US 2019/0166967 A1 · LUGGAGE ARTICLE FRAME STRUCTURE

Abstract

A luggage article 100 is provided. The luggage article 100 may include a reinforcing board 202, and a closed loop frame 206. The reinforcing board 206 may include a central portion 220 and first and second side portions 224, 226 on opposing lateral sides of the central portion 220. The central portion may extend over a rear side 120 of the luggage article 100. The first and second side portions 224, 226 may extend over at least part of the opposing left 126 and right 128 sides of the luggage case 100. The closed loop frame 206 may match and aligned with the distal edge 250 of the first side portion 224 or the second side portion 226 of the reinforcing board 220. The top section 226 of the closed loop frame may also curve around the top edges (142, 144) of the luggage case 100 to extend at least partially over the top side 122 to match and align with the inwardly curved side edge 282 of the top portion 228.

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Dependent claims

A luggage article comprising:

opposing front and rear panels, opposing left and right side panels, and opposing top and bottom panels together defining front, rear, left, right, top, and bottom sides of the luggage article;
a rigid or semi-rigid reinforcing board including:
a central portion extending over the rear side;
and
first and second side portions extending from opposing lateral sides of the central portion, the first and second side portions extending over at least part of the opposing left and right sides, each of the first and second side portions including a distal edge;
a closed loop frame including a frame portion matching and aligned with the distal edge of the first side portion or the second side portion of the reinforcing board;
and
an outer fabric cover over at least part of the front, left, and right sides.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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