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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7168670 | Quick ceiling fan housing and canopy installation assembly A ceiling fan anchoring bracket and housing assembly for quick and easy installation of the ceiling fan housing for either hugger or down-rod fans is disclosed. The assembly comprises of hook-up pins and lock-up pin fastened on and protruding from the anchoring brac... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6976566 | Nested wheeled luggage assembly A nested wheeled luggage assembly comprises an inner core luggage member and an outer, wraparound garment carrier hingeable about a central horizontal axis. The inner core luggage member includes two open storage shells hinged on the axis and also about their periph... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6932202 | Multi-compartment storage device A multi-compartment storage device includes a base portion and a lid for storing various items, such as photographs, recorded media, memorabilia and the like. The storage device includes at least three storage sections for holding various items. The first storage se... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6905035 | Accessory organizer An apparatus can be used for organizing clothing accessories such as jewelry, neckties, scarves, and other items. The apparatus can hang from a closet rod and has a slidable track so that the items hanging from hooks attached to the slidable track can be easily acce... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6830148 | Free-standing compact garment bag A compact, free-standing garment bag capable of being carried aboard commercial aircraft as carry-on baggage comprising a suit folder apparatus for hanging at least one suit wherein said suit folder apparatus is removable from the garment bag, an enclosure for recei... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6708819 | Closet storage device A the closet storage device for storing and retrieving articles within a closet. The the closet storage device includes a container member having a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall defines an interior space. The container member has an open top whereby the open to... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6702119 | Popup wardrobe A pop-up container, including four side panels, a top panel and a floor panel constructing a close structure. At least one of the side panel has a zipper that allows the pop-up container to be open sufficiently wide such that one can easily store or acces... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6302281 | Clothes container support frame structure adapted to hold a clothes container in a wardrobe A clothes container support frame structure adapted for hanging on a rod member in a wardrobe to hold a flexible clothes container. The clothes container support frame structure includes an open frame, two hook holders coupled to the open frame at two opp... | 10/16/2001 |
| 5400900 | Clothes hanger support, garment bag having such a support, and method of making same A clothes hanger support for a garment bag or other similar item of luggage includes a depending bracket member pivotally supporting a lower jaw member with hanger-supporting features. A closure member and latch handle cooperates with the bracket and jaw ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5259539 | Suit bag having back pack mount A back pack type suit bag is disclosed having an incorporated semirigid panel enclosed in a side wall of the bag. The semirigid panel defines the profile of the upper portion of the bag and supports the upper hanger strap from which garments are supported... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5143214 | Hanging garment storage bag A hanging wardrobe garment storage bag is provided with a garment support rod that hangs directly from an overhead clothes rod rather than from the frame of the garment bag. The garment bag has a conventional rigid wire frame with an upper portion formed ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5129491 | Portable closet for storing, transporting, and displaying clothing A box for storing, transporting, and displaying clothes having front and rear portions, the front portion being divided into left and right portions, a first hanger rod located in the rear portion, and second and third rods located inside the left and rig... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4982820 | Container for use by travelling sales person A container for use by a travelling sales person to transport goods, especially garments, from one retail outlet to another comprises a bag with a display stand secured therein and movable between a collapsed state within the bag for transportation purpos... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4782947 | Arrangement for securely holding garment hangers within garment bags Garment hangers are suspendably and slidably supported on stationary support rails mounted to and below a top plate mounted to an interior top wall of a garment bag. The hangers are locked in position on the stationary rail by either pivoting a track exte... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4267905 | Portable display rack and sample carrying case A portable display rack and sample carrying display case is disclosed. The rack comprises a pair of spaced apart telescoping tubes releasably attached to the carrying case and extending vertically upward therefrom. A plurality of elongated planar shelf su... | 05/19/1981 |
