Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Supporting devices – Wheeled
Patent
1993-01-25
1994-08-23
Weaver, Sue A.
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Supporting devices
Wheeled
190115, 280 37, A45C 514, A45C 1326
Patent
active
053399340
ABSTRACT:
A luggage steering device is formed of a hollow sleeve carried on a front wall or side of a typically wheeled article of luggage. Within the sleeve is coaxially positioned a hollow tube capable of axial rotation within and relative to the sleeve. A rigid steering rod is mounted for longitudinally-slidable coaxial insertion into and extraction from the tube. Hingedly connected to the rigid rod is an anchor which remains captively within and in predetermined axial registration with the tube while the rigid rod and hinge portion are extracted from the tube. The pivotal connection allows the rigid steering rod to be pivotally displaced upwardly and downwardly in a substantially vertical plane. The axial registration of the steering rod anchor to the swiveling inner tube assures that, in addition to vertically pivotal movement, the steering rod may be radially swiveled or rotated about a substantially horizontal plane by virtue of a mechanical connection between the anchor and the inner tube. This concurrent pivotal and swiveling motion of the steering rod enables the user to exert pulling forces on the article in a selectively variable direction of desired travel without the need to impart unnatural radial forces to the front wall of the suitcase, thereby greatly improving the steerability and maneuverability of the article of luggage.
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