Luggage case

Details Luggage case Luggage case

1993-02-25

1995-03-14

Shoap, Allan N.

Trunks and hand-carried luggage

Supporting devices

Wheeled

16 30, 280 37, A45C 514

Patent

active

053969740

ABSTRACT:
Luggage cases, especially if they are large and bulky, usually have wheels and glides or legs to hold the case upright when loaded and permit the case to be pulled or wheeled. These same large cases present a large volume--an advantage when actually being used to carry clothing. However, this large volume is a disadvantage during packaging, storage and shipping after manufacture, such as between the factory and the store where it is sold. This large volume is a disadvantage also when the case is being stored by the owner between trips. Shown here is a case (10) with easily removable wheels (11) and feet (13). These external fittings attach to the outside of the luggage shell and have a projection (92) which extends to an aperture (90) in the wall of the case shell to the inside of the case. A manually releasable latch (96), such as a clip, engages and disengages this projection from the inside of the case to mount the wheel and leg to the outside of the case. This attaching system also acts as an anchoring device (114) for the straps (116) normally used to hold and arrange clothing when packed inside the assembled case. This external fitment system is especially useful when the two shells (12) and (14) of the case are stored one within the other during shipping by the manufacturer and storage by the consumer.

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