| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4863018 |
Packing system for luggage case |
September 5, 1989 |
| Luggage case have included devices for holding garments on hangers. These devices usually consisted of a clamp-like device for holding the hook portion of special hangers together with a ladder-like rack which was laid over the garments in the case. Then the garments were folded over thi |
| 4858867 |
Garment bag support hook |
August 22, 1989 |
| A garment bag hook containing parallel support legs adapted to grip opposite sides of a door to support the bag from the door. The legs are connected together by support surfaces which allow the bag to be suspended from a horizontal rod. A ring or loop swivelly attached to the hook a |
| 4856306 |
Zipper locking apparatus for luggage cases |
August 15, 1989 |
| A double zipper lock for a luggage case comprises a base with a housing containing a combination lock, and a U-shaped loop adapted to embrace the housing. Arms of the loop are pivotally mounted on opposite ends of the housing and a bight portion of the loop cooperates with portions of th |
| 4844214 |
Adjustable portfolio strap arrangement |
July 4, 1989 |
| The straps connecting the lid of a brief case and the outer panel of an expansible portfolio are adjustably connected to the outer panel through a track and buckle arrangement. The buckle is ordinarily locked in place on the track by a locking element spring urged into engagement with a |
| 4828081 |
Luggage identification system |
May 9, 1989 |
| Various systems have been proposed for providing personal identification information in conjunction with luggage pieces. Recently there has been concern that such personal identifying information should not be broadly or notoriously displayed. Thus, I.D. tags having a flap covering this |
| 4798289 |
Locking trolley for garment bag with hanger retaining pads which inhibit unintended hanger withd |
January 17, 1989 |
| A trolley for suspending and retaining the hooked ends of clothes hangers in a piece of luggage such as a garment bag includes gripping structures which contact the hooked ends of the hangers. The gripping structures incorporate an arrangement for creating a greater resistance against |
| 4784248 |
Piping for luggage and the like |
November 15, 1988 |
| Flexible extruded piping for use between adjacent panels of luggage or the like. Shoulders extending outwardly from the sides of the tubular portion are of a different color than that of the exposed tubular portion to provide a color trim. The shoulders stabilize the piping to prevent |
| 4782673 |
Connection device |
November 8, 1988 |
| A connection device for releasably interconnecting two members (16, 18) preferably a receptacle and its lid, comprising an upper component (1, 101) which is provided with a hook (21, 102) and a lower component (2, 103) and a one- or two-armed lever (3, 104) which is articulated on said |
| 4759431 |
Travel bag with combination pull handle and auxiliary bag strap |
July 26, 1988 |
| Luggage of the type adapted to maintain articles of clothing, business materials and the like is disclosed having roller means along a lower edge thereof and a modular handle unit adapted to be extended away from the luggage to provide a pull handle therefor and further including an |
| 4738360 |
Garment bag with improved packing capability |
April 19, 1988 |
| A garment bag adapted to fold into a suitcase-like configuration for traveling includes corner compartments located within the interior bag in the space above the shoulders of garments supported on hangers within the bag. Cross straps extend over the shoulders of garments supported on |
| 4736854 |
Garment receptacle clothes hanger support |
April 12, 1988 |
| A hanger support trolley assembly which allows conventional clothes hangers to be loaded onto a support even though corner pockets in the garment bag are closely spaced on either side of the assembly. In one embodiment the hangers are supported on a sleeve slidably mounted on a support r |
| 4736839 |
Garment bag |
April 12, 1988 |
| A flexible garment bag of the type which can be hung or held vertically or which can be folded transversely midway between the ends and carried by a handle like a suitcase. The front of the bag has an access panel attached at the bottom by a fold to allow it to be moved to open position. |
| 4713860 |
Handle assembly |
December 22, 1987 |
| A handle assembly including a gripping handle, a pair of posts adapted for connection to a piece of luggage, and a cover unit is provided. Each of the posts includes a hole. Each of the posts is insertable into one of two slots formed in the gripping handle. The gripping handle includes |
| 4707881 |
Luggage case and wheel roller or caster assembly therefor |
November 24, 1987 |
| A suitcase is provided with a rotating wheel 13 or roller mounted for rotation on axle 19. The axle 19 is secured to a resilient shock absorbing structure in the form of a disk of hard rubber 23, which in turn is secured to a mounting plate 24 fixed to the suitcase wall or shell 26. |
| 4693368 |
Combination garment bag and packing case luggage article |
