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US 4,356,899 AGranted
Attache case including expansion gusset
AssigneeH.I.T. Industries, Ltd.
InventorAbraham I. Tawil
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Abstract
The invention provides an attache case having an expansion gusset and improved fastening arrangements for opening and closing the expansion gusset. These include releasable snap fasteners, straps with slack sections or elastic sections, or elastic members overlapping the interior of the expansion gusset.
Claims7
An attache case, comprising:
- first and second sections relatively movable with respect to each other for opening and closing said case;
- at least one of said first and second sections including expansion means for expanding the capacity of said case, said expansion means being movable between a closed position and an expanded position;
- a plurality of fastening means disposed about said case for releasably maintaining said expanding means in said closed position, each of said fastening means including a strap and a first releasable fastener on a first side of said expansion means and a second releasable fastener on a second side of said expansion means so that at least one of said first and second fasteners of each of said fastening means is released when said expansion means moves to said expanded position.
An attache case comprising:
- first and second sections relatively movable with respect to each other for opening and closing said case;
- at least one of said first and second sections including expansion means for expanding the capacity of said case, said expansion means being movable between a closed position and an expanded position;
- fastening means for maintaining said expansion means in said closed position, said fastening means including only elastic means connected to both sides of said expansion means and which elastic means extend all the way around the interior of said case and overlaps said expansion means, said elastic means being operative to expand when said expansion means moves to said expanded position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.