Motorized luggage
AssigneeModobag, Inc.
InventorsKevin O'Donnell, Boyd Bruner
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Abstract
Motorized luggage includes a frame enclosed in part by an outer shell, the frame defining an internal storage compartment that is accessible through the outer shell, wherein the frame includes: a front surface including by a first front frame support and a second front frame support; a top surface including first top beam and a second top beam; a front edge joint connecting the first and second front frame supports to the first and second top beams; and a rear surface opposite of the front surface. The luggage also includes at least one front wheel adjacent to the front surface of the frame, at least one rear wheel adjacent to the rear surface of the frame, a retractable handlebar received by a steering shaft, an electric motor mounted on the frame, and a retractable pull handle.
Claims11
Motorized luggage comprising:
- a frame enclosed in part by an outer shell, the frame defining an internal storage compartment that is accessible through the outer shell, wherein the frame includes:
- a front surface including a first front frame support and a second front frame support;
- a top surface including first top beam and a second top beam;
- a front edge joint connecting the first and second front frame supports to the first and second top beams;
- and
- a rear surface opposite of the front surface;
- a plurality of wheels including:
- at least one front wheel adjacent to the front surface of the frame, wherein the front wheel is connected to an axle, wherein the axle is connected to a steering shaft, wherein positioning of the steering shaft controls an orientation of the front wheel;
- at least one rear wheel adjacent to the rear surface of the frame;
- a retractable handlebar received by the steering shaft, wherein the retractable handlebar moves between a stored configuration and a driving configuration, wherein in the stored configuration the handlebar is retracted and rests within a cradle defined by the front edge joint of the frame, and wherein in the driving configuration, the handlebar is extended above the front edge joint of the frame;
- an electric motor mounted on the frame, wherein the electric motor drives the at least one rear wheel;
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- a retractable pull handle movable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration, and wherein the pull handle engages one of the at least one front wheel and the at least one rear wheel when the pull handle is being used to pull the motorized luggage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.