Securing device designed to be mounted on a wheeled suitcase, and corresponding auxiliary hooking element
OwnerServet Ayhaninventor
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Abstract
This securing device (22, 24), designed to be mounted on a wall (8) of a suitcase (2, 4, 102) with wheels (12), comprises a main hooking element suitable for being fastened to an auxiliary hooking element (26) incorporated into another suitcase (2, 4), and a detaching actuator capable of releasing the main hooking element from the auxiliary hooking element (26).
Claims7
A securing device designed to be mounted on a wall of a suitcase with wheels, comprising a main attachment element capable of being fixed onto an auxiliary attachment element incorporated in another suitcase, and a releasing actuator capable of releasing the main attachment element from the auxiliary attachment element, the main attachment element comprising a protruding cylindrical part extending in a direction at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of the suitcase, the securing device comprising a means for retracting the protruding cylindrical part, said retraction means being capable of driving the protruding cylindrical part in rotation about the longitudinal direction of the suitcase.
An auxiliary attachment element designed to be incorporated in a first suitcase with wheels, comprising:
- fixing means for fixing the auxiliary attachment element onto a wall of the first suitcase, wherein the fixing means comprises a pivot link element, and
- an attachment means designed to be fixed to a main attachment element of a securing device incorporated in a second suitcase, the attachment means comprising a cylindrical housing for receiving a protruding cylindrical part of the securing device when the protruding cylindrical part is pivoted by a retraction means of the securing device in a position in which it is perpendicular to a plane of a wall of the second suitcase, in which the fixing means fix the auxiliary attachment element such that an axial direction of the cylindrical housing is at a right angle to the plane of the wall of the first suitcase, the attachment means further comprising an attachment rod extending inside the cylindrical housing and parallel to the axial direction of the cylindrical housing, the attachment rod further comprising a recess capable of cooperating with a hooking element provided inside the protruding cylindrical part of the securing device of the second suitcase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.