Vetically expandable luggage with integral wheeled carrier

Vertically expandable luggage including a vertically expandable wheeled carrier therefor, comprising:

• (A) a vertically expandable luggage sidewall including at least three vertically stacked shells defining:
• (i) a bottom shell with a closed bottom,
• (ii) a top shell with an openable closed top, and
• (iii) at least two vertically stacked intermediate shells with flexible sidewalls connecting said top shell and said bottom shell, each said intermediate shell being movable between a vertically collapsed orientation and a vertically expanded orientation;
• (B) a vertically expandable wheeled carrier including at least three vertically stacked supports defining:
• (i) a bottom support of diameter D3;
• (ii) a top support of diameter D1, and
• (iii) a vertically stacked intermediate support of diameter D2 functionally connecting said top support and said bottom support, said intermediate support including means telescopically receiving said top support and means telescopically received in said bottom support;
• said top support including means telescopically extendable from or receivable within said intermediate support without movement therewith of said luggage sidewall, a top portion of said intermediate support being secured to said top shell for vertical movement therewith, and a top portion of said bottom support being secured to said bottom shell for vertical movement therewith such that relative telescopic displacement of said intermediate support and said bottom support is related to relative displacement of said top shell and said bottom shell, and relative telescopic displacement of said top support and said intermediate support is not related to relative displacement of said top shell and said bottom shell;
• D2 being greater than D1 and less than D3;
• and
• (C) a releasable locking system including:
• (i) top raceway connecting means about and connecting said top support and said intermediate support, said top raceway connecting means including top locking means for releasably precluding relative vertical movement of said top support and said intermediate support, and
• (ii) bottom raceway connecting means about and connecting said intermediate support and said bottom support, said bottom raceway connecting means including bottom locking means for releasably precluding relative vertical movement of said intermediate support and said bottom support.