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US 2016/0101796 A1Published application
Luggage sliders
AssigneeKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
InventorsMEHMET DONDURUR, AHMET Z. SAHIN
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AssigneeKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
InventorsMEHMET DONDURUR, AHMET Z. SAHIN
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The luggage sliders include various embodiments for permanent or removable installation upon the underside of a roll-around suitcase, wheeled cart, or similar article to facilitate movement of the article up a flight of stairs or other stepped inclined surface. Some of the sliders are pivotally extendible and retractable. Others are telescopically extendible and retractable. Still others are pivotally attached to one edge of the article, and pivotally fold against a surface of the article for storage. Still others may be adjustably clamped about the base of the article. Still others are pivotally attached about a wheel axle to rotate and lie beneath the wheel for operation. Still others may be removably attached directly to the wheels of the luggage, cart, or other wheeled article. Still others are pivotally attached to a point on the luggage and telescopically extend to project below the wheel for use.
A luggage slider for an article of wheeled luggage, the luggage having a bottom surface and a pair of wheels, each of the wheels having a periphery extending below the bottom surface of the luggage, the luggage slider comprising a rigid, elongate skid adapted for installation beneath the article of wheeled luggage, the skid having a lower surface having a low coefficient of friction, the lower surface being disposed between the underside of the wheeled luggage and the peripheries of the wheels therebelow, wherein the skid is adapted for removable installation to the article of wheeled luggage.
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