherein the grip is axially slideable along the shaft longitudinal axis between the shaft first end and shaft second end.

2 . The convertible handle of claim 1 , wherein the grip handle portion is transverse to the shaft longitudinal axis.

3 . The convertible handle of claim 2 wherein the grip handle portion is offset from the shaft longitudinal axis.

4 . The convertible handle of claim 3 , wherein the tongue comprises an attachment pin hole and the grip hub comprises an attachment pin hole.

5 . The convertible handle of claim 4 , wherein the tongue attachment pin hole and the grip hub attachment pin hole are aligned to accept an attachment pin.

6 . The convertible handle of claim 5 , wherein the tongue attachment pin hole and the grip hub attachment pin hole are positioned so as to lock the grip at the first end of the shaft when the attachment pin is inserted into the tongue attachment pin hole and the grip hub attachment pin hole.

7 . The convertible handle of claim 1 wherein the tongue comprises a clevis.

8 . The convertible handle of claim 1 wherein the shaft further comprises a means for attaching the second end to the cart.

9 . The convertible handle of claim 1 wherein the grip handle portion and grip hub form an uninterrupted loop.