Wheel assembly
OwnerNick J. Manesisinventor
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Abstract
A wheel assembly for use in combination with wheeled luggage to counter-balance gravitational forces exerted on the wheeled luggage when it is tilted forwarded and rolled. The wheel assembly has a shock-absorbing bias mechanism to absorb shock while transporting the wheeled luggage across a surface; a housing for the shock-absorbing bias mechanism; and a transport mechanism adjacent to the shock-absorbing bias mechanism to provide additional surface contact and load support to aid in rolling the wheeled luggage.
Claims8
A wheel assembly for use in combination with wheeled luggage, said wheeled luggage having a front, a back, a top with a guide handle adjacent to the top, and a bottom with wheels adjacent to the bottom front, said wheel assembly comprising:
- (a) shock-absorbing means to absorb shock while transporting the wheeled luggage across a surface;
- (b) housing for said shock-absorbing means, said housing comprising a first plate swivelably attached to the front of the wheeled luggage adjacent to the bottom, and a second plate pivotably attached to the first plate and extendable outward from the front of the wheeled luggage;
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- (c) transport means adjacent to said shock-absorbing means, said transport means to provide additional surface contact and load support to aid in transporting the wheeled luggage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.