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AssigneeMiro Manufacturing Company
InventorsMichael D. Chandick, Robert M. Chandick, Pasquale Ricchio
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A portable and collapsible luggage carrier having an upright frame including a lower frame section and an upper frame section pivotally connected to the upper end of the lower frame section. Wheels are secured to the lower end of the lower frame section and the ends of legs of a U-shaped base frame are pivotally connected to the lower frame section so that the base frame is swingable between a generally horizontal, operative position and a generally vertical, inoperative position between the side portions of the lower frame section. A pair of U-shaped auxiliary support frames are pivotally connected to the legs of the base frame and an extension frame is shiftably mounted on each auxiliary support frame. When the base frame is in its operative position, the auxiliary support frames are engaged with the legs of the base frame and the extension frames are extended, the lateral stability of luggage supported on the carrier is substantially improved.
A luggage carrier comprising an elongated, generally upright frame means having a laterally spaced, generally vertically extending side portions and laterally extending portions connecting the upper and lower ends of said side portions, a generally U-shaped base frame member having a pair of laterally spaced leg portions and a connecting portion, the ends of said leg portions being pivotally connected to the lower end of said upright frame means so that said base frame member is swingable between a generally vertical inoperative position adjacent to said upright frame means and an operative, generally horizontal position extending generally perpendicular to said upright frame means, and at least one auxiliary support frame pivotally connected to one of the laterally spaced leg portions of said base frame member, said auxiliary support frame having an operative position wherein a portion thereof extends laterally over and rests upon the opposite leg portion of said base frame member to which it is connected, whereby said auxiliary support frame provides additional lateral support to an article of luggage resting on the base frame member of said carrier when said base frame member and said auxiliary support frame are in their operative positions.
The method of collapsing a luggage carrier to facilitate transportation and storage thereof when the latter is not in use, said luggage carrier including an elongated, upright frame having laterally spaced, vertically extending side portions and laterally extending portions connecting the upper and lower ends of said upright frame, a generally U-shaped base frame having the ends of the legs thereof pivotally connected to the lower, laterally extending portion of said upright frame so that said base frame pivots about a horizontal axis, the lateral spacing between the legs of said base frame being less than the lateral spacing between the vertical side portions of said upright frame, a pair of generally U-shaped auxiliary support frames having the ends of the legs thereof respectively pivotally connected to the laterally spaced legs of said base frame, the transverse distance between the legs of one of said auxiliary support frames being less than the transverse distance between the legs of the other of said auxiliary support frames when said auxiliary support frames are in their operative positions, and each of said auxiliary support frames extending over and resting upon the leg of said base frame opposite from the leg of the base frame to which it is pivotally connected, said method comprising the steps of swinging said auxiliary support frames to substantially upright positions, swinging said auxiliary support and base frames about the axis of said base frame toward the upright frame until the auxiliary support frames are disposed on the rear side of the upright frame and the legs of the base frame are disposed substantially between the side portions of the upright frame, and swinging the auxiliary support frames into engagement with the legs of the base frame.
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