Luggage transportation system

A luggage system comprising:

• a first luggage piece comprising:
• a housing defining an interior compartment that stores items to be transported within the first luggage piece,
• a retractable handle that is adjustable between a recessed position where a handgrip provided to the handle is disposed proximate to the housing and a deployed position where the handgrip is extended distally away from the housing, and
• a plurality of rollers coupled to the housing on which the luggage piece is to be rolled, the plurality of rollers comprising at least two in-line rollers having a generally fixed rolling direction;
• a second luggage piece comprising:
• a housing defining an interior compartment that stores items to be transported within the second luggage piece,
• a retractable handle that is adjustable between a recessed position where a handgrip provided to the handle is disposed proximate to the housing and a deployed position where the handgrip is extended distally away from the housing, and
• a plurality of rollers coupled to the housing on which the second luggage piece is to be rolled, the plurality of rollers comprising at least two adjustable rollers having a variable rolling direction;
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• a coupling system comprising a plurality of tethers that couple the first and second luggage pieces together to be rolled on the at least two in-line rollers and the at least two adjustable rollers together as a joined unit, wherein the joined unit is steerable through adjustment of the variable rolling direction of the adjustable rollers.

A luggage system comprising:

• a first luggage piece comprising:
• a housing defining an interior compartment for storing items to be transported within the first luggage piece,
• a retractable handle that is adjustable between a recessed position where a handgrip provided to the handle is disposed proximate to the housing and a deployed position where the handgrip is extended distally away from the housing of the first luggage piece, and
• a plurality of rollers coupled to the housing on which the luggage piece is to be rolled, the plurality of rollers comprising at least two in-line rollers having a generally fixed rolling direction and at least two adjustable rollers having a variable rolling direction, wherein the in-line rollers extend from a bottom surface of the first luggage piece adjacent to a vertical plane in which the retractable handle of the first luggage piece is located and the adjustable rollers extend from a bottom surface of the first luggage piece adjacent to a side of the bottom surface opposite the in-line rollers;
• a second luggage piece comprising:
• a housing defining an interior compartment for storing items to be transported within the second luggage piece,
• a retractable belt that is stored about a spool coupled to the housing of the second luggage piece and comprises a handgrip provided adjacent to a distal end of the retractable belt, wherein the retractable belt is adjustable between a recessed position where the handgrip is disposed proximate to the housing of the second luggage piece and a deployed position where the handgrip is extended distally away from the housing of the second luggage piece, and
• a plurality of adjustable rollers having a variable rolling direction extending from a bottom surface of the second luggage piece on which the second luggage piece is to be rolled, wherein the bottom surface of the second luggage piece is devoid of any in-line rollers;
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• a coupling system comprising a plurality of tethers that extend between the first and second luggage pieces to couple the first and second luggage pieces together to be rolled on the in-line rollers and the adjustable rollers together as a joined unit, wherein a proximate portion of the joined unit adjacent to the in-line rollers has a tendency to roll in a fixed direction established by the in-line rollers and a distal portion of the joined unit adjacent to the adjustable rollers of the second luggage piece is steerable in a plurality of different directions through adjustment of the variable rolling direction of the adjustable rollers without skidding the adjustable rollers.