Means for and methods of manufacturing a luggage frame

Details Means for and methods of manufacturing a luggage frame Means for and methods of manufacturing a luggage frame

1995-03-28

1997-06-03

Shoap, Allan N.

Trunks and hand-carried luggage

Trunks

Frames and interior braces

190 25, 220642, 2291981, 2291983, 217 65, A45C 1336

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056345399

ABSTRACT:
A box-like luggage item, such as a trunk, has panels forming ends, sides, top, and bottom of the box. Extruded strips having coves therein receive and grip edges of the panels in order to form the panels into the box-like structure. The box-like structure has a lid and a body with some of the extruded strips having a single cove for receiving a lower edge of each side of the lid and other extruded strips receiving an upper edge of each side of the body. Each of these extruded strips contains an area of a predetermined cross section for receiving an arm of an L-shaped bracket having the same predetermined section which strengthens and aligns the corner of the frame. This ability to align corners enables an elimination of a prior art practice of first installing a strip, cutting a notch in the strip, and then removing the notched material in order to mount hardware.

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"R & R Cases Worlds Toughest", brochure from R & R, 1217 Rand Road, DesPlaines, IL 60016, date of publication unknown.

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