Wheeled luggage case
AssigneeORG Group, LLC
InventorNetta Shalgi
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Abstract
A wheeled luggage case comprises (a) a storage chamber, (b) a cover defining an opening on at least one side of the storage chamber for providing ready access therein and at least two labyrinth axle-free wheels operatively connected to the chamber for towing the case along a ground surface. The labyrinth axle-free wheel comprises an internal rim, an external rim provided with a ground interface, rollers being rotatably disposed within a roller spacer between the internal and external rims in a uniform circumferential manner by means of a spacer and external covers. A labyrinth type dust passage in the wheel is defined by the rims and the external plates mechanically connected to the internal rim.
Claims20
A labyrinth axle-free wheel;
- said wheel comprising
- a. an internal rim;
- b. an external rim provided with a ground interface,
- wherein at least one of the internal rim and the external rim includes one or more first dust chambers;
- c. rollers being rotatably disposed within a roller spacer between said internal and external rims in a uniform circumferential manner by means of a spacer having two side planar annular members provided with one or more second dust chambers;
- d. external covers provided with one or more third dust chambers;
- wherein a labyrinth type dust passage is defined by the internal rim, the external rim, the two side planar annular members, and the external covers mechanically connected to said internal rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.