CN101528077A

CN101528077A - Wheeled luggage usable as a seat

Info

Publication number: CN101528077A
Application number: CNA2007800000781A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 大卫·G·格里高利
Original assignee: HITTKEYES CO Ltd
Current assignee: HITTKEYES CO Ltd
Priority date: 2006-04-11
Filing date: 2007-04-05
Publication date: 2009-09-09

Abstract

The present invention provides a wheel assembly for use on wheeled luggage usable as a seat A seat cushion is located on the upper end of the luggage. The wheel assembly includes a wheel housing having a brake shoe located within the housing. A wheel carriage is positioned within the housing. The wheel carriage rotatably supports a wheel having a rolling surface. In response to a traveler sitting on the seat cushion, the wheel carriage has means adapted to allow the wheel to move from a first position where the rolling surface of the wheel is not in contact with the brake shoe to a second position where the rolling surface of the wheel is in braking contact with the brake shoe, and to cause the wheel to move from the second position to the first position upon the traveler arising.

Description

The wheeled luggage that can be used as the seat

The cross reference of related application

The application requires the interests of the U.S. Provisional Application submitted on April 11st, 2006 U.S. Provisional Application that number on February 24th, 60/791,610 and 2007 submitted number 60/903,242, and the full content of these two provisional application here is merged in by reference.

Background technology

The present invention relates to be used as safely the wheeled luggage at seat.

Air traveler generally has a machine that can be placed on aircraft to push up in the storehouse or the hand-baggage case under the seat of traveller front.Because most of travellers must be in the long distance of airport walking, the hand-baggage case of latest fashion is a kind of a pair of luggage case of taking turns with an extended/recoverable handle that has, and wheel and handle permission traveller drag luggage case dragging to draw to look like on the ground.

It is more and more crowded that the airport becomes, and safety line is more and more longer.Seat in the landing gate near zone is all occupied usually.In safety line, in the baggage claim district, in the line of hiring a car and the seat of other position be disabled.

Proposed to add the suggestion at seat so that the place of seat to be provided to the traveller to wheeled luggage.

United States Patent (USP) 6,644,447 have described from the front of wheeled suitcase or the seat that rotates up later.

United States Patent (USP) 6,932,427 have described the wheeled suitcase with the folding chair that in the past faces down.

U.S. Patent Application Publication 2004/0231939 has been described can be from the seat that rotates up later of wheeled suitcase.

U.S. Patent Application Publication 2005/0098402 has been described the wheeled suitcase with chaise longue, and when suitcase put down in the back, this chaise longue can be in the past towards last rotation.

U.S. Patent Application Publication 2005/0194226 has been described the wheeled suitcase with the seat that can be rotated down from behind.

All these equipments are all very complicated, increased unnecessary weight to luggage case, and very dangerous, because when being used as the seat hour wheel suitcase is moved.

Because the height possibility that moves of suitcase, the top of attempting to be sitting in wheeled suitcase is dangerous equally.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide safety and be sitting in top wheeled luggage.

Described wheeled luggage comprises the cushion that forms the suitcase upper end.

Described wheeled luggage comprises the wheel apparatus that is positioned at each inferior horn place, suitcase front.

Each wheel apparatus comprises the hub cap with brake block, and brake block is positioned at shell.Wheel is placed in each shell.Wheel carrier rotatably supports to have the wheel of rolling surface.Be sitting on the cushion in response to the traveller, wheel carrier has and is suitable for making wheel to move the control parts from what primary importance moved on to the second place, and wherein the rolling surface at the primary importance wheel contact with brake block, is in to brake at the rolling surface of second place wheel and brake block to contact.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the side elevation view of first embodiment that is used for the wheel apparatus of wheeled luggage of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the back elevation view of first embodiment of wheel apparatus;

Fig. 3 is the side cross-sectional view of first embodiment of wheel apparatus, and it is illustrated in wheel unlatching, rotatable position;

