Gusseted suit case

An expandable suit case comprising:

• a rectangular body (1) having end walls (1a), side walls (1b), a bottom (2) and arched top (1c) arched between said end walls and extending between said side walls, said arched top having an opening extending between said end walls and a fastener (8) for closing said openings;
• a first web (12b) sewn around a lower periphery of said body end and side walls;
• a first gusset (9.sub.1) connected to and extending around said first web;
• a second web (12a) sewn around a lower periphery of said first gusset;
• a second gusset (9) connected to and extending around said second web;
• a third web (12) sewn around a lower periphery of said second gusset, said third web also sewn around a periphery of said body bottom (2);
• a first gusset fastener (5) connected to opposite upper and lower peripheries of said first gusset and adjacent said first and second webs respectively;
• a second gusset fastener connected to opposite upper and lower peripheries of said second gusset and adjacent said second and third webs respectively;
• each of said gussets having a V-shaped cross-section having an apex (9g) defined between upper (9e) and lower (9f) gusset portions, each of said first and second gussets having end walls (9a, 9b) and side walls (9c, 9d) extending downwardly of said body end walls and side walls respectively, each of said first and second gusset fasteners having a first end (10) positioned on a side wall of each of said first and second gussets respectively and adjacent said apex (9g), each of said first and second gusset fasteners having opposite ends (3.sub.1, 3.sub.2) disposed on one of said webs and in the vicinity of one of said gusset side walls, said gusset fastener opposite ends extending beyond each of said gusset fastener first ends so that at least a portion of each of said first and second gusset fasteners overlap;
• each of said first and second gussets having a closed position with said first and second gusset fasteners fastened and said first, second and third webs disposed adjacent each other, and an expanded position with said first and second gusset fasteners unfastened and said first, second and third webs spaced from each other;
• apexes of said gusset side walls moving toward each other and apexes of said gusset end walls moving toward each other with said first and second gussets moving from said expanded position to said closed position;
• and
• a plurality of casters connected to a bottom surface of said body bottom.