Handle having a retractable strap

Claim 1

EXTENDABLE SUPPORT APPARATUS TO BE USED WITH A PIECE OF LUGGAGE COMPRISING: (A) A HOLLOW HOUSING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED IN THE SHAPE OF A LUGGAGE HANDLE, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED SIDES; (B) A PAIR OF ATTACHING MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID HOLLOW HOUSING AT ITS END PORTIONS AND BEING ADAPTABLE TO RELEASABLE ENGAGE COOPERATING LUGGAGE RING MEMBERS; (C) A PAIR OF SHAFTS SECURELY DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN SAID HOUSING SIDES AT ITS END PORTIONS, SAID SHAFTS HAVING BEARING SURFACES FORMED THEREON INTERMEDIATE THEREIN; (D) A PAIR OF HOLLOW SPOOLS, EACH OF WHICH RESPECTIVELY HAS EXTENDING FLANGE PORTIONS WITH BORES FORMED THROUGH SAID SPOOLS FOR ENGAGING SAID BEARING SURFACES OF SAID SHAFTS; (E) A PAIR OF SPRINGS, EACH OF WHICH IS RESPECTIVELY WOUND AROUND SAID SHAFT WITHIN SAID HOLLOW CENTER OF SAID SPOOL AND HAS ONE END SECURED TO ITS CORRESPONDING SHAFT AND THE OTHER END SECURED TO ITS CORRESPONDING SPOOL, SAID SPRINGS CONSTANTLY URGING SAID SPOOLS TO ROTATE IN ONE DIRECTION; (F) AND A STRAP WOUND AROUND SAID SPOOLS TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN SAID FLANGE PORTIONS, SAID STRAP BEING SECURED TO SAID SPOOLS AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID HOUSING, SAID STRAP UPON BEING EXTENDED ROTATING SAID SPOOLS AND COILING SAID SPRINGS, AND UPON BEING RETRACTED ALLOWING SAID SPOOLS TO ROTATE IN SAID ONE DIRECTION WITHIN SAID HOUSING.