CN1228282A

CN1228282A - Wheeled suitcase or travelling bag with built-in handle and variable transport setting

Info

Publication number: CN1228282A
Application number: CN 98122692
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱塞佩·弗伦德
Original assignee: Valextra SRL
Current assignee: Valextra SRL
Priority date: 1998-03-11
Filing date: 1998-11-25
Publication date: 1999-09-15
Also published as: EP0941677A1; ITMI980155U1; IT243840Y1; JPH11276226A

Abstract

A wheeled suitcase or traveling bag with a built-in handle and variable transport setting, in which a portion of its frame holds a supporting element (17) bearing an internally fastened restraining and guiding element (18) suitable for receiving a handling element (13) extractable from an opening (23) provided in the suitcase or traveling bag, where the element (18) comprises a lower part (19) and an upper part (20) connectable to each other, the lower part (19) being permanently attachable (in 22) to the supporting element (17), and where a tubular section (24) can be inserted in the opening (23) so as to be lined up with the element (18) and locked in place from the inside with one extremity turned toward the inside of the handling element (13), and the tubular section (24) fitted with an engaging mechanism capable of assuming upon compression two positions with respect to a bottom of the element (18), so that one extremity of the handle (33) is set opposite the opening (23) or slightly protruding toward the outside.

Description

The suitcase with casters or the traveling bag that have a built-in handle and variable transport base

The present invention relates to a kind of suitcase with casters or traveling bag that has a built-in handle and variable transport base.

In the technical field of relevant bag and/or luggage case and/or traveling bag, a lot of technical schemes have been developed for many years.These kinds baggages that a wheel is housed at least have been equipped with a draw-gear thus.This speech of traveling bag comprises that all are the container of purpose with the travelling, for example Soft Roll, structure bag and other various design.

First kind conceptual design Cheng Zaiyi bag or a minor face of traveling bag are loaded onto a U-shaped handle, and the one end enters bag or trunk internal from a resting position.This handle can same device together discharges and is drawn to one and stretches out state fully during use, and this device can be extracted a pair of recoverable wheel out.

An embodiment of this scheme is at United States Patent (USP) 3,917, shown in 038.But this scheme can only be at obliquity traction luggage case or bag, and need extract wheel and handle out and they are reset in separately the pedestal with the complicated mechanism of a cover.

Other scheme, as at United States Patent (USP) 3,948,365 and 3,805, disclosed in 529, the grasp device of a hinge knot on an end boss of bag or luggage case is provided, this device can be suitable for drawing the rotation of bag or luggage case or extract out between the position mobile with one in a resting position of a parallel described flange.This scheme also can only be at an obliquity traction luggage case, and this can be not too convenient to the user.

Also have a kind of scheme such as United States Patent (USP) 4,256, shown in 320, one of them shaft-like controls is contained in the pedestal, and pedestal roughly is arranged on the top of one of luggage case two and half shells.This shaft-like controls has a button at its outside free end, can discharge certain inner counterpart after pressing this button.So just can operate this rod-like element so that it can arrive different precalculated positions, resting position of regaining fully for example, the position that part is extracted out, and a position of extracting out fully.

Therefore certain elastic component and the shaped bar of hinge knot and their pedestal must be provided obviously, and above-mentioned parts are coordinated with each other and turn round control by a specific ammonium.These can bring the complexity on some 26S Proteasome Structure and Function, always can only transport luggage case with a kind of state of inclination simultaneously.

At last, in same applicant's United States Patent (USP) 4,358,005, provided a kind of different luggage case scheme, a shaft-like manipulation assembly that is contained in the tubulose pedestal that is fastened to one of luggage case two and half shells top wherein also is provided.This tubulose pedestal is openings all at the two ends that are positioned at the luggage case opposite flank, a button are installed to discharge controls in the one side, handle assembly and at its opposite side an opening is set to extract this out.An inner releasing device is between a link of button and manipulation assembly, and this releasing device can make controls extract out fully by release button after the release.

This in fact controls provides a hinge at a certain intermediate point for two parts forming it, the opening of the outstanding slightly above-mentioned luggage case of this hinge.The part that the manipulation assembly begins to extract out just can be with respect to the remainder rotation that still is inserted in its tubulose pedestal, so just can allow full support of luggage case four wheels draw this luggage case on the ground and like a cork.

