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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900757 | Carrying bag having a detachable bottom portion A carrying bag that includes a top portion having at least two side walls, a closable top, a closed bottom having an exterior bottom surface and an interior top compartment. The carrying bag also includes a detachable bottom portion having at least two side walls, a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7265302 | Article of luggage with internally built-in weight measurement and display and method therefor An article of luggage has a casing and at least a carrying handle attached to the casing. A member engageable with a predetermined portion of the casing for measuring a weight of contents loaded therein and for generating display signals. A display is connected to t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7207154 | Intelligent luggage protection pouch, intelligent luggage protection pouch kit, and method of protecting luggage There is provided an intelligent luggage protection pouch according to the invention that is tamper resistant, easily identifiable, and inspection friendly (i.e. x-ray and canine searchable). The intelligent luggage protection pouch fully surrounds luggage, protects... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7165661 | Bag mounted with casters A bag mounted with casters has a bag body attached to a base frame mounted with the casters at four corners of a bottom surface thereof. The base frame includes a loading table, and vertically extensible rods with a grip mounted at upper ends thereof. The extensible... | 01/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7084357 | Luggage device with built-in load determination A luggage device includes: (a) a main housing, the main housing having a top, a bottom, and walls, and having an opening area for insertion of one or more items into the main housing, with closure means; (b) load determination component connected to the main housing... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7040981 | Laminate sheet for security booklets and method for making same A hard laminate sheet for security booklets and method of making the same. The laminate sheet comprises at least two hard core layers (e.g. of polycarbonate) and a flexible component (e.g. nylon) there between and extending beyond an outer edge of the core layers to... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6913150 | Medical tool carrier A storage box that can be attached to a patient's bed rail. The box has a number of slots, cavities, and hooks that can be used to hold a wide range of medical equipment. Unlike the devices mentioned above, this device allows practitioners to hold items larger than ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6761255 | Portable carrier A portable carrier includes compartments for a purse/wallet, an organizer, business documents, lunch, a laptop computer, a pair of shoes, and various other accessories. ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6561328 | Multifunctional container A multifunctional container includes a shell formed of a body piece and a cover piece pivoted to the body piece by a pivoting device, a handle member mounted on the top side of the shell, one or more wheel members mounted on the bottom side of the shell, ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6505736 | Garment storage apparatus and system A garment storage apparatus that includes a housing having a first portion, a second portion, and a central portion. The first portion and the second portion are dimensioned to fold about the central portion and fasten together to form an interior compart... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6367603 | Containment article having a pair of hingedly connected, substantially identical plastic shells and related improvements A containment article, such as a luggage article, is provided which comprises a pair of substantially identical plastic shells which are hingedly connected to each other. The invention also includes an improved telescoping handle assembly for an article, ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6362954 | Carrying case for a mobile office system A case for transporting and operating a mobile office system comprised of a portable computer and a portable printer. The computer and printer are separated to protect them when being transported, yet when the case is opened both computer and printer can ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6315095 | Self-latching scissor mechanism It is often necessary to unfold the integral carrying case of a device such as a portable electronic instrument comprising an upper and lower module. However if it is necessary upon unfolding the case to move apart the modules a limited distance while mai... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6301098 | Book-shaped information terminal The present invention relates to a book-shaped information terminal, and an object of the present invention is to help users to conveniently carry and use a portable computer like a book, as it constitutes an information terminal as a portable computer in... | 10/09/2001 |
| 5908147 | Carrying bag for a notebook computer and peripherals A carrying bag for a notebook computer and peripherals includes a rectangular case provided with with a cover having one side connected with one side of the rectangular case and three sides sealably connected with the rectangular case by a zipper, the rec... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5826770 | Carrying bag for a notebook computer and peripherals A carrying bag for a notebook computer and peripherals includes a rectangular case provided with a handle, a shoulder strap, and two positioning straps, the straps having two engageable connectors, a cover having one side connected with one side of the re... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5531059 | Method for shrink wrapping luggage A method is provided for wrapping a plastic bag about a piece of luggage to leave the handle grip exposed. A heat shrinkable plastic bag is used with the luggage being loosely enclosed and the edge of an open top of the bag being folded over the top surfa... