Combination luggage pieces and connector
AssigneeClemco Products, Inc.
InventorsWallace London, James S. Deutschendorf
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Abstract
A carrying luggage having wheels and an extendable handle, a carried luggage which may be taller than the carrying luggage and having a handle, and a releasable connector for engaging the grips of the handles and supporting the grip of the carried luggage at or adjacent to the grip of the carrying luggage. The releasable connector may be a strap with a buckle, or may have a girdle strap extending around the rods of the extendable handle of the carrying piece, an attaching strap with a buckle attached to the girdle strap, and a suspension strap or straps connected to the girdle strap and extending over the grip of the extendable handle.
Claims28
In combination,
- (a) a piece of luggage having walls providing a container, at least a part of a said wall being movable to provide access into said luggage, supporting wheels on said luggage, and a handle for said luggage comprising a grip and mounted for movement between a stored position and an extended position in which said grip is remote from and at a higher elevation than said walls,
- (b) a second piece of luggage having walls providing a second container and comprising a carrying element at a boundary of said second piece of luggage having a grip, and
- (c) a releasable connector supporting said grip of said second piece of luggage closely adjacent said grip of said first piece of luggage;
- whereby, said second piece of luggage is supported with the grip thereof substantially at the highest part of said handle of said first piece of luggage in the extended position thereof to thereby provide improved stability to said combination due to the location of the center of gravity of said second piece of luggage while said combination is being towed.
In combination,
- (a) a piece of luggage having walls providing a container, at least a part of a said wall being movable to provide access into said luggage, supporting wheels on said luggage, and a handle for said luggage comprising a grip and mounted for movement between a stored position and an extended position in which said grip is remote from and at a higher elevation than said walls,
- (b) a garment bag for clothes on hangers having walls providing a container and a carrying element having a grip, and
- (c) a releasable connector supporting said grip of said garment bag closely adjacent said grip of said first piece of luggage;
- whereby, said garment bag is supported with the grip thereof substantially at the highest part of said handle of said first piece of luggage in the extended position thereof to thereby provide improved stability to said combination due to the location of the center of gravity of said garment bag while said combination is being towed.
A releasable connector for placement on a luggage handle having a generally transverse horizontal grip and a pair of parallel rods, and for supporting a second piece of luggage by the handle thereof, said releasable connector comprising:
- (a) a pair of substantially parallel inverted U-shaped suspension straps;
- (b) a girdle strap extending transversely of and connected at spaced locations thereof to said suspension straps;
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- (c) an attachment strap attached transversely to said girdle strap and having ends with releasable connector elements therein for securing to the handle of the second piece of luggage while it is supported from the grip of the piece of luggage by the pair of suspension straps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.