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US 6,318,552 B1Granted
Two compartment wheeled computer and business case
AssigneeTravel Caddy, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Godshaw
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Abstract
A multiple compartment, wheeled computer carrier and business case includes three separable compartments which are hinged together along their bottom edge one to the other with the center compartment for carriage of a personal computer and the side compartments comprising elements for carrying files and for carrying various other business items. The case is wheeled with a telescoping handle and further includes a carrier handle as well as a strap. A reinforcing gusset connecting the bottom of the separate compartments facilitates the security of the carrier case.
Claims10
A multiple compartment, wheeled, computer carrier and business case comprising, in combination:
- a first generally rectangular, parallelepiped, outside compartment having a back side, a top side, a bottom side and opposite lateral sides all of said sides joined together to define an enclosure, said back side having integrated therein a telescoping handle positioned substantially midway between the opposite lateral sides, a pair of wheels in the junction of the bottom side and back side;
- a second generally rectangular parallelepiped, middle computer storage compartment having a top side, a bottom side and opposite lateral sides, the second compartment bottom side being hinged to the first compartment bottom side, the remaining sides of the second compartment aligned edge to edge with the corresponding top and lateral sides of the first compartment and releasibly joined thereto, said first and second compartments pivoted about a bottom hinge junction by at least one first flexible band connecting the first and second compartment bottom sides to limit their relative movement about the bottom hinge junction;
- said second compartment further including an outside rectangular panel with an outside face, said second compartment outside rectangular panel hinged along one side to the second compartment bottom side and releasibly attached to an outside periphery of the opposite sides and top side of the second compartment;
- a pouch attached to the outside face of the outside panel of the second compartment, said pouch fitted over a majority of the surface area of the outside panel of the second compartment;
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- said first flexible band extending from a lower edge of the back side of the first compartment and attached to the bottom sides of the compartments, said first compartment including a rigid rectangular frame having spaced side runs, a top run and said bottom side including a rigid bottom run, said top and bottom runs including a cutout section for receipt of the telescoping handle projecting simultaneously through both runs to provide extra telescoping length for extension of the telescoping handle.
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A multiple compartment, wheeled, computer carrier and business case comprising, in combination:
- a first generally rectangular, parallelepiped, outside compartment having a back side, a top side, a bottom side and opposite lateral sides all of said sides joined together to define an enclosure, said back side having integrated therein a telescoping handle positioned substantially midway between the opposite lateral sides, a pair of wheels in the junction of the bottom side and back side;
- a second generally rectangular parallelepiped, middle computer storage compartment having a top side, a bottom side and opposite lateral sides, the second compartment bottom side being hinged to the first compartment bottom side, the remaining sides of the second compartment aligned edge to edge with the corresponding top and lateral sides of the first compartment and releasibly joined thereto, said first and second compartments pivoted about the bottom hinge junction and at least one first flexible band connecting the first and second compartments to limit their relative movement about the bottom hinge connection;
- said second compartment further including an outside rectangular panel with an outside face, said rectangular panel hinged along one side to the second compartment bottom side and releasibly attached to an outside periphery of the opposite sides and top side of the second compartment;
- a pouch with a bottom side attached to the outside face of the outside panel of the second compartment, said pouch fitted over a majority of the surface area of the outside panel of the second compartment;
- said first flexible band extending from a lower edge of the back side of the first compartment and attached to the bottom sides of the first and second compartments;
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- said second compartment including a rigid rectangular outer frame congruent with the top, bottom and lateral sides, said frame having spaced side runs, a top run and a bottom run wherein the bottom run has, at least in part, a bottom run frame section with a width greater than the side runs and top run;
- and a support foot underlying the bottom run frame section of the inner frame positioned against the bottom run and spaced outwardly from the back side of the first outside compartment for enhancing the stability of the wheeled carrier.
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