A kind of like this scheme has solved that to be present in aforementioned each situation relevant luggage case a kind of comfortable and support problem in the means of transportation fully.But it makes about handling the numerous rope of complex structure and mechanism of assembly.In fact must be at least on two sides of one and half shells of luggage case, bore a hole, an inside releasing device that connects the pipe fitting in these two holes and a complexity is provided between a link of button and controls is set.Although favourable and satisfactory on this scheme function, still on its structure and cost, there are some problems.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of suitcase with casters or traveling bag that has a built-in handle and variable transport base, when it can solve basically and appear at all problems in the above-mentioned various technical scheme.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of luggage case or the traveling bag that at first can show a kind of foolproof structure, on the shell of luggage case or wherein eliminate special device in the parts of clamping stretching handle, and can convenient luggage case or the use of traveling bag.

These purposes obtain by a kind of suitcase with casters or traveling bag that has built-in handle and variable transport base is provided according to the present invention, a part of clamping of the framework of wherein said luggage case or traveling bag one bear one in inside the supporting component of fastening constraint guide, this constraint guide can hold the handle that can extract out from the opening in being located at described luggage case or traveling bag, it is characterized in that, described constraint guide is made up of an energy bottom connected to one another and a top, described bottom can forever connect with described supporting component, and then a pipe fitting can insert described opening to line up with described constraint guide and to make the one end turn to described controls to be locked to the position internally, this pipe fitting cooperates with an energy bears pressure on two positions with respect to a bottom surface of described attaching means counterpart, and an end of such handle both can also can slightly outwards be given prominence in described relatively opening setting.

According to the present invention, the feature and advantage of a kind of suitcase with casters that has built-in handle and a variable transport base or traveling bag will be more obvious by carrying out exemplary and nonrestrictive description with reference to concise and to the point accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 be according to the present invention in first kind of purposes and travel position the side view of a luggage case,

Fig. 2 is one and shows the luggage case in second kind of purposes and travel position according to the present invention with the on all four side view of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is the side view of a luggage case according to the present invention when being in traction state,

Fig. 4 is one and has a cutaway view of regaining the luggage case of the controls in the luggage case fully in inactive state,

Fig. 5 be one with Fig. 4 similar cut view, wherein controls partly stretches out,

Fig. 6 is one, and wherein controls partly stretches out drawing on two wheels with the similar cutaway view of Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 be have among one second embodiment stretch out fully and rotated the side sectional view of luggage case of controls,

Fig. 8 is the broken section upward view of the trunk internal of a constraint guide that shows controls along VIII among Fig. 9-VIII face,

Fig. 9 is a cutaway view along IX among Fig. 8-IX face,

Figure 10 be when having a controls among a Fig. 9 along the cutaway view of X-X face,

Figure 11 be when having a controls among a Fig. 9 along the cutaway view of XI-XI face,

Figure 12 be when having a controls among a Fig. 9 along the cutaway view of XII-XII face,

Figure 13 be when having a controls among a Fig. 9 along the cutaway view of X III-X III face,

Figure 14 is along the cutaway view of X IV-X IV face when having a controls among a Fig. 9.

Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 shows the luggage case 11 that the controls that can extract out 13 is housed and the embodiment of a traveling bag 12, and wherein controls 13 is suitable for allowing luggage case 11 and traveling bag 12 along front-wheel 14 and trailing wheel 15 tractions.

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 represent that controls 13 is positioned at luggage case 11 upper inside, and can be pulled in the part heeling condition or under the state that four

wheels

14 and 15 support on the ground fully and controls 13 is extracted out and part is rotated.

On the contrary, Fig. 3 is illustrated in luggage case 12 interior controls 13 and puts into it slightly than growing a side and allowing only to use trailing wheel 15 to draw luggage case under the slight inclination state under the extraction state as shown in the figure.

As Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 9, the part of frame for baggage 11 inwalls 16 (or in the similar mode of traveling bag 12) support member 17 of clamping, its shape is as a forming board.This support member 17 bears a constraint guide that the inside of global shape shown in 18 is fastening, and this constraint guide 18 is suitable for holding the controls 13 that can extract out.

This constraint guide 18 has a bottom 19 and a top 20 of making by as molded plastic material, and is connected with each other by springlock, bolt or an analog.

