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US 4,081,061 AGranted
Modular luggage
AssigneeHarrison Leather Goods Corporation
InventorDeborah E. Tucker
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Abstract
A plurality of independent luggage pieces capable of functioning independently of one another and each having fastening means independent of their closures for securing the separate pieces together as a unitary structure as desired while being stored or in use.
Claims26
Modular hand luggage including a plurality of luggage pieces each capable of independent use and capable of being secured together when desired for shipping and carrying comprising,
- a generally rectangular first luggage piece having a pair of parallel side panels, bottom wall, a top and two ends,
- generally rectangular second and third luggage pieces each having a pair of parallel side panels and each capable independently of any other luggage piece of functioning as a piece of luggage for carrying clothing or other articles,
- one side panel of each of the second and third luggage pieces together being approximately equal to the size of the side panel of the first luggage piece so that when the second and third pieces are arranged side by side with their side panels coplanar their combined height and width dimensions approximately are the same as the height and width dimensions of the side panels of the first piece, and
- fastening means secured to at least one of the side panels of each of the three luggage pieces for releasably securing the second and third pieces side by side to a side panel of the first piece,
- said fastening means being capable of securing the second and third luggage pieces together in face to face relationship independent of the first luggage piece.
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A hand luggage adapted to be attached to and carry other pieces of hand luggage comprising
- a pair of parallel side panels, a bottom wall, a top and two ends,
- a first zipper element secured to the luggage adjacent a one side edge of one side panel and a second zipper element discontinuous from the first zipper element and forming part of separate zippers and secured to the luggage adjacent a second side edge of said one side panel and opposite the first side edge, said first and second zipper elements being adapted to secure other luggage pieces to the luggage, closure means independent of the first and second zipper elements for opening and closing the luggage, and a handle secured to the luggage for carrying it.
A hand luggage adapted to be attached to and carry other pieces of hand luggage comprising
- a pair of parallel side panels, a bottom wall, a top and two ends,
- a first zipper element secured to the luggage adjacent a one side edge of one side panel and a second zipper element secured to the luggage adjacent a second side edge of said one side panel and opposite the first side edge, and first and second zipper elements being adapted to secure other luggage pieces to the luggage,
- closure means independent of the first and second zipper elements for opening and closing the luggage,
- and a handle secured to the luggage for carrying it, each of said zipper elements being U-shaped, the bites of the U-shaped elements extending vertically adjacent the opposite end edges of the side panel and the arms of the U-shaped elements extending toward one another along the top and bottom side edges of the side panel and terminating at the midportion of those edges.
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Modular hand luggage comprising
- two hand luggage pieces each having sides, bottom, top and ends and capable of functioning as luggage independently of the other for carrying clothing or other articles,
- and fastening means secured to both sides of each of the luggage pieces enabling the two pieces to be secured together on either side of one another for carrying them as a unitary structure when they are either empty or carrying articles.
Modular hand luggage comprising
- three hand luggage pieces each having sides, bottom, top and ends and capable of functioning as luggage independently of the other pieces,
- and zipper elements secured to two sides of at least one of the pieces and zipper elements secured to at least one side of each of the other pieces enabling any two pieces to be interchangeably secured to one another and all three pieces to be secured together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.