Luggage container having telescoping transport hooks
OwnerScott Paul Faivusinventor
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Abstract
A luggage case includes a pair of shoulder hooks mounted on a telescoping assembly that extends from the luggage case to allow the user to place the shoulder hooks over the user's shoulders and tow the luggage case without having need for the user to use their hand(s) to tow the luggage case. The shoulder hooks are configured to swivel so that, when the telescoping assembly is collapsed, the shoulder hooks are received in respective pockets formed the top of the luggage case, and when the telescoping assembly is extended to a desired length, the shoulder hooks can be rotated to hook over the user's shoulders.
Claims13
A luggage case, comprising:
- a case body having a front side, a back side, a top, and a bottom;
- at least one pair of wheel components disposed at the bottom of the case body;
- a telescoping handle assembly disposed on the back side, comprising:
- a telescoping extension disposed in a channel in the back side of the case body, and being telescopically extendible therefrom, the telescoping extension having a distal end;
- a horizontal cross member coupled to the distal end of the telescoping extension at a center of the horizontal cross member, the horizontal cross member further having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- a first shoulder hook coupled to the horizontal cross member at the first end of the horizontal cross member;
- a second shoulder hook coupled to the horizontal cross member at the second end of the horizontal cross member;
- a swivel at a top of the telescoping extension that allows the horizontal cross member to rotate one hundred eighty degrees relative to an axis of the telescoping extension;
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- wherein the first shoulder hook and the second shoulder hook each have an arcuate shape.
A luggage case, comprising:
- a case body having a front side, a back side, a top, and a bottom;
- at least one pair of wheel components disposed at the bottom of the case body;
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- a telescoping handle assembly disposed on the back side, and comprising a shoulder hook assembly that collapses into a portion of a wall of the luggage case in a storage position and extends therefrom to any one of different selectable lengths in a towing position, the telescoping handle assembly include a pair of arcuate shoulder hooks that can swivel from the storage position to the towing position;
- wherein each of the pair of arcuate shoulder hooks are mounted on an opposing end of a horizontal cross member that is connected at a center of the horizontal cross member to a distal end of a telescoping extension positioned at a center of the back side of the luggage case and are configured to hook over a shoulder of a person to thereby allow the person to tow the luggage case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.