September 15, 1987 |
| An article of luggage includes a garment bag enclosure and a packing case enclosure which advantageously cooperate with one another in a transportation state or condition and a use state or condition. The packing case enclosure is preferably connected to an inner panel of the garment |
| 4685560 |
Door hook retainer loop patch |
August 11, 1987 |
| Garment bags often include a door hook depending from the strap at one end of the bag to hold the bag in an extended linear condition while suspended from the top edge of a door or the like. It has been known to use this hook and strap combination to hold the garment bag in a closed or s |
| 4662513 |
Garment bag with improved packing capability |
May 5, 1987 |
| A garment bag adapted to fold into a suitcase-like configuration for traveling includes corner compartments located within the interior bag in the space above the shoulders of garments supported on hangers within the bag. Cross straps extend over the shoulders of garments supported on |
| 4640414 |
Locking trolley for garment bag with improved hanger retention |
February 3, 1987 |
| A locking trolley for gripping and locking the hooked ends of hangers in a garment bag includes a C-shaped frame member and a jaw member extending forward from the rear of the C-shaped frame member. Gripping pads for gripping the hooked ends of hangers are located between the lower h |
| 4618058 |
Locking trolley for garment bag |
October 21, 1986 |
| A locking trolley for gripping and locking the hooked ends of hangers in a garment bag includes a C-shaped frame member and a jaw member extending forward from the rear of the C-shaped frame member. Gripping pads for gripping the hooked ends of hangers are located between the lower h |
| 4591287 |
Means for securing tubular members in fixed spaced relation |
May 27, 1986 |
| Tubular members to be interconnected in a rigid configuration each include a radially extending stud affixed to the tube outer surface (e.g., welded) and terminating in an enlarged head. First and second connector parts each have a relatively flat side which abut against one another in a |
| 4561526 |
Steering and support handle for wheeled luggage |
December 31, 1985 |
| A steering and support handle for a wheeled luggage case is operatively pivotably connected to the wheeled luggage case to pivot to an operative or extended position in front of the case or to an inoperative or closed position adjoining the case. Means operative on the pivoted end of the |
| 4556144 |
Tidy element provided with several compartments |
December 3, 1985 |
| The tidy element, that is designed to be fixed at the inner face of the back wall of the lid of a case, such as an attache-case, is formed of several compartments, generally three compartments, two of which are provided with an elastic hooking strip. The lid of one of the two compart |
| 4511036 |
Tidy element provided with several compartments |
April 16, 1985 |
| The tidy element, that is designed to be fixed at the inner face of the back wall of the lid of a case, such as an attache-case, is formed of several compartments, generally three compartments, two of which are provided with an elastic hooking strip. The lid of one of the two compart |
| 4477941 |
Spring loaded luggage case hinge |
October 23, 1984 |
| A lower edge wall of a luggage case part has camming teeth with intervening grooves. The other case part has a set of spaced apart teeth for consecutive meshing with those of the first case part. One or more leaf springs are received across the meshed teeth of the case parts. The dim |
| 4433761 |
Portfolio with frame and integral article retainers |
February 28, 1984 |
| A portfolio for an attache case or the like includes a front panel assembly defined by a portfolio frame and a backing panel. The portfolio frame is preferably formed from a single piece of molded material, such as plastic, having flexible but semirigid characteristics. A peripheral marg |
| 4358006 |
Rigid side arm device forming a guiding handle for suitcase |
November 9, 1982 |
| Handle device for suitcase of shell type or rigid structure type, equipped with one or more casters or rollers or indeed one or more pairs of casters or rollers, the device being composed in known manner of a fixed component, attached to the transverse side of the suitcase, and of an |
| 4350030 |
Luggage case resettable sequential combination lock |
September 21, 1982 |
| A combination lock is provided for a luggage case having a single rotary dial sequentially manipulatable to open or release the lock and enable operating the case latching mechanism. A reset arm extends from the combination lock housing within the luggage which can be adjusted to the |
| 4308939 |
Luggage case with brace |
January 5, 1982 |
| A flat, plate-like member of resilient synthetic plastic has one end pivotally connected to a stud affixed to the inner end wall surface of one luggage shell. One of a pair of elongated, parallel curved slots formed in the plate is received onto a second stud affixed to the other luggage |
| 4299313 |
Mobile luggage case handle assembly |
