Wheeled suitcase
OwnerJürgen Pohlinventor
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Abstract
A suitcase (1) having an approximately cubic shape and two wheels (2) that are disposed near opposed bottom corners of the suitcase, also a handle (3) that is upwardly extendable and retractable from the suitcase (1) above the wheels (2) when the suitcase (1) is standing, furthermore a carrying handle affixed on an upper side of the suitcase and, optionally, an extendable floor support (20) located opposite the wheels on the floor side, with a seat surface disposed on the suitcase (1), which, when pulled, swiveled, swung or folded out when the suitcase is standing, completes the suitcase top (10).
Claims13
A suitcase (1;
- 13, 14) having a substantially cubic shape, the suitcase comprising:
- two wheels (2) rotatably engaged on a bottom side of the suitcase;
- a floor support extendable from the bottom side of the suitcase;
- a handle engaged on a telescopic tube assembly which is upwardly extendable and retractable from the suitcase above the wheels when the suitcase is standing;
- a displaceable part rotatably engaged on a top side of the suitcase which in a displaced position is coplanar with the top side of the suitcase;
- a support extending downward from a free end of the displaceable part to a front side of the suitcase and bearing down through the floor support when the displaceable part is in the displaced position thereof;
- wherein the displaceable part is a first partial seat and the top side of the suitcase is a second partial seat which together create a complete seat surface;
- and
- wherein the handle and the telescopic tube assembly are engaged on a wheel side of the suitcase.
The suitcase according to claim 6, wherein the support is a diagonal stiffener incorporated in the hand suitcase from an upper free end thereof to an opposite lower end thereof.
The suitcase according to claim 6, wherein a carrying handle is affixed on a top side of the hand suitcase.
The suitcase according to claim 6, wherein the smaller hand suitcase is releasably engaged to the large suitcase on a pivot joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.