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5458718 | Heat sealing method for making a luggage case A method of joining a beading to a luggage case is provided in which the beading has a conductive material, for example a length of wire embedded within it and in which the beading and the luggage case are positioned together and the conductive material m... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5407040 | Baggage A piece of baggage comprising two half bodies and a middle body combined between the two half bodies by shafts, each half body having a projecting board at both bottom sides, a projection on the projecting board fitting and moving in a curved slot of a si... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5307909 | Display device for luggage A display device for a luggage case comprises a cap in the form of a sleeve adapted to embrace a top portion of a luggage case, in which other pieces of a matched set of luggage may be nested. The sleeve has a slot in a top wall, through which a top handl... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5252161 | Soft gusset, hard-paneled luggage and method of manufacture A formed panel for a bag and method of manufacturing therefore is provided which allows the bag to maintain an original shape without deformation even though the bag may be acted on by external forces, and also allows the bag to appear soft from the outsi... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5111920 | Luggage case with recessed latches A luggage case 11 comprises two shells 12 and 13 hinged together along their back wall 19. The case is fastened by three latches. One latch 26 is key operated and located at the middle of the front wall 18. The other two latches 24 and 25 are located at t... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4966279 | Buoyant receptacle A tote bag made of cloth having a compartment at the bottom holding a block of buoyant material for flotation of the bag, the compartment having an opening for insertion of the block with a slide fastener for closing the opening, the block being rigid and... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4930186 | Suitcase pivoting arm A suitcase pivoting arm including an upper and a lower arm member, an actuating plate, a mating block, axle pins, and a spring. The upper and lower arm members are pivotally connected with the actuating plate to allow the actuating plate to freely rotate.... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4792025 | Caddy luggage A suitcase is modified to have wheels at the bottom corners of the rear face of the suitcase, a retractable handle with an offset to secure stacked luggage against the offset, and a spring actuated folding shelf which can grip adjacent luggage items. The ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4634162 | Portable portal lock A portal lock is provided having an arm securable to a portable case and rotatably supporting a wedge member having four outwardly radiating legs. The legs are eccentric to and at substantially equal spacing about the axis of rotation of the wedge member.... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4621716 | Baggage set A baggage set comprises in combination, a plurality of substantially parallelpipedic case elements of different sizes, at least one prismatic sloping case element, and at least one stepped case element having a side configured to present a stepped profile... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4595086 | Portable desk-work bench with carrying case A top unit is provided defining a upper work surface and having front, rear and opposite side marginal portions. A downwardly opening cover also having front, rear and opposite side marginal portions is provided and the rear marginal portion of the cover ... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4580667 | Packing system An insert (10) for organizing contents of a piece of luggage or purse or wallet (76) is formed of a backing sheet (12) joined at its common side edges (16, 18) and bottom edge (20) to a front sheet (14) to form an upwardly-facing, storage pocket (22). The... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4418805 | Hinge means and luggage combined therewith The present invention provides unique hinge means comprising three components, two of which are wedge shaped members or segments which slidably pivot relative to each other about a central pivot point and the third being a base bracket pivotably attached ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4350546 | Method of making a cover for a luggage case A cover for a luggage case, embodying decorative side panels of simulated multi-laminar construction. Portions of the periphery of the principal sheet of covering material are cut away and decorative strips fastened in overlying outwardly projecting relat... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4318505 | Disposable suitcase A portable suitcase is provided conviently die cut from a single sheet of material such as corrugated fiberboard and preferably scored to be foldable in a tightly locked box configuration.... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4270590 | Case with a changeable external appearance A case, suitcase or briefcase with an externally changeable appearance includes mating sections hinged along one edge with side coverings providing a plurality of surfaces for exterior exposure releasably captured by a framework on each section. The surfa... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4199045 | Luggage identification system embodied in valance A luggage construction in which opposed shells are fitted with mated valances, one of the valances having a flat seating surface with an adjacent first wall and the other valance presenting a second wall parallel to the first so that the valances, in mati... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4003508 | Cycle pack A cycle is provided for carrying luggage on a bicycle or motorcycle having a sissy bar. The pack comprises an enclosed container which carries a sleeve on its front wall for gripping said sissy bar to securely hold the pack to the cycle. The pack may be r... | 01/18/1977 |
