Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Supporting devices – Wheeled
Patent
1994-11-23
1996-05-14
Shoap, Allan N.
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Supporting devices
Wheeled
190115, A45C 514
Patent
active
055159540
ABSTRACT:
A suitcase has an extendable handle movable between extended and retracted positions, and wheels whereby the suitcase is tilted for transport on the wheels and manipulated via the handle. The case is generally rectilinear in shape, with the top, bottom, front, rear and side panels occupying orthogonal planes. The extensible handle can have a U-shape with spaced elongated arms extending from a central gripping portion and slidable in sockets in the case. The handle and wheels are mounted at the front and rear edges of the bottom wall, and two compartments are accessible by slide fasteners on the top and around an internal partition. The bottom panel is connected to the front and rear panels by front and rear inclined panel sections. The handle sockets are mounted on one inclined panel, permitting the handle to extend and retract. Wheel-carrying brackets are mounted on the other inclined panel, the wheel axes being fixed. The inclined panels are arranged such that the gripping part of the handle, when retracted, and the outer perimeters of the wheels, are spaced inwardly from the intersections of the planes of the bottom of the case and the planes of the front and rear panels. Thus the retracted handle and the fixed-axis wheels reside inside the orthogonal rectilinear shape and do not form protrusions to snag upon or engage surfaces over which the case is passed.
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Lenox Incorporated
McDonald Christopher J.
Shoap Allan N.
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