Convertible suitcase to be transformed into a seating or lying p

Details Convertible suitcase to be transformed into a seating or lying p Convertible suitcase to be transformed into a seating or lying p

1987-07-10

1988-05-10

Price, William

Trunks and hand-carried luggage

Convertible

Bed

190 8, 297 17, 5503, A47C 1782, A47C 1922, A45F 400

Patent

active

047429003

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BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a convertible suitcase to be transformed into a seating or lying piece of furniture, comprising two hingedly connected suitcase shells which can be locked in folded condition and at least one head or foot portion housed in the suitcase and pivotably connected to one of the suitcase shells so that it can be unfolded when the suitcase is open.
A known suitcase of this kind (DE-B 1 957 062) which can be converted into a bed for children has its two suitcase shells, which, in unfolded state, form a flat lying surface presented by the inner surfaces of their bottoms, the lying surface being limited at its narrow sides by a head or foot portion, respectively, swung vertically upwardly. Handles are pivotably connected to the outside of both suitcase shells. When the suitcase is closed, they serve as carrying handles, and when the bed is unfolded, they serve as support handles being connected by crank arms to the head or foot portion, respectively, such that each handle can be pivoted only together with the associated head or foot portion. Furthermore, side portions are pivotably connected to the head portion, extending across half the length of the bed and adapted to be connected to a corresponding side portion pivoted at the foot portion, whereby any unintentional collapse of the bed is prevented. In folded condition, the two suitcase shells can be locked together by a closure. Yet when the bed is erected, unauthorized folding cannot be prevented. Only in folded condition may the suitcase be used as a container for storing things.
For some time already, a demand has been known for a suitcase convertible into a lying piece of furniture to be useful as a lockable container for keeping things even when in use as a lying piece of furniture. A known suitcase meeting this demand (DE-A-141 740) has two suitcase shells which can be totally separated in unfolded condition and are each closed by a lid provided with a lock. An end portion each of a fabric web is attached to the two lids, and the fabric web can be extended between the two separated suitcase shells and kept tight by braces adapted to be fixed to the two suitcase shells and slid into seams along the edges of the fabric web. Again, safety measures against any unintended folding of the lying piece of furniture made from the suitcase are missing so that it is no problem for a thief to carry off unnoticed the folded bed which has been reconverted into a normal suitcase, plus any other contents of the suitcase.
It is the object of the invention to develop a convertible suitcase to be transformed into a seating or lying piece of furniture of the kind specified initially such that it is useful as a lockable container for storing things, even with the head portion and also the foot portion, if any, in a position for use and that it cannot be reconverted by an unauthorized person into a suitcase which looks normal and could be lifted inconspicuously.
This object is met, in accordance with the invention, in that the two suitcase shells are adapted to be folded together and locked even if the head and/or foot portion is unfolded, with the suitcase closed, the outside surface of one suitcase shell remote from the other suitcase shell presents a seating or lying surface, and the unfolded head and/or foot portion is prevented from being swung back all the way to the lying surface by an abutment surface formed at one of the suitcase shells.
When the head portion and the foot portion, if any, are in position for use, the authorized user of a suitcase according to the invention may avail himself of the suitcase for storing any basic commodities which are likely to be stolen, and he may lock the same if he intends to leave it unattended for some time, for instance, at a beach to go swimming. The interlocked suitcase shells of the closed suitcase retain the head and foot portions in their unfolded position for use in such manner that they may be swung into a different position for use, at best, but not into the suitcase, not even back against the outer

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