Rolling luggage article

A luggage article, comprising:

• a body including a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces;
• a first pair of wheels disposed at said bottom face of said body;
• a handle, having a first operative orientation wherein a majority of said handle is disposed within said body and a second operative orientation wherein said handle is extracted from said body;
• a central wheel, functionally associated with said handle, such that in said first operative orientation of said handle, said central wheel is retracted and disposed in or adjacent one of said plurality of side faces or said bottom face of said body, and in said second operative orientation said central wheel is extracted and extends outwardly from said body;
• and
• a handle and wheel extraction mechanism forming said functional association between said handle and said central wheel, said handle and wheel extraction mechanism comprising:
• a pair of handle extension rods extending downwardly from said handle;
• a pair of handle guides, having said handle extension rods slidably disposed therein;
• a wheel guide bar fixed between said handle guides;
• and
• a central leg, pivotally connected at a top end thereof to said wheel guide bar, and terminating at a bottom end thereof in said central wheel,
• wherein extraction of said handle results in said handle extension rods sliding upwardly within said handle guides, and
• wherein, when said handle is in said first operative orientation, said central leg is disposed within said wheel guide bar.