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US 2025/0082076 A1Published application
Multi-Mode Luggage Apparatus and Method
AssigneePhil and Teds Design Limited
InventorPhilip John Bracen
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Abstract
A luggage apparatus and method is described herein that introduce a separate wheeled sub-frame that mounts on the base of a luggage apparatus and which allows for dual mode use between an upright mode and a tilt mode. The geometry of the relationship between the bag frame and sub-frame of the luggage apparatus urges the beg to tilt and return upright. The luggage apparatus is securely supported about the sub-frame in both modes with a changing centre of gravity and can be pushed or pulled in either mode.
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A luggage apparatus comprising:
- a bag frame;
- and
- a sub-frame, the sub-frame located below the bag frame;
- wherein the luggage apparatus is configured to move between an upright mode with the bag frame in a substantially upright orientation and a tilt mode with the bag frame on an angle relative to a vertical plane, wherein:
- in upright mode, the luggage apparatus center of gravity is generally inside a volume defined by the bag frame and wherein, in tilt mode, the luggage apparatus center of gravity is generally outside a volume defined by the bag frame, and,
- when the luggage apparatus is moved from an upright mode to a tilt mode, the luggage apparatus center of gravity moves backwards and when the luggage apparatus moves from a tilt mode to an upright mode, the center of gravity moves forwards.
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