US 6,454,065 B1Granted

Wheel rack improvement of a trolley suitcase

OwnerChieh-Chiung Cheninventor

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Abstract

A wheel rack improvement of a trolley suitcase includes a pair of corner seats and a central seat secured to the lower portion of the suitcase. The corner seats each has a main prop and subordinate prop rotatably secured therein and overlapped each other. The central seat has a footboard rotatably secured by a link and a rotor, a pair of axial pipes spacedly secured to the back of the central seat each including a male pipe and a female pipe axially sleeve with each other. An insertion rod engageable with a positioning hole of the subordinate prop biased by a spring. A steel wire has a first enlarged head retained in a slot of the insertion rod and a second enlarged head retained in a slot of the rotor for controlling the insertion rod the engage or disengage with the positioning hole of the subordinate prop. Therefore, the props may separate with each other to make a four wheels touching the ground.

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A wheel rack improvement of a trolley suitcase comprising:

a suitcase;
a pair of corner seats spacedly and symmetrically secured to a pair of lower corners of the suitcase each having a first thru hole, a second thru hole and a third thru hole spacedly formed in an inward peripheral wall, a main prop including a first wheel on lower end, a lower axial hole engaged with the first thru hole and rotatably secured by a first axial pin, an upper axial hole adjacent a top thereof, an upper axial hole adjacent a top thereof, an axial rod on a lateral side opposite to the lower axial hole, an arcuate rib above the lower axial hole and a depression above the first wheel, and a subordinate prop having a second wheel on lower end engageable into the depression of the main prop, a positioning hole in a lower portion above the second wheel engageable with the third thru hole of the corner seat, an oblong hole on an upper portion engaged with the axial rod of the main prop and an axial hole abutting the oblong hole engaged with the second thru hole of the corner seat and rotatably secured by a second axial pin;
an insertion rod inserted into the third thru hole of the corner seat having a bevel angle on forward end engageable with the positioning hole of the subordinate prop, a slot in a top periphery for retaining an enlarged head of a steel wire;
a positioning cap which has a central bore wrapped on the insertion rod and screw secured to an inward periphery of the corner seat and biased by a spring means therebetween;
a rotatable link having a plane surface on a top periphery along the length thereof, an enlarged head including an upper truncate surface and a lower truncate surface;
a rotor sleeved onto the rotatable link stopped against the enlarged head of the link and having a slot in an inward end for retaining another enlarged head of the steel wire, an annular groove abutting the slot for winding the steel wire therein and a crescent central bore engageable with the rotatable link;
a central seat secured to a center lower portion of the suitcase between the pair of corner seat having a pair of positioning plates spacedly formed an inner side, a pair of circular thru holes in lateral side for rotatably secured a footboard by the rotatable link, said footboard having a crescent central bore engageable with the rotatable link;
a pair of spring plate spacedly disposed in the inner side of the central seat abutting one side of the rotor and the circular thru holes of the central seat;
a pair of axial pipes spacedly secured to the positioning plates of the central seat each having an axial ring on an upper periphery toward the corner seats;
a cover snap covering the cap, the steel wire and the axial ring in which the steel wire is passing through;
a pair of female pipes each having a press plate on underside inserted into the axial pipes;
a pair of male pipe each having a cushion on bottom inserted into the female pipes.

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A wheel rack improvement of a trolley suitcase comprising:

a suitcase;
a pair of corner seats spacedly and symmetrically secured to a pair of lower corners of the suitcase each having a first thru hole, a second thru hole and a third thru hole spacedly formed in an inward wall, a main prop including a first wheel on lower end, a lower axial engaged with the first thru hole and rotatably secured by a first axial pin, an upper axial hole adjacent a top thereof, an axial rod on a lateral side opposite to the lower axial hole, an arcuate rib above the lower axial hole and a depression above the first wheel, and a subordinate prop having a second wheel on lower end engageable into the depression of the main prop, a positioning hole in a lower portion above the second wheel engageable with the third thru hole of the corner seat, an oblong hole on an upper portion engaged with the axial rod of the main prop and an axial abutting the oblong hole engaged with the second thru hole of the corner seat and rotatably secured by a second axial pin;
an insertion rod inserted into the third thru hole of the corner seat having a bevel angle on forward end engageable with the positioning hole of the subordinate prop, a slot in a top periphery thereof;
a positioning cap which has a central bore wrapped on the insertion rod and screw secured to an inward periphery of the corner seat and biased by a spring mean therebewteen;
a pair of axial pipes spacedly secured to a central lower portion of the suitcase between the corner seats each having an axial ring on an upper periphery toward the corner seat;
a pair of female pipes axially inserted into the pair of axial pipes respectively;
a pair of male pipes axially inserted into the female pipes respectively and each having a cushion and a central bore in the bottom thereof;
a pair of steel wire each having a first enlarged end retained in the slot of the insertion rod and extending through the positioning cap, the axial ring, the female pipe and then a second enlarged end secured into the bottom of the male pipe;
a cap snap covering the cap, the steel wire and the axial ring.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.