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US 2006/0032719 A1Published application
Collapsible, wheeled security luggage
AssigneeA. Rifkin Co.
InventorPaul Lantz
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Abstract
Luggage that is easy to transport and easy to store is provided with security tags to enable the passenger and terminal security officers to determine the last person to seal the luggage, enabling a passenger to determine if the luggage was searched, and enabling security personal to determine whether the luggage was previously searched.
Claims13
Collapsible security luggage, comprising:
- A. luggage having opposing front and rear walls, opposing side walls, and opposing top and bottom walls, attached at adjacent wall edges, all cooperating to define an interior luggage space, said walls being of a flexible material able to be collapsed;
- B. at least one pair of panels rotatably attached at adjacent edges effective to be disposed adjacent to and parallel to opposing walls;
- C. a zipper disposed around the perimeter of one of the walls and defining an opening;
- D. a seal enclosure for use with a tamper evident frangible seal for the zippered opening, the enclosure comprising:
- a housing permanently affixed to said wall adjacent said zippered opening;
- a closure member pivotally and releasably attached to said housing and forming a selectively closed barrier around said seal to prevent access to said seal without first breaking said seal;
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- E. at least one tamper evident frangible seal having indicia thereon indicating the entity last sealing the luggage.
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A system for securing luggage, comprising:
- luggage having a zippered opening;
- at least two tamper evident frangible seals, a first seal having indicia representative of the traveler owning the luggage and a second seal having indicia representative of a security entity having authority to search said luggage
- a seal enclosure for use with said tamper evident frangible seals for the zippered opening, the enclosure comprising:
- a housing permanently affixed to said zippered opening,
- a closure member pivotally and releasably attached to said housing and forming a selectively closed barrier around said seal to prevent access without first breaking said seal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.