Slender bodies with a U-shaped cross section is arranged at bottom 19, and has and be designed to rivet for example or other suitable securing member with 22 simplified way with the close-connected horizontal base extension 21 of support member.

The cross section of a shape as the C shape that makes progress arranged substantially at top 20, and it is designed to and can links to each other with bottom 19, to form the elongate hollow seat of a tubulose.The inwall 16 of luggage case 11 or traveling bag 12 is provided with an opening 23, to allow controls 13 protruding.

Described opening 23 can allow a pipe fitting 24 that is provided with a flange 25 at the one end enter, and the radian of its flange 25 and gradient match with luggage case 11 or traveling bag 12 outer shape.

Pipe fitting 24 plays an inlet and passage, so that controls 13 moves to the constraint guide of being made up of a bottom 19 and top 20 18.

Such pipe fitting 24 insert opening 23 from the outside and be positioned at luggage case 11 or outer surface that traveling bag 12 is complementary with it on after, on an inner tubular extension of pipe fitting 24, a flexible collar 27 is housed.This collar 27 is arranged to stride across tubulose extension 24 and it is locked into the position, thereby prevents that extension 24 from skidding off in the body of luggage case 11 or traveling bag 12.For convenience and guarantee this purpose, the locking member 41 that some connect two

parts

24 and 27 can be set.

Figure 10 to Figure 14 shows the inner whole circumstances that connect between the parts, and the locate mode of controls 13 in constraint guide 18.Some that therefrom can see bottom 19 with U-shaped body vertically part coexist and have recess 29 tight fits that shape is carved into as the sidepiece inner surface on the top 20 of the C shape that makes progress, with fixedly connected parts.

In addition, these shapes are matched with 4 profile of tooth parts 29 on its every limit in an illustrated embodiment as the sidepiece on the top 20 of the C shape that makes progress, wherein the profile of tooth part 19 li bases that hollow out 30 in bottom that coexist under the effect of a springlock are connected, thereby are connected on the relative identical prodger 31.

Shape as the top 20 of the C shape that makes progress at an ad-hoc location of C shape part and have the boss 32 of the inside commentaries on classics of two flexibilities in middle part and end along the length direction on this top 20, as seen this boss 32 is following matches with controls 13, forms a precalculated position like this.

Controls 13 is made up of a formed body that one handle 33 is housed in its end, and handle 33 can stretch out from opening 23 and pipe fitting 24.The other end of formed body is linked on the engaging mechanism, and this engaging mechanism can be set two positions with respect to the bottom of attaching means 18, and its integral body is shown in 34.This device has a steamboat 35, can cooperate with the dimple 36 of the complementation that retrains guide 18 bottoms.

Steamboat 35 also is fastened on the bar 37 that rotates between the two positions, and by a commercially available spring mechanism (not shown, but known) control.This mechanism can make bar arrive two positions: cooperate with dimple 36 in first position and keep the adjacent bar of same engaging mechanism (Fig. 4) to be in a retracted state, stretch out state and from dimple 36 (Fig. 5), discharge and keep bar to be in one, this device can be followed like this and flexibly push away forward outwardly by controls 13 second position.

This device also is connected on the little tusk 26 rigidly, and this little tusk 26 is outwards outstanding also can be with two that retrain guide 18 tops 20 flexible 32 flexible cooperations of protuberance under the effect of a springlock.

Controls 13 can be provided with a flexible hinge 38 and be provided with one to the outstanding annulus 39 in outside in second mesozone at first intermediate point as shown in embodiment, stablizing self in constraint guide 18.

Can an elastic component 40 be set in bottom in a word and keep dimple 36, elastic component 40 be interacted with controls 13 help elastic component 13 to extract out near constraint guide 18.

Therefore as seen, can obtain a kind of luggage case that wheel is arranged or traveling bag that has a built-in handle in a kind of very simple mode, wherein handle can arbitrarily enter variable transport base.It can also provide an especially simple structure, and this structure can be installed easily and safely.

This luggage case is performance appearance as shown in Figure 4 usually, and its controls 13 is taken in its constraint guide 18 fully.Matching with dimple 36 at this state lower whorl 35 merge to keep controls 13 to be locked in the luggage case, and bar 37 places and has minimum and stretch out primary importance with retracted state.

