Luggage having supplementary tow handle for wheeled luggage and

Details Luggage having supplementary tow handle for wheeled luggage and Luggage having supplementary tow handle for wheeled luggage and

1995-11-13

1997-12-23

Shoap, Allan W.

Trunks and hand-carried luggage

Hand luggage

Plural

190115, A45C 1326

Patent

active

056998864

ABSTRACT:
A luggage system of the present invention is provided for transporting an additional piece of luggage having a supplementary tow handle when positioned on a piece of wheeled luggage. The luggage system preferably includes a first piece of wheeled luggage including a body, wheels connected to lower end portions of the body, and a wheeled luggage tow handle connected to the body for towing the wheeled luggage. A second piece of luggage detachably mounts to the wheeled luggage tow handle of the first piece of luggage and is positioned to overlie upper portions of the body of the first piece of wheeled luggage. The second piece of luggage preferably includes a body, a handle retainer connected to the body for retaining the wheeled luggage tow handle, and a supplementary towing handle connected to the body for towing the combination of the first and second pieces of luggage. A method for towing a combination of a piece of luggage and a piece of wheeled luggage by a user is also provided. The method preferably includes retaining at least portions of a handle of a first piece of wheeled luggage with a handle retainer connected to a second piece of luggage and towing a combination of the first and second piece of luggage by a hand of a user only by a supplementary tow handle connected to the second piece of luggage.

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