Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ratchet-type expansion system for luggage and luggage incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 带有行李和行李的棘轮型膨胀系统
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Application No.: US13694191Application Date: 2012-11-05
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Publication No.: US09560902B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Donald Hogan , Georgene Rada , Jessica LoVerso , Matthew Dierkes , Richard Krulik , Tsung-Ming (Min) Kung
- Applicant: Briggs & Riley Travelware, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY Hauppauge
- Assignee: Briggs & Riley Travelware, LLC
- Current Assignee: Briggs & Riley Travelware, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Hauppauge
- Agency: Scully Scott Murphy and Presser
- Main IPC: A45C7/00
- IPC: A45C7/00

Abstract:
The article of luggage includes a luggage main body having a bottom surface and a cavity formed to receive articles for packing; an expansion body having a perimeter defining a cavity; a foldable gusset joining the luggage main body to the expansion body; and an expansion and locking device disposed internally at opposite ends of the article of luggage. The expansion and locking device is configured to allow free movement of the expansion body in a compression direction towards the luggage main body and configured to allow locking movement of the expansion body in an expanding direction away from the luggage main body. One expansion and locking device is preferably attached to two or more walls of the luggage. After finishing packing, the luggage is closed and the user pushes the expanding member towards the base member, ratcheting the pawl past the ratchet teeth to collapse the luggage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130140119A1 Ratchet-type expansion system for luggage and luggage incorporating same Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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