US 9,307,815 B2Granted

Luggage with shell, frame, and lock

AssigneeSamsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.

InventorsErik Sijmons, Rik Hillaert, Guy Moerman, Kenneth Coene

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Abstract

A luggage piece may include a first shell and a second shell pivotably joined to the first shell. The luggage piece may include a clamp-type latch configured to releasably secure the first shell to the second shell. The luggage case may further include a frame assembly. The frame assembly may include opposing first and second frame members. The first frame member and the second frame member may be joined to the first shell and the second shell, respectively. The first and second frame members may be pivotably joined together by a hinge. The first frame member may be configured with a first recess to receive therein at least a portion of the clamp-type latch such that exterior surfaces of the first shell, the first frame member, and the clamp-type latch are substantially flush with each other when the clamp-type latch is positioned in its latched position.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A luggage piece, comprising:

a first shell;
a second shell;
a frame assembly including opposing separate first and second frame members, the first frame member joined to the first shell, the second frame member joined to the second shell, and the first and second frame members pivotably joined together by a hinge;
and
a first clamp-type latch joined to the frame assembly and configured to releasably secure the first shell to the second shell;
wherein
the first frame member includes a first recess, the first recess receives therein at least a portion of the first clamp-type latch;
proximate the first recess, an exterior surface of a portion of the first shell adjacent to the first frame member is substantially flush with an exterior surface of an adjacent portion of the first frame member;
and an exterior surface of the first clamp-type latch is substantially flush with an exterior surface of an adjacent portion of the first frame member when positioned in a latched position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.