November 10, 1981 |
| A luggage case with a pair of wheels located at the lower edge has a handle assembly that can be folded into a side wall or swung outwardly into pulling (or pushing) relation. A two-part brace maintains a quasi locking of the handle assembly when in the open position such that it may be |
| 4280247 |
Luggage case handle assembly |
July 28, 1981 |
| This invention is a handle assembly for luggage. It includes an elongated, hollow, complaint handgrip portion having a pair of parallel grooves on its upper surface. A rigid end member is received in each end of the hollow handgrip and extends away from the same side of the handgrip at a |
| 4274569 |
Luggage case and vehicle rack therefor |
June 23, 1981 |
| A luggage case has one or more grooves in its sidewall. First and second mutually spaced mounting apparatus are affixed to the same sidewall. A vehicle mounted rack includes parts of such geometry and dimensions as to enable fitting receipt within the luggage case groove. First retention |
| 4270089 |
Scanning magnetic test head |
May 26, 1981 |
| A scanning test head is provided which maintains a constant speed over the scanning path with the constancy of the speed in the scanning zone being dependent solely on the drive motor characteristics. An endless belt received on a pair of spaced rollers carries a pin which, on being driv |
| 4262685 |
Beauty case |
April 21, 1981 |
| There is provided a beauty case having a pair of case halves hinged together along a common edge for closing and opening. Each case half includes a metal frame edge with molded plastic shell or cover mounted thereon. An organizing tray is received within the case and disconnectably a |
| 4261078 |
Carrying handle |
April 14, 1981 |
| The handle includes an elongated grip constructed of a compliant material such as a molded foam rubber or plastic and has a pair of longitudinally extending parallel grooves on an upper surface, one adjacent each of the grip sides. The grip is molded about an elongated rigid member which |
| 4244086 |
Zipper closure lock |
January 13, 1981 |
| A locking member is secured permanently to one zipper operator as a pull tab and is selectively positionable onto a second pull tab of another zipper operator when the two are located in juxtaposition. A rod-like detent within the locking member is movable under the selective control of |
| 4239093 |
Luggage case with brace |
December 16, 1980 |
| A first version includes a flat, plate-like member of resilient synthetic plastic having one end pivotally connected to a stud affixed to the inner end wall surface of one luggage shell. One of a pair of elongated, parallel curved slots formed in the plate is received onto a second stud |
| 4094392 |
Luggage latch mechanism |
June 13, 1978 |
| A gravity positioned detent is moved into obstructing relation to the end of a slidable latch member when the luggage case is wrong-side-up, preventing operation of the latch mechanism and opening of the case. When oriented right-side-up, the detent is moved out of the way, allowing full |
| 4066373 |
Fastening device |
January 3, 1978 |
| A device for releasably fastening objects such as chairs together in spaced-apart relationship comprises a pair of complementary U-shaped gripping means hingedly connected to one another at one end of the device, means for releasably interlocking the device at the other end thereof, and |
| 4031723 |
Lockable zipper closure |
June 28, 1977 |
| A lockable zipper closure includes at least one slider with a pulling tab that has an opening therein, and means such as a T-shaped column for locking the zipper in the closed position, that is movable from a position in which the column may pass through the opening to a position in whic |
| 3977501 |
Luggage case construction |
August 31, 1976 |
| The luggage case construction has a first open sided shell over which a cover is removably secured. The shell includes bottom, top and two end walls interconnected by a rectangular back wall. An elongated frame member extends continuously along the inner top wall surface, both end walls |
| 3967708 |
Luggage case |
July 6, 1976 |
| A first preformed case section with front and bottom panels and top, bottom and side flanges is joined by a hinge with a second case section constructed of two unitarily related preformed parts defining a top, back and end panels. A pair of individual latching mechanisms interconnect the |
| 3948365 |
Mobile luggage case |
April 6, 1976 |
| The luggage case has a pair of wheels located at a lower back edge such that when the case rests on a flat surface, the wheels are held spaced from the floor surface. On lifting the case side opposite that including the wheels, the wheels are brought into rolling contact with the floor. |
| 3944032 |
Luggage case construction |
March 16, 1976 |
| A first relatively rigid case section having two end walls with a connecting intermediate wall is interconnected with a flexible second case section via a single zipper with stops defining permanent securement lengths. The first case section also includes a generally C-shaped frame c |
