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US 12,004,620 B2Granted
Article of luggage
AssigneeIT Luggage Limited
InventorSedat Selvi
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a suitcase (100) and a method of manufacturing a suitcase. The suitcase (100) comprises a frame (160) and a fabric cover (110) for the frame (160). The fabric cover (110) is provided external to all outer edges of the frame (160), and the outer edges of the frame (160) internally tension the fabric cover (110) to locate the fabric cover (110) and to define the shape of the suitcase (100).
Claims15
A suitcase comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a fabric cover for the frame,
- wherein the fabric cover is provided external to all outer edges of the frame, and the outer edges of the frame internally tension the fabric cover to locate the fabric cover and to define the shape of the suitcase;
- wherein the fabric cover comprises:
- a top fabric cover panel;
- a bottom fabric cover panel;
- an elongate fabric cover panel comprising a contiguous single piece of material that extends around the frame and is stitched or adhered to itself along a vertical seam, wherein the elongate fabric cover panel has a top edge and an opposing bottom edge, wherein the top edge is joined to the top fabric cover panel by stitching or adhesive to form a first inward facing seam extending around an entire first perimeter of the top fabric cover panel and entirely around the top edge, and the bottom edge is joined to the bottom fabric cover panel by stitching or adhesive to form a second inward facing seam extending around an entire second perimeter of the bottom fabric cover panel and entirely around the bottom edge, and
- wherein a lid is formed in the elongate fabric cover panel, the lid configured to extend across only one major surface of the suitcase.
6 more elements
A method of manufacturing a suitcase comprising:
- a first step of joining a plurality of a fabric cover panels together to form a fabric cover;
- wherein the plurality of fabric cover panels comprise:
- a top fabric cover panel;
- a bottom fabric cover panel;
- and
- an elongate fabric cover panel comprises a contiguous single piece of material configured to extend around a frame and stitched or adhered to itself along a vertical seam, wherein the elongate fabric cover panel has a top edge and an opposing bottom edge,
- wherein the contiguous single piece of material of the elongate cover panel is joined on the top edge to the top fabric cover panel by stitching or adhesive to form a first inward facing seam extending around an entire first perimeter of the top fabric cover panel and entirely around the top edge and joined on the bottom edge to the bottom fabric cover panel by stitching or adhesive to form a second inward facing seam extending around an entire second perimeter of the bottom fabric cover panel and entirely around the bottom edge;
- a lid is formed in the elongate fabric cover panel, the lid configured to extend across only one major surface of the suitcase;
- and
- a second step of assembling the frame inside the fabric cover, an inside of the fabric cover accessed through the lid of the fabric cover such that outer edges of the frame internally tension the fabric cover to locate the fabric cover to define the shape of the suitcase.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.