Fig. 4 is the side cross-sectional view of first embodiment of wheel apparatus, and it is illustrated in wheel locking, non-rotatable position;

Fig. 5 is the rear view of hub cap of first embodiment of wheel apparatus;

Fig. 6 is the front perspective view of hub cap of first embodiment of wheel apparatus;

Fig. 7 is the wheel carrier of first embodiment of wheel apparatus and the side elevation view of wheel;

Fig. 8 is the wheel of first embodiment of wheel apparatus and the preceding elevation view of wheel carrier thereof;

Fig. 9 is the side cross-sectional view of second embodiment with wheel apparatus of wheel, and wheel being presented at unlatching, rotatable position;

Figure 10 is the side cross-sectional view of second embodiment with wheel apparatus of wheel, and wheel being presented at locking, non-rotatable position;

Figure 11 is to use the front perspective view of the wheeled luggage of the second embodiment wheel apparatus.

The specific embodiment

As shown in figure 11, wheeled luggage 10 comprise the base 20 that is positioned on the top board wherein, be positioned on the header board wherein telescoping handle 30 and therein the intersection of header board, base plate and side plate be positioned at right wheel apparatus and revolver device 140 on bottom right anterior angle and the lower-left anterior angle.The right wheel apparatus of second embodiment and revolver device 140 (as seeing in Fig. 9-11) are identical.Term " preceding " means during dragging towards the face of traveller's wheeled luggage 10.

Right wheel apparatus and revolver device 140 can be replaced by the right wheel apparatus and the revolver device of first embodiment shown in Fig. 1-8, only show the revolver device 40 of first embodiment among the figure.The right wheel apparatus of first embodiment is the mirror image of revolver device 40.

The revolver device 40 of first embodiment comprises hub cap 50 and wheel carrier 80.

Hub cap 50 has upwardly extending lip portion 52, lip portion 52 be suitable near the following rear section of wheeled suitcase and by screw by suitcase after the coupling hole of plate enter

screw receptor

54,54` is connected thereto.Right screw hole and

left screw hole

56,56` allow screw the bottom surface portions of shell 50 to be connected to the bottom of wheeled suitcase.Be positioned at the following left side adjacency of flange 58 with the wheeled suitcase in shell 50 left sides.The shell of right wheel apparatus is identical with the shell 50 of revolver device 40, the right side that is positioned at shell 50 except flange 58 with the following right side adjacency of wheeled suitcase.

The wheel well 60 of hub cap 50 is suitable for holding wheel carrier 80 and relevant wheel 100.Outward extending from wheel well 60 is the hollow cylindrical spring housing 62 that is suitable for holding with mounting spring 64, and it extends to wheel well 60 and contacts with wheel carrier 80, as shown.Spring 64 is selected stoping moving of wheel carrier 80 in fact during dragging the wheeled luggage 10 that is full of normal capacity, but allows the mobile of wheel carrier 80 when the traveller is sitting on the seat cushion 20.

Rectangular shaped article motion block 66 is connected to hub cap 50 or forms the part of hub cap 50, and extends to wheel well 60 by the opening 96 in the wheel carrier 80.The outer surface 70 of brake block 66 is arc and lobed body structure surfaces, the also interlocking that when this body structure surface is suitable for contact with the body structure surface of the projection of wheel 100, closely cooperates with it, and outer surface 70 has in fact and the identical radius of radius of taking turns 100.

Right pivot pin-and-hole and left pivot pin hole 72 are extended by the following right side wall and the following left side wall of wheel well 60, have only shown right pivot pin-and-hole 72, and left pivot pin hole is in the also alignment with it of the opposite of right pivot pin-and-hole 72.

Wheel carrier 80 has right side wall parallel to each other in fact and

left side wall

82,82`.End face 84 and angled rear wall 86 are extended between right side wall and

left side wall

82,82`.Right ligule part and

left ligule part

88,88` extend forward from right side wall and left side wall 82, the 82` of

ligule part

88,88`.Thuban axis hole and

left pivot hole

90,90` are by the wall of right ligule part and

left ligule part

88,88`.Right axis hole and

left axis hole

92,92` are by right side wall and

left side wall

82,82`.

