Luggage case with snap-fit front pocket or other component
AssigneeSamsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.
InventorReinhard Meersschaert
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Abstract
A luggage case including at least one shell defining an aperture, and having an edge portion extending around at least a portion of the aperture. A component, such as a pocket assembly, is coupleable to the edge portion; and a rim coupling structure is defined along at least a portion of one of the edge portion or the pocket assembly. A frame coupling structure is defined along at least a corresponding portion of the other of the edge portion or the pocket assembly, and the frame coupling structure selectively couples to the rim coupling structure by a snap-fit engagement to attach the pocket assembly to the at least one shell.
Claims15
A luggage case comprising:
- at least one shell defining an aperture or a recess, and having an edge portion extending around at least a portion of the aperture or the recess;
- a pocket assembly coupleable to the edge portion;
- and
- wherein:
- a rim coupling structure is defined along at least a portion of one of the edge portion or the pocket assembly,
- a frame coupling structure is defined along at least a corresponding portion of the other of the edge portion or the pocket assembly, and
- the frame coupling structure couples to the rim coupling structure by a snap-fit engagement to attach the pocket assembly to the at least one shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.