Stabilized luggage

A wheel assembly for a stabilized luggage article, the stabilized luggage article comprising having a bottom wall, a top wall, opposed first and second major faces, and opposed first and second side walls that define a cavity for storage space, the wheel assembly configured to be mounted on the bottom wall proximate the first major face of the luggage article and comprising:

• a pivot member configured to extend downwardly from the bottom wall, the pivot member having a vertical axis of rotation that is projected toward but not beyond the first major face of the luggage article;
• and
• one or more wheels mounted to the pivot member, the one or more wheels rotatable around a horizontal axis and rotatable around the vertical axis, the horizontal axis spaced laterally from the vertical axis of the pivot member, wherein the pivot member extends downwardly to at least the horizontal axis.