Wheel carrier 80 has the antetheca 94 of inclination, and wherein antetheca 94 has rectangular aperture 96.Rectangular aperture 96 is suitable for holding the rectangular shaped article motion block 66 by it.

Wheel 100 is between the right side wall of wheel carrier 80 and

left side wall

82,82`, and wheel shaft 104 passes right axis hole and

left axis hole

92,92` and is fixed by any suitable manner.The outer end of wheel shaft 104 is last to stop wheel carrier 80 to drop out from wheel well 60 when wheeled luggage 10 is raised across

groove

74,74`, and

groove

74,74` are arranged in the wall of the wheel well 60 of hub cap 50.

Wheel 100 rotatably is connected to wheel carrier 80 by

wheel shaft

104, and 80 of wheel carriers place in the wheel well aperture 70 of shell 50, have with shell 50 in right pivot pin-and-hole and the right pivot pin-and-hole that aligns of left

pivot pin hole

72,72` and left

pivot pin hole

90,90`.Pivot pin 94 is by

hole

72,72`, 90 and 90` is inserted into and be connected to shell 50 in any suitable manner.

Right wheel apparatus and revolver device 40 are connected to the right side and the left side of suitcase bottom, the position of right wheel apparatus shown in Figure 11 and revolver device 140 in known mode in the wheeled luggage field.

In use, the handle 30 of rolling suitcase 10 is stretched, and the traveller is at its suitcase of shaking hands after one's death.Between the rolling delivery period of suitcase 10, the structure of wheel carrier 80 and wheel 100 as shown in Figure 3, wheel surface 102 is pushed and does not contact with brake block 66 by the effect that spring 64 pushes away wheel carrier 80.

When arriving the place that requires wait and wishing to sit down, handle 30 is contracted, and the traveller is sitting on the seat cushion 20.When traveler sits down, wheel carrier 80 is around the pivot pin 94 compression springs 64 that pivot, and touches the arcuate outer surface 70 of brake block 66 up to the rolling surface 102 of wheel 100, as shown in Figure 4.Wheel 100 among Fig. 4 is illustrated and partly is withdrawn in the wheel well 70.Yet before the rolling surface 102 of wheel 100 contacted the arcuate outer surface 70 of brake block 66, wheel carrier 80 and wheel 100 can be suitable for all being withdrawn in the wheel well 70.The coupling bulge-structure of the outer surface 70 of brake block 66 and the rolling surface 102 of wheel 100 is meshed, thereby just stops wheel 100 to rotate as long as the traveller is seated.

Though it is preferred having the structure of the rolling surface 102 of the wheel 100 that is meshed with the structure of the arcuate outer surface 70 of brake block 66, arcuate outer surface 70 can be made with the structure that allows rolling surface 102 by deformable rubber or elastomeric material and embed arcuate outer surface 70 and cause braking action, or vice versa, and rolling surface 102 can be embedded rolling surface 102 and be caused braking action by the structure that rubber or elastomeric material are made with the arcuate outer surface 70 that allows brake block 66.

When the traveller rises immediately, spring 64 is pushed wheel carrier 80 open and is made brake block 66 and wheel 100 to break away from engagement and allows wheel 100 rotations.

Though spring 64 preferably is connected to hub cap 50 as shown, it also can be connected to wheel carrier 80.

The second wheel apparatus embodiment 140 shown in Fig. 9-11 is used similar brake.Yet, in second embodiment, wheel and during brake block is meshed the substantially vertical direction of wheel move rather than the pivot rotation.

Wheel apparatus 140 comprises hub cap 150 and wheel carrier 180.

