# US 11,992,105 B2 · Modular luggage frame > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,992,105 B2 - Document ID: US11992105B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/154,740 - Filed: 2021-01-21 - Published: 2021-07-22 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-21 - Assignees: Jjem, LLC—IP - Applicants: Jjem, LLC—IP - Inventors: Ethan Fisher; Patrick Harris; Vern Thomas Hammett, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992105B2 ## CPC - A45C 7/005: {with interchangeable elements forming the storage space, e.g. modular} - A45C 5/02: Materials therefor - A45C 7/0036: {collapsible to a minimal configuration, e.g. for storage purposes} - A45C 5/143: {detachable} - A45C 13/262: {for wheeled luggage} - A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS ## Abstract Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for a modular luggage frame are disclosed and described. An example luggage includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes: a first side including a first rib and a second rib; and a second side including a third rib and a fourth rib, the first rib and the third rib forming a first pair of ribs and the second rib and the fourth rib forming a second pair of ribs. The second portion includes: a third side including a fifth rib; a fourth side including a sixth rib, the fifth rib and the sixth rib forming a third pair of ribs. The third pair of ribs aligns with a selected one of the first pair of ribs or the second pair of ribs to removably affix the first portion to the second portion to form the modular luggage frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A modular luggage frame comprising: a first portion including: a first back surface, the first back surface including a first attachment area for a handle; a first side including a first rib and a second rib; a second side including a third rib and a fourth rib, the first rib and the third rib forming a first pair of ribs and the second rib and the fourth rib forming a second pair of ribs; and a first opening, wherein the first attachment area protrudes inward from the first back surface between the first side and the second side, forming an indentation in the first back surface to which a handle is attachable; and a second portion including: a second back surface; a third side including a fifth rib; a fourth side including a sixth rib, the fifth rib and the sixth rib forming a third pair of ribs; and a second opening, wherein a first indented corner formed by the second back surface and the third side forms a second attachment area for a first wheel, wherein a second indented corner formed by the second back surface and the fourth side forms a third attachment area for a second wheel, and wherein the third pair of ribs aligns with a selected one of the first pair of ribs or the second pair of ribs to removably affix the first portion to the second portion to form the modular luggage frame, the third pair of ribs aligning with the first pair of ribs to form the modular luggage frame of a first size, and the third pair of ribs aligning with the second pair of ribs to form the modular luggage frame of a second size, the modular luggage frame aligning the first back surface and the second back surface and the first opening and the second opening when the first portion and the second portion are removably affixed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The modular luggage frame of claim 1, further including a movable handle attachable at the first attachment area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The modular luggage frame of claim 2, wherein the movable handle is removably affixed to the first portion using a lock box at the first attachment area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The modular luggage frame of claim 3, wherein the movable handle is an articulating handle on a shaft movable with respect to the first portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The modular luggage frame of claim 4, wherein the shaft is lockable using a locking collar. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The modular luggage frame of claim 1, further including a plurality of wheel assemblies. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The modular luggage frame of claim 6, wherein the plurality of wheel assemblies are removably affixed to the second portion at respective attachment areas including the second attachment area and the third attachment area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The modular luggage frame of claim 1, further including a cover positioned around the affixed first portion and second portion to enclose the first and second openings. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The modular luggage frame of claim 1, wherein the first portion further includes a fourth pair of ribs, the fourth pair of ribs, when selected, to engage with the third pair of ribs to form the modular luggage frame of a third size. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The modular luggage frame of claim 1, wherein the ribs taper from the respective back surface toward the respective opening. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The modular luggage frame of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first portion or the second portion includes a mixture of polycarbonate and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The modular luggage frame of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first portion or the second portion is formed using injection molding.