Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Trunks – Materials
Patent
1976-04-21
1977-01-25
Norton, Donald F.
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Trunks
Materials
A45C 1336
Patent
active
040046648
ABSTRACT:
An article of luggage which includes a luggage case having a peripheral side wall which is made of a flexible material. In order to impart some degree of rigidity to this flexible side wall, a frame structure is situated in the interior of the luggage case and extends along the inner surface of the side wall thereof. This frame structure has at each of a plurality of regions thereof a pair of frame portions which are substantially rigid and which terminate in free ends which are spaced from and directed toward each other. This frame structure also includes at each of the above regions thereof a spring construction which is operatively connected with the frame portions for acting on the latter to urge them apart from each other so as to tend to increase the distance between the free ends thereof. Thus, the substantially rigid frame portions are pressed by the spring means against the inner surface of the side wall of the luggage casing to impart a certain degree of rigidity to the side wall. At the same time, because of the presence of this spring construction it is possible for the luggage casing to resiliently yield when encountering impacts, crushing forces, or the like, with the spring construction returning the parts to their original condition when these impacts, crushing forces, and the like no longer act on the article of luggage.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2002878 (1935-05-01), Belber
patent: 2788871 (1957-04-01), Arlitt
patent: 3291267 (1966-12-01), Pelavin
Pelavin Joseph Y.
Rastocny John S.
Spiegelman Seymour
Lark Luggage Corporation
Norton Donald F.
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