Hub cap 150 comprises parallel in fact right side wall and

left side wall

152 and 152`, roof 154 and rear wall 156.Hollow cylindrical spring housing 158 extends upward from roof 154.Spring housing 158 wherein is equipped with spring 164.

Brake block 166 has arcuate surfaces 170, and arcuate surfaces 170 has in fact the identical radius of radius with wheel 200.The bulge-structure that arcuate surfaces 170 has can with the engagement that match of wheel 200 bulge-structure 202.Selectively, arcuate surfaces 170 or take turns 200 rolling surface 202 and can constitute to allow embedding and braking action by rubber or elastomeric material with respect to the above-mentioned discussion of first embodiment.

Wheel carrier 180 comprises the yoke of putting upside down that is generally U-shaped, and this yoke comprises opposed right arm and left arm 182 (left arm 182 only is shown) and top cross plate 184.The top cross plate and the lower end engages of spring 164.

Right arm and left arm 182 wherein have opposed axle accommodation hole to hold the wheel shaft 186 that passes wherein.The outer end of wheel shaft 186 extend to and slidably mate right groove and left groove (not showing), right groove and left groove are arranged in the right side wall of hub cap 150 and the inwall of

left side wall

152 and 152`.

In use, the handle 30 of rolling suitcase 10 is stretched, and the traveller is at its suitcase of shaking hands after one's death.Between the rolling delivery period of suitcase 10, the structure of wheel carrier 180 and wheel 200 is with shown in Figure 9.

When arriving the place that requires wait and wishing to sit down, handle 30 is contracted, and the traveller is sitting on the seat cushion 20.When traveler sits down, wheel carrier 180 is upwards vertical to be moved, and touches the arcuate outer surface 170 of brake block 166 up to the rolling surface 202 of wheel 200, as shown in figure 10.Wheel 200 among Figure 10 is illustrated and partly is withdrawn in the hub cap 150.Yet before the rolling surface 202 of wheel 200 contacted the arcuate outer surface of brake block 166, wheel carrier 180 and wheel 200 can be suitable for all being withdrawn in the hub cap 150.The coupling bulge-structure of the channel inner surface 170 of brake block 166 and the outer surface 202 of wheel 200 is meshed, thereby just stops wheel 200 to rotate as long as the traveller is seated.

When the traveller rises immediately, spring 164 promotes wheel carriers 180 downwards and makes brake block 166 and wheel 200 breaks away from engagement and allows wheel 200 rotations.

To those skilled in the art, clearly can much change and do not depart from wherein basic principle the above-mentioned details of embodiment of the present invention.Therefore, scope of the present invention should only be determined by following claim.

Claims

1. one kind is used to be connected to and is suitable for the wheel apparatus that draws the wheeled luggage that drags on the face dragging, comprising:

Hub cap, it has a wheel well;

Brake block, it extends in the described wheel well of described hub cap;

Wheel carrier, it places in the described wheel well of described hub cap, described wheel carrier rotatably supports to have the wheel of rolling surface, described wheel carrier has and is suitable for allowing described the wheel from what primary importance moved to the second place to move the control parts, do not contact with described brake block at the described described rolling surface of taking turns of described primary importance, being in braking at described described rolling surface of taking turns of the described second place and described brake block contacts, be applied to when the described described rolling surface contact of taking turns is described drags the part of drawing face when upwarding pressure, the described wheel from described primary importance moves on to the described second place, and the described control parts that move make described the wheel from the described second place move on to described primary importance when described pressure is removed.

2. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein be suitable for allowing described take turns from primary importance move to the second place described to move the control parts are the pivot pins that described wheel carrier are connected to described hub cap.

3. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprises the push mechanism that is positioned at described wheel well, and described push mechanism promotes described wheel carrier when described pressure is removed and described brake block disengages.

4. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein promoting the described push mechanism that described wheel carrier and described brake block disengage is spring.

5. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said spring is connected to described hub cap.

6. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said brake block has arcuate outer surface, when described when taking turns in its second place described arcuate outer surface be suitable for contacting described described rolling surface of taking turns, described arcuate outer surface has in fact and the identical radius of described radius of taking turns.

7. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 6, the described arcuate outer surface of wherein said described rolling surface of taking turns and described brake block has the structure of interlocking.

8. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said brake block are connected to described hub cap and extend in the described wheel well by the opening in the described wheel carrier.

9. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 1, the wherein said wheel by wheel shaft is rotatably connected to described wheel carrier, the outer end of described wheel shaft extends beyond the described groove that forms of taking turns and enter on the adjacent wall of described hub cap, described groove be suitable for allowing described take turns moving from described primary importance to the described second place during the described outer end of described wheel shaft move therein.

10. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein be suitable for allowing described take turns from primary importance move on to the second place described to move the control parts are yokes, the described wheel is rotatably connected to described yoke, moves when the described described yoke that upwards pressure when being applied to described the wheel is suitable for substantially vertical direction.

11. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 10 comprises the push mechanism that is positioned at described wheel well, described push mechanism promotes described wheel carrier when described pressure is removed and described brake block disengages.

12. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein promoting the described push mechanism that described wheel carrier and described brake block disengage is spring.

13. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein said spring is connected to described hub cap.

14. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein said brake block has arcuate outer surface, when described when taking turns in its second place described arcuate outer surface be suitable for contacting described described rolling surface of taking turns, described arcuate outer surface has in fact and the identical radius of described radius of taking turns.

15. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 14, the described arcuate outer surface of wherein said described rolling surface of taking turns and described brake block has the structure of interlocking.

16. one kind is used to be connected to and is suitable for the wheel apparatus that draws the wheeled luggage that drags on the face dragging, comprising:

Hub cap, it has a wheel well;

Brake block, it extends in the described wheel well of described hub cap, and described brake block has arcuate outer surface, and described arcuate outer surface has in fact and the identical radius of described radius of taking turns;

Wheel carrier, it places in the described wheel well of described hub cap, described wheel carrier rotatably supports to have the wheel of rolling surface, thereby described wheel carrier is connected to described hub cap by pivoting lever allows described the wheel from primary importance to move to the second place, do not contact with described brake block at the described described rolling surface of taking turns of described primary importance, being in braking at described described rolling surface of taking turns of the described second place and described brake block contacts, be applied to when the described described rolling surface contact of taking turns is described drags the part of drawing face when upwarding pressure, the described wheel from described primary importance moves on to the described second place, and makes the described parts of retracting that move on to described primary importance from the described second place of taking turns when described pressure is removed.

17. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 16 makes when described pressure is removed wherein that described to take turns the parts of retracting that move on to described primary importance from the described second place are springs.

18. wheel apparatus as claimed in claim 16, the described arcuate outer surface of wherein said described rolling surface of taking turns and described brake block has the structure of interlocking.

19. a wheeled luggage comprises:

Casing, it has top board, base plate, header board, back plate and side plate;

Described top board forms base;

Telescoping handle, stretch out its front from described top board; With

Right wheel apparatus and revolver device, it is connected to the bottom right relief angle and the lower-left relief angle of the intersection of the described header board, base plate and the side plate that lay respectively at described casing;

Each described wheel apparatus comprises:

Hub cap, it has a wheel well;

Brake block, it extends in the described wheel well of described hub cap;

Wheel carrier, it places in the described wheel well of described hub cap, described wheel carrier rotatably supports to have the wheel of rolling surface, described wheel carrier has and is suitable for allowing described the wheel from what primary importance moved to the second place to move the control parts, do not contact with described brake block at the described described rolling surface of taking turns of described primary importance, being in braking at described described rolling surface of taking turns of the described second place and described brake block contacts, the described wheel from described primary importance moves on to the described second place when the traveller is sitting on the pad, and makes described the wheel from the described second place move on to described primary importance when described traveller plays the described immediately control parts that move.