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US 2012/0222931 A1Published application
Apparatus that includes a suitcase with integrated support arrangements for conversion to a bed or a chaise lounge
OwnerZeev Zuckermaninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus that includes a suitcase and integrated support arrangements that are transformable from an extended state to provide support for a person to lie down and a stored state for ease of transport.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a suitcase that includes a base panel, a top panel spaced from said base panel, and a plurality of side panels extending from said base panel around a storage space for receiving items disposed between said top panel and said base panel, said base panel and said top panels having a width and a length, and each said side panel having a width, which is shorter than the length and the width of said base and top panels;
- a first support arrangement residing at one side of said suitcase and selectively transformable from an extended state to a stored state and from a stored state to an extended state without interfering with said storage space;
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- a second support arrangement residing at another side of said suitcase opposite said one side and selectively transformable from an extended state to a stored state and from a stored state to an extended state without interfering with said storage space;
- wherein in said extended state at least one of said support arrangements would include a region that is intercepted by a horizontal plane coplanar with an exterior region of one of said base panel and said top panel.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a suitcase that includes a base panel, a top panel spaced from said base panel, and a plurality of side panels extending from said base panel and disposed around a storage space for receiving items disposed between said top panel and said base panel;
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- at least one support mechanism residing at one side of said suitcase that includes in an extended state a support surface having a region that intercepts a plane coinciding with an exterior region of one of said base panel and said top panel, said at least one support mechanism being configured for change from said extended state to a stored state without interfering with said storage space, wherein in said stored state said region of said support surface no longer intercepts said plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.