Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Trunks
Patent
1974-08-15
1976-02-03
Price, William
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Trunks
190 21, 217 65, 220 4F, 220 7, A45C 500
Patent
active
039359310
ABSTRACT:
The novel, knocked-down storage trunk comprising the present invention includes two rigid, molded plastic shells and pairs of side and end walls. In the assembled condition a first pair of lower, inner and outer, concentric clamp rings are used to secure the lower edge of the side and end walls to the lower shell. A second, upper pair of inner and outer concentric clamp rings are secured to the upper edges of the side and end walls. Mating inner and outer vertical corner members are secured to each other and are captured in the upper and lower pairs of concentric clamp rings. The upper shell is hingedly secured to the rear side wall and conventional locks extend between and serve to couple the upper shell and the front side wall. In the knocked-down condition the upper shell nests within the lower shell and the lower shell is seated within the lower concentric pair of clamp rings. The side and end walls may be loosely placed within either of the upper or lower shells so that the carton that is required to ship the storage trunk in the knocked-down condition is substantially smaller in volume than a carton that would be required if the trunk were of the conventional type that could not be knocked down. The clamp rings may be formed, such as by an extrusion process, with channels for receiving welts or ribs that are formed integrally with the longitudinal edge portions of the side and end walls for gripping the side and end walls in the assembled condition.
The aforementioned Abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application which, of course, is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
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Bernstein Bruce H.
King Leonard H.
Price William
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