Combined garment bag and carrier
OwnerMartin A. Tabor, Abby F. Tabor +1inventors
InventorsMartin A. Tabor, Abby F. Tabor, Clyde A. Laing
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Abstract
A combined garment bag and carrier constructed as a unit consisting of a garment bag, a pair of ground engaging wheels secured to the bottom portion thereof, tubular members extending within and along the full length of the garment bag to maintain the garment bag in an extended position, means mounted at the midportion of the tubular members permitting the folding of the garment bag, a sleeve slidably mounted on the tubular members preventing the folding of the garment bag, a handle secured to the tubular means at the top portion of the garment bag for actuating the sleeve to its folding and non-folding positions, and a foldable bracket mounted adjacent to the wheels for carrying luggage thereon.
Claims17
A combined garment bag and carrier comprising a substantially rectangular and pliable front and rear wall, top, side and bottom end wall means joining said front and rear walls forming an enclosed rectangular compartment for clothing, an opening along said front wall, zipper means enclosing said opening, a pair of ground engaging wheels mounted on said bottom end wall means, elongated means extending from said bottom end wall to said top end wall means, link means mounted at substantially the mid-portion of said elongated means for permitting folding of said garment bag, restraining means releasably mounted on said link means and a handle secured to the top portion of said elongated means for rolling said garment bag along the ground.
In combination:
- a flexible and foldable garment container;
- means within said container for holding said container in an inflexible and unfolded condition;
- said holding means including first means within said container for allowing bending of said holding means whereby said container may be folded;
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- said holding means further including second means coupled to said first means and extending through said container for permitting operation of said first means from outside of said container.
A portable luggage carrier comprising:
- a brace member;
- a rod extending substantially normal to said brace member;
- first means for allowing folding of said rod;
- a wheel carried by said brace member;
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- a flexible container surrounding said rod and foldable therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.