Personalizing luggage
AssigneeUmagination Labs, L.P.
InventorsDavid Duncanson, Sung Park
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Abstract
Luggage with modular construction permits personalization and customization by interchangeable appearance covers, by interchangeable lids and by interchangeable primary containment perimeters, so that the luggage can be selectively constructed with a hard or soft upper containment perimeter and lid, or such that the aesthetic treatment of the lid or other panels can be changed very easily by means of a releasable fasteners.
Claims25
Luggage comprising
- a main frame defining an internal compartment for items to be packed and transported;
- and
- at least one outer panel secured to the frame and forming an outer surface of one side of the luggage, the panel releasably secured to the frame for replacement with any of a number of interchangeable panels of differing visual or tactile properties.
The luggage of claim I 1, further comprising removable clips releasably engaging the outer panel projections with the projections extending through the frame holes, to secure the outer panel to the frame.
A method of personalizing luggage, comprising
- removing a first outer panel from a side of a piece of luggage;
- and
- securing a second outer panel to the side of the piece of luggage from which the first outer panel was removed, effectively replacing the first outer panel with the second outer panel;
- wherein the second outer panel is of a different outer visual appearance than the first outer panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.