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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7874409 | Expandable suitcase An expandable suitcase. An illustrative embodiment of the expandable suitcase includes an enclosure comprising a length-adjustable and width-adjustable enclosure frame; a pair of expandable end panels, a pair of expandable side panels and an expandable bottom panel ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7426985 | Expandable luggage with locking expansion mechanism An item of expandable luggage is provided with a muiltipositional locking expansion mechanism that includes a lock release actuator for unlocking the expansion plates that is located near or on a handle on the sliding plate situated towards the upper portion of the ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7334669 | Rolling luggage with expandable compartment Wheeled luggage having a telescopically expandable body is disclosed. The luggage body may be manually adjusted from a normally sized carry-on configuration during transit, to a vertically enlarged configuration once the final destination, such as a hotel room, is r... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328825 | Secured dynamic storage compartment for vehicle door This application is directed to a dynamic storage compartment for modifying the interior space of a vehicle, either as originally equipped or as an after-market modification, so as to provide a means for providing enhanced storage capacity for a vehicle which is cha... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328779 | Ratchet compressor for expandable luggage Disclosed is a method and system for compressing and automatically expanding an expandable luggage case 2 comprising a ratchet mechanism 8 and a bungee cord 32, that is used to bias a locking mechanism, in the form of detents 54 that mate... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320402 | Portable laptop display and storage apparatus A portable display apparatus and method for transporting and displaying sample products along with an electronic device is disclosed. The portable display apparatus comprises a container, a platform, and a cover, wherein the cover is removably attached to the contai... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7281616 | Expandable luggage An item of expandable luggage includes a substantially rigid main peripheral frame and a substantially rigid secondary peripheral frame. A peripherally continuous gusset of flexible material is connected between the two peripheral frames. Opposite wall panels of the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7178567 | Expandable bag An expandable bag includes a body having a lower portion defining a closed bottom and a generally upstanding lower sidewall having an upper rim defining an upper opening and an upper portion defining an upper sidewall having a lower edge coupled adjacent to the uppe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7093700 | Expandable luggage with locking expansion mechanism An item of expandable luggage is provided with a multipositional locking expansion mechanism that includes a lock release actuator for unlocking the expansion plates that is located near or on a handle on the sliding plate situated towards the upper portion of the e... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086510 | Expandable luggage and expansion mechanism An expansion mechanism for use with a piece of luggage, the expansion mechanism being designed to resiliently support, but not rigidly lock, a piece of expandable luggage in an extended position. The expansion mechanism allows for float at intermediate positions bet... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083331 | Stuff sack In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a compressible stuff sack comprising a first sheet of flexible material having two opposite sides and a second sheet of flexible material having two opposite sides. The opposite sides of the first sheet are attached to ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7025221 | Storage container A storage container designed such that a locking unit to removably lock a cover to a body has a plurality of locking positions, thus allowing a storage space for storing items to be variable. The locking unit includes a locking member and a rotary member. The lockin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6575272 | Expandable luggage with locking expansion mechanism An item of expandable luggage is provided with a multipositional locking expansion mechanism that includes a lock release actuator for unlocking the expansion plates that is located near or on a handle on the sliding plate situated towards the upper porti... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6484911 | Luggage container Luggage container, the side walls (3) of which are flexible and at one end fixed to a top rim (2) and at the other end to the bottom (1) of the container, a limiting device (6) being detachable to and across the open top rim (2), strap members (5) being s... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6390259 | Wheeled luggage with expandable body A wheeled luggage with expandable body has two support mechanisms each comprising a sliding board secured to the side of auxiliary body, a locking mechanism secured to the side of main body and comprising two opposite locking members each having a ratchet... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6305513 | Mechanism for supporting expandable pouch of luggage A mechanism is provided for supporting an expandable pouch of luggage coupled between a main body and a frame element. The support mechanism is provided at about the central portion on either side of luggage interconnected between the main frame and the f... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6244399 | Collapsible hard case A collapsible case comprises a closed loop of flexible sheet material for forming the top, bottom and sidewalls of the case, the loop having front and rear edges defining front and rear openings into the interior of the loop. A pair of similar panels form... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6220411 | Expandable luggage An item of expandable luggage includes a substantially rigid main peripheral frame and a substantially rigid secondary peripheral frame. A peripherally continuous gusset of flexible material is connected between the two peripheral frames. Opposite wall pa... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5960744 | Expandable pet cage and method An expandable pet cage for animals, and a method for house-training pets of various sizes comprises two complimentary compartments that are in telescopic relation to each other, thereby providing an adjustable composite volume to house a pet. The adjustab... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5819891 | Retractable luggage with an extendable handle A retractable luggage with an extendable handle includes a retractable bag including a base plate, an extendable handle assembly having an inverted U-shaped member, a pair of inner tubular members, a pair of outer tubular members, a pair of split collars,... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5664652 | Vetically expandable luggage with integral wheeled carrier Vertically expandable luggage having an integral wheeled carrier therefor has a vertically expandable luggage sidewall including at least three vertically stacked shells defining: (i) a bottom shell with a closed bottom, (ii) a top shell with an openable ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5472082 | Expandable closet hanger An expandable closet hanger which can be adjusted (expanded) in the directions of the three main directional axes.... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5314046 | Expandable container with internal manual operation system Expandable container consisting of two hollow bodies, the inner one fitting inside the outer body and bearing a closed bottom. Placed between these two bodies is a harmonic steel band; the said band bears diagonal slots which are engaged by pins integral ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5097922 | Vehicle, in particular a motor bicycle, disappearing in a body An extensible motor bicycle is equipped with a body virtually in the form of a suitcase. The body houses within itself, at least partially, several mechanical members necessary for motion and an actuating device operatively connected to the members and ca... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5082094 | Expandable case A case including side wall portions and a central frame portion, and substantially rigid means on the side wall portions adapted to engage substantially rigid complementary means on the central frame portion, the side walls being adapted to move a predete... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5038842 | Nesting bag A nesting bag comprises a 3-bag combination and a strap. The three bags of the combination are so dimensioned that they are slidably disposed within one another, leaving two suitable spaces between the bottoms of the inner and middle bags as well as betwe... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5005743 | Telescopic carrying case A telescopic carrying case comprising two sleeves, a securing strap, a shoulder strap and carrying handle. The inner sleeve slides into the outer sleeve. The securing strap runs from a bar which is positioned on the end of the inner sleeve so that there a... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4854430 | Expandable carrying case with external expansion control means An expandable carrying case apparatus, having two pivotably attached members, each of which is substantially rectangular, and each of which is expandable. Expansion is accomplished by individualized displacement mechanisms deployed upon each corner of the... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4846319 | Expandable carrying case A carrying case includes telescoping walls that can be attached one to the other in alternative positions of adjustment to permit expansion or reduction of the interior volume of the case.... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4844215 | Expandable luggage An item of expandable luggage comprises top and bottom walls and side walls extending between the top and bottom walls to form an enclosed space, the side walls being composed of a top section, a bottom section and an intermediate section and each such se... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4643302 | Container for sports equipment A container is for elongated playing devices and associated game items. It provides protection during storage, handling, and shipping by freight carriers against damage and it offers resistance to theft. Principal parts of the container are made of a plas... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4630717 | Expandable carrying case A variable volume carrying case of diverse utility includes hinged companion sections each having relatively movable telescoping portions whereby each case section can be expanded or reduced in size. An independent push-pull cable drive system for the exp... | 12/23/1986 |