If a specific power is applied to the end of the handles 33 that can obtain from pipe fitting 24 outsides, then bar 17 forwards its second extended position to and leaves its dimple 36 thus, as shown in Figure 5.This is the position that can not operate, and wherein the end of handle 33 is stretched out slightly and can be obtained.

Controls 13 continues to extract out, and then little tusk 26 is meshed with two protuberances 32 that are arranged on constraint guide 18 mid portions, in this position as shown in Figure 6, handles assembly 13 and can be used to move this luggage case, as shown in Figure 1, takes turns the traction luggage case along two.

Because luggage case has weight, therefore when it supports on the ground fully, can be necessary or come mobile luggage case by simple slip with a wet finger.Controls 13 must further be extracted out in the case.

Spin off from two protuberances 32 that are located at constraint guide 18 middle parts based on the little tusk 26 of this purpose, then the extraction of controls 13 can continue.This motion is stopping when little tusk 26 matches with the protuberance 32 that is located at place, proximity constraint guide 18 ends at once.Controls 13 almost all stretches out at this point, and hinge 38 can be rotated by end to the position that is suitable for most its control of lifting handle, and luggage case can obtain traction by all

wheels

14 and 15 in ground surface along it.

If such hinge 38 is not set, controls 13 will be to extract out as shown in Figure 3 along a straight line fully, and this will make the manipulation of case and bag 12 lighter.

Constraint guide 18 is designed to be made up of the interconnective two parts of springlock, and one of them can easily be fastened on the support member 17, and support member 17 is fixed on luggage case or the traveling bag, and design can make structure and positioner very simple like this.

Pipe fitting 17 can insert and be located in luggage case or the travelling inclusion and by in attachable unique hole, the simple location of a flexible collar, pipe fitting 17 the structure of having simplified fitting operation and various parts is set.

Claims

1. a suitcase with casters or traveling bag that has a built-in handle and variable transport base, support member (17) that supports the constraint guide (18) of an inherence of a part of clamping of wherein said luggage case or traveling bag framework, constraint guide (18) can hold the controls (13) that can extract out from the opening in being located at described luggage case or traveling bag (23), it is characterized in that: described constraint guide (18) is made up of bottom (19) that can link to each other each other and a top (20), described bottom (19) can be permanently with described support member (17) continuous (seeing 22), and then a pipe fitting (24) can insert described opening (23) to line up with described constraint guide and to make the one end turn to described controls to be locked to the position internally, this pipe fitting and energy are bearing the engaging mechanism engagement that arrives under the situation of compression with respect to two positions of the bottom surface of described attaching means (18), and an end of such handle (33) both can described relatively opening (23) setting also can slightly outwards be given prominence to.

2. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the described bottom (19) of described constraint guide (18) is a U-shaped cross section slender bodies, this bottom (19) has horizontal substrate extension (21), the bottom is fastened on the described support member (17).

3. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described top (20) roughly are C tee section upwards, can interlink with described bottom (19).

4. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described pipe fitting (24) has a top flange (25) that is positioned at the described luggage case or the traveling bag outside at the one end.

5. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 4 is characterized in that: described pipe fitting (24) can be locked in suitable position in the described opening (23) with a flexible collar (27).

6. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: the described pipe fitting (24) and the described collar (27) are provided with other compressing member (41), and this compressing member (41) acting in conjunction produces a kind of mutual binding between the pipe fitting and the collar.

7. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: a side of described bottom (19) and described top (20) is provided with profile of tooth part (29), and opposite side is provided with pedestal (30), their actings in conjunction form an interconnective springlock between described bottom and top (19,10).

8. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described bottom (19) and described top (20) are provided with vertical part, and each recess (28) that is carved on the described sidepiece inner surface on described top (20) that coexists of the vertical part with described bottom (19) of U-shaped body cooperates.

9. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the protuberance (32) that described top (20) are provided with at least two flexibilities and inwardly turn to along its length, this protuberance (32) matches with described controls (13).

10. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 9, it is characterized in that: described controls (13) has a little tusk (26), can match with described at least two protuberances (32).

11. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 1 is characterized in that: it provides one with the adjacent elastic component (40) in the bottom surface of described attaching means (18), and this elastic component interacts with described controls (13).

12. a kind of luggage case or traveling bag that wheel is arranged according to claim 1 is characterized in that: a middle part at described controls (13) is provided with a hinge (38).