Wheel mounting system for molded luggage case

Details Wheel mounting system for molded luggage case Wheel mounting system for molded luggage case

1997-03-06

1999-07-13

Stormer, Russell D.

Land vehicles: wheels and axles

Wheel

Device for attaching wheel to axle

301125, 301132, 190 18A, 280 37, B60B 1900

Patent

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059216352

ABSTRACT:
Luggage cases usually include wheels to aid in their transport. The wheels and their mounting systems must themselves be extremely sturdy, and should not cause weakness or mechanical failure of the luggage case to which they are mounted. The disclosed cantilever wheel mounting assembly 18 includes an axle 22 with a protruding end 26 that fits into an elastomeric mounting block 20 that in turn is received in a corresponding cavity in a molded luggage case shell. A screw fastener 38 passes through one of the walls 15 of the cavity, and through a corresponding hole 44 in the mounting block and through a hole 28 through the end of the axle 22 to hold the assembly in place while permitting the axle to pivot about the fastener when the elastomeric block flexes in response to vibrations and impacts in use.

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