Luggage with low-profile hanger bracket and harness
AssigneeTumi, Inc.
InventorPaul Scicluna
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Abstract
An item of expandable luggage includes a multiple expansion capability, including an expandable main compartment and an expandable external pocket. The luggage item also includes a pair of internal tie-down panels for better holding of clothes within the item and for providing additional storage pockets. A low-profile clothes hanger bracket is provided which is useful with either wire or wooden clothes hangers and includes a harness to avoid unintentional dislodgement of the hangers.
Claims16
A luggage item including a clothes hanger bracket for holding at least one clothes hanger, the clothes hanger bracket being attached to a panel of the luggage item, the clothes hanger bracket comprising:
- a base member;
- the base member having a substantially flat peripheral border region and a raised central region;
- at least one hook member on the raised central region extending in a first portion generally perpendicularly to the base member, then curving to extend in a second portion along, but spaced from, the base member, and terminating in a free end spaced from the base member;
- a harnessing member capable of cooperating with a harnessing feature on the base member;
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- the base member being attached to the panel of the luggage item by stitching through the peripheral border region thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.