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US 2006/0037824 A1Published application
Adaptable luggage
OwnerSung Park, David Duncanson +5inventors
InventorsSung Park, David Duncanson, Jason Robinson, Douglas Dayton, Gerd Schmieta, William Stewart, Florian Altmann
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Abstract
A flexible and modular system of internal partitioning of a piece of luggage that permits the user to allocate appropriate space to the various contents or to accommodate the particular nature of the contents, such as waterproof containment of wet items, and that is interchangeably modular so that the user can vary the partitioning depending upon the nature of the trip for which he/she is packing.
Claims36
A suitcase comprising
- a luggage base defining a compartment therein for containing clothing, the base having interior side walls defining spaced-apart partition locating features;
- a lid attached to the base and closable to enclose the compartment;
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- a removable compartment partition sized to simultaneously engage at least two of the partition locating features of the luggage base while partitioning the compartment.
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A suitcase comprising
- a luggage base defining a compartment therein for containing clothing, the base having interior side walls;
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- a clothes hanger with a hook at one end for suspending the hanger from a rod, the hanger partitioned to simultaneously hang multiple items of clothing draped over different portions of the hanger;
- wherein the hanger is foldable in length to be placed into the luggage base with clothing hanging therefrom, the interior walls of the base having hanger locating features arranged to receive and locate the folded hanger.
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A suitcase comprising
- a luggage base defining a compartment therein for containing clothing, the base having interior side walls;
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- at least one movable partition within the compartment and arranged to be moved from an open position to a closed position to seal a portion of the compartment from a remainder of the compartment, the partition having a perimeter edge adapted to form an air-tight seal with the interior side walls of the luggage base, and a one-way air valve configured to allow air to escape from the sealed portion of the compartment under pressure, and to inhibit entrance of air into the sealed compartment.
A suitcase comprising
- a luggage base defining a compartment therein for containing clothing, the base having interior side walls;
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- multiple rigid support boards removably secured to one of the interior side walls of the luggage base, each support board sized to support a folded article of clothing thereon.
A suitcase comprising
- a luggage base defining a compartment therein for containing clothing, the base having interior side walls;
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- a hanger disposed within the compartment, the hanger having a hook at one end for suspending the hanger from a rod when removed from the luggage base;
- wherein the hanger comprises a series of separately sealable pouches, each pouch having a respective, sealable opening for pouch access, and a respective one-way air vent configured to allow air to escape from the sealed pouch under pressure, and to inhibit entrance of air into the sealed pouch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.