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US 5,469,944 AGranted
Swivel foot for travel bags
OwnerKing-Sheng Wanginventor
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Abstract
A swivel foot includes a mounting block fixedly fastened to a travel bag at the bottom, and a rectangular swivel block having one end pivotally fastened to the mounting block through a plug joint, wherein the swivel block has a raised portion alternatively engaged into either of two locating recesses on the mounting block for permitting the swivel block to be retained in an inward position in parallel with the mounting block or an outward position perpendicular to the mounting block.
Claims4
A swivel foot for a travel bag comprising:
- a) a mounting block for attachment to the bottom of a travel bag, the mounting block including means for attachment to the travel bag, a downwardly extending receptacle, a circular plug hole formed at an extended end of the receptacle, an arcuate locating groove formed in the end of the receptacle and extending partially around an outer periphery of the plug hole, and a first locating recess and a second locating recess formed in the end of the receptacle and spaced at an angle of 90 degrees around the outer periphery of the plug hole;
- b) an elongate swivel block including a hollow split plug tube extending upwardly from one end thereof, and a locating strip and a raised portion provided on the block adjacent the bottom of the split plug tube;
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- c) means for engaging the split plug tube within the plug hole of the mounting block to dispose the locating strip the locating groove and permit the raised portion to be selectively engageable within either the first or the second locating recess when the swivel block is disposed in either of two positions offset from each other by 90 degrees.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.