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US 6,604,617 B2Granted
Wheeled lightweight collapsible luggage
AssigneeTumi, Inc.
InventorsRobert P. Davis, Jeffrey A. Bertelsen
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Abstract
A luggage item has a frame that includes a top pan and a bottom pan that are joined by towing bar-receiving tubes. A body of flexible material is fitted to the frame. The frame and body are free of elements along the top wall, bottom wall and the side walls that inhibit folding of the top wall, bottom wall and the side walls along fold lines intermediate the front wall and back wall so that the front part of the bag can be collapsed toward the back wall to substantially reduce the volume of the bag.
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An article of luggage, comprising
- a frame having a top pan, a bottom pan, and a pair of spaced-apart parallel towing bar-receiving tubes joining the top pan to the bottom pan in spaced-apart relation, and
- a body of flexible material fitted to the frame and having a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall and a back wall, the walls being interconnected to form an enclosure to receive articles, fold lines being positioned in an intermediate portion of the top wall, the bottom wall and the side walls;
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- the top pan and the bottom pan having front edges spaced apart from the front wall of the body and front portions of the top wall, bottom wall and the side walls are foldable toward the back wall to enable the front wall to be collapsed and folded toward the back wall to substantially reduce the volume of the enclosure formed by the body.
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An article of luggage, comprising
- a frame having a top pan, a bottom pan, and a pair of spaced-apart parallel towing bar-receiving tubes joining the top pan to the bottom pan in spaced-apart relation, the top pan being generally L-shaped in side elevation and having a top web portion and a back web portion and an end flange portion joining the lateral ends of the top web portion and the back web portion and the bottom pan being generally L-shaped in side elevation and having a bottom web portion and a back web portion and end flange portions joining the lateral ends of the top web portion and back web portion, and
- a body of flexible material fitted to the frame and having a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall and a back wall, the walls being interconnected to form an enclosure to receive articles,
- the top web portion of the top pan and the bottom web portion of the bottom pan having front edges spaced apart from the front wall of the body and fold lines being positioned in an intermediate portion of the top wall, the bottom wall and the side walls, wherein front portions of the top wall, bottom wall and the side walls are foldable toward the back wall to enable the front wall to be collapsed and folded toward the back wall to substantially reduce the volume of the enclosure formed by the body.
An article of luggage, comprising
- a frame having a top pan, a bottom pan, and a pair of spaced-apart parallel towing bar-receiving tubes joining the top pan to the bottom pan in spaced-apart relation, and
- a body of flexible material fitted to the frame and having a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall and a back wall, the walls being interconnected to form an enclosure to receive articles, fold lines being positioned in an intermediate portion of the top wall, bottom wall and the side walls;
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- the top pan and the bottom pan having front edges spaced apart from the front wall of the body, each of the top wall, bottom wall and side walls having a single fold line approximately coextensive with a plane defined by the front edge of the top pan and the front edge of the bottom pan, and wherein front portions of the top wall, bottom wall and the side walls are foldable toward the back wall to enable the front wall to be collapsed and folded toward the back wall to substantially reduce the volume of the enclosure formed by the body.
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