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US 8,505,702 B2Granted
Shock absorbing carrying device for extending into a piece of luggage
AssigneeTumi, Inc.
InventorPaul V. Scicluna
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Abstract
A carrying device for extending into a piece of luggage and for absorbing and minimizing shocks when carrying the piece of luggage. The carrying device includes a handle and apparatus for absorbing and minimizing shocks when carrying the piece of luggage by the handle. The apparatus is normally disposed within the piece of luggage so as not to be unaesthetically visible, and is operatively connected to the handle so as to allow for the absorbing and the minimizing of the shocks when carrying the piece of luggage by the handle.
Claims13
A carrying device for absorbing shocks when carrying a piece of luggage, comprising:
- a handle comprising a pair of terminal ends, each terminal end of the handle comprising a pair of posts bent normally to the handle, the pair of posts adapted to prevent the handle from rocking sideways;
- an apparatus operatively connected to the handle, the apparatus adapted to absorb shocks when the piece of luggage is carried by the handle the apparatus adapted to be disposed within the piece of luggage;
- and
- a base plate comprising a pair of terminal ends, each end of the pair of terminal ends comprising a pair of through bores;
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- wherein each pair of posts are adapted to pass movably through each pair of through bores at respective terminal ends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.