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US 5,263,727 AGranted
Foldable luggage carrier
AssigneeJeffrey M. Libit
InventorsJeffrey M. Libit, Sidney Libit
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Abstract
A collapsible luggage cart which can be stored in a frame container with a spring biased door such that when the door is released spring biased wheels open the door and move to the extended position where they clear the door which then moves to the closed position and locks the wheels in the extended positions. A U-shaped telescoping handle is provided and a pivotal luggage shelf attaches to the frame.
Claims8
A collapsible luggage cart comprising:
- a container frame member with an upper wall, a lower wall, and side walls, a U-shaped handle having first and second legs with lower portions extending through said upper wall into opposite end portions of said frame member and being attached thereto, first and second wheel brackets pivotally connected to said lower portions within said opposite end portions, first and second wheels supported by said first and second wheel brackets, and a cover member having a front portion extending between said opposite end portions and a top portion overlapping said upper wall, said top portion having a pair of openings through which said legs extend, wherein the cover member is slidably mounted on the handle member and is movable upwardly relative to the frame member to permit the wheels to pivot between a stored position, in which the wheels are located in the frame member under the front portion of the cover member, and an extended position in which the wheels extend from the frame member and the front portion of the cover member extends between the brackets and the wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.