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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7021437 | Expandable luggage system An apparatus for the containment of objects includes a container having at least one expandable portion that includes an expandable surface and a plurality of elastomers connected to the container and to the expandable portion that normally supplies a force to the e... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5080206 | Attache case including expanding gusset The invention provides an attache case having an improved expansion gusset, wherein the expansion gusset includes cutouts or slots through which elastic or non-elastic straps extend to provide an improved construction for expanding the volume of the attac... | 01/14/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4787488 | Expandable piece of luggage A piece of luggage is disclosed which consists of a case in the shape of a flat parallelepiped comprising two greater rigid lateral walls and a rigid quadrangular frame with an upper side provided with a curved handle, a base side and end sides. At least ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4503955 | Modular carrying case A modular carrying case of all metal construction that includes a top cover section and a bottom cover section that can be closed against each other to provide a totally enclosed case or alternatively closed against one or more center sections to provide ... | 03/12/1985 |
