EP0941677A1 - Wheeled suitcase or traveling bag with a built-in handle and variable transport setting - Google Patents

Wheeled suitcase or traveling bag with a built-in handle and variable transport setting Download PDF

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EP0941677A1
EP0941677A1 EP98203753A EP98203753A EP0941677A1 EP 0941677 A1 EP0941677 A1 EP 0941677A1 EP 98203753 A EP98203753 A EP 98203753A EP 98203753 A EP98203753 A EP 98203753A EP 0941677 A1 EP0941677 A1 EP 0941677A1
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Giuseppe Fremder
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C13/00—Details; Accessories
    • A45C13/26—Special adaptations of handles
    • A45C13/262—Special adaptations of handles for wheeled luggage

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  • This invention refers to a wheeled suitcase or traveling bag with a built-in handle and variable transport setting.
  • traveling bag covers all containers used for traveling purposes, such as for instance soft bags, structured bags and other of various designs.
  • a first solution was set up so that a short side of a bag or suitcase would hold a U-shaped handle, whose extremities penetrate inside the bag or suitcase in a resting position. When in use this handle can be released and extracted to a fully extended position, together with a device allowing the extraction of a pair of retractable wheels.
  • This handling element in fact provides at some intermediate point a hinge for the two parts composing it, which barely protrudes beyond the opening of the formerly mentioned suitcase.
  • the initially extracted part of the handling unit can thus be rotated with respect to the remaining part which is still inserted in its tubular seat, and the suitcase can be pulled along with a certain comfort, while resting all four of its wheels on the ground.
  • the scope of this invention is to produce a wheeled suitcase or traveling bag with a built-in handle and variable transport setting capable of generally resolving all the problems arising from time to time in the various technical solutions mentioned above.
  • Another scope is to produce a suitcase or traveling bag capable of exhibiting above all an extremely simple construction, eliminating any particular devices on the shells of the suitcase or in its parts holding the pulling handle, and capable of being easily used.
  • a wheeled suitcase or traveling bag with a built-in handle and variable transport setting where a portion of the frame of said suitcase or traveling bag holds a supporting unit bearing an internally fastened restraining and guiding element capable of receiving a handle extractable from an opening provided in said suitcase or traveling bag, characterized in that said restraining and guiding element comprises a lower part and an upper part capable of being connected to each other, whereby said lower part is permanently attachable to said supporting unit, and where moreover a tubular section can be inserted in said opening to be lined up with said restraining and guiding element and locked in place from the inside with one extremity turned toward the inside of said handling element, fitted with an engaging mechanism capable of assuming upon compression two positions with respect to one bottom of said restraining element, so that one end of one handle is set either opposite said opening or slightly protruding toward the outside.
  • FIGS. 1 - 3 show examples of a suitcase 11 and a traveling bag 12 equipped with an extractable handling element 13 suitable for their pulling along on the front wheels 14 and rear wheels 15.
  • FIGs 1 and 2 show that the handling element 13 is placed in an upper internal part of the suitcase 11 and can be pulled in a partially inclined position (Figure 1) or in a fully ground-supported position with the aid of the four wheels 14 and 15 and the handling element 13 in an extracted and partly rotated position.
  • Figure 3 shows that in the suitcase 12 the handling element 13 is placed slightly inside one of the longer sides and that it allows, if extracted as shown in the figure, to pull the suitcase along in a slightly inclined position, while using the rear wheels 15.
  • a portion of the internal wall 16 of the suitcase frame 11 holds a supporting element 17, for example in the form of a contoured plate.
  • This supporting element 17 bears an internally fastened restraining and guiding element, indicated in its overall form by 18, suitable for receiving the extractable handling element 13.
  • the restraining and guiding element 18 has a lower part 19 and an upper part 20, made for example of a molded plastic material and connected to each other by a snap lock, screw or similar choice.
  • the lower part 19 has an essentially elongated body with a U-shaped cross-section and lateral base extensions 21 designed to firmly attach it to the supporting element 17, for example by rivets or other suitable fastening elements, as shown in a simplified manner in 22.
  • the upper part 20 substantially presents an upturned C-shaped cross-section designed to connect it to the lower part 19, so as to form an elongated hollow seat of a tubular shape.
  • the internal wall 16 of the suitcase 11 or of the traveling bag 12 is fitted with an opening 23 to pass the handling element 13 to the outside.
  • Said opening 23 admits a tubular section 24 fitted at one extremity with a head flange 25, curved and tilted to adapt to the outer shape of the suitcase 11 or traveling bag 12.
  • This tubular section 24 serves as an inlet and passage to move the handling element 13 toward the restraining and guiding element 18, constituted by a lower part 19 and an upper part 20.
  • a tubular section 24 After being inserted from the outside in the opening 23 and positioned on the complementary outer surface of the suitcase 11 or traveling bag 12, such a tubular section 24 receives a flexible collar 27 on one of its internal tubular extensions.
  • the collar 27 is arranged to straddle the tubular extension 24, and locks it in place to prevent it from slipping out of the body of the suitcase 11 or of the traveling bag 12.
  • some latching and pressure elements 41 connecting the two elements 24 and 27 may be provided.
  • these lateral sections of the upper part 20 shaped like an upturned C are in the example shown fitted on each side with four toothed elements 29, which connect with a snap-lock action to the seats 30 hollowed out in the lower part 19, thus attaching to opposite projecting parts 31 of the same.
  • the upper part 20 shaped like an upturned C carries, at a certain point of the C-shaped section and along the length of this part 20 at a central and terminal point, two flexible and inward-turned projections 32 which engage, as will be seen later, with the handling element 13, thus establishing a pre-selected position.
  • the handling element 13 consists of a contoured body equipped at its extremity with a handle 33 which projects from the opening 23 and the tubular section 24.
  • the opposite extremity of the contoured body is connected to an engaging mechanism which can assume two positions with respect to the bottom of the restraining element 18, indicated in an overall way by 34.
  • This device holds a small wheel 35 that engages in a complementary hollow seat 36 at the bottom of the restraining and guiding element 18.
  • the small wheel 35 is also fastened to a lever 37 swiveling between two positions and controlled by a commercially available spring mechanism (not shown, but known) .
  • This mechanism allows the lever to assume two positions: a first one engaged in the hollow seat 36 and holding the lever next to the engaging device ( Figure 4) in a withdrawn condition, and a second one released from the hollow seat 36 ( Figure 5) and holding the lever in an extended position, so as to elastically push the device and consequently the handling element 13 forward toward the outside.
  • the device is also rigidly connected to a small tooth 26 projecting toward the outside and capable of flexibly engaging with a snap-lock action with the two yielding projections 32 of the upper part 20 of the restraining and guiding element 18.
  • the handling element 13 may at a first intermediate point, as in the shown in the example, be provided with a flexible hinged joint 38 and in a second intermediate area with an annular portion protruding toward the outside 39, so as to stabilize itself within the restraining and guiding element 18.
  • the suitcase generally appears as shown in Figure 4, with its handling element 13 completely retracted within its restraining and guiding element 18. In this position the wheel 35 is engaged in the hollowed seat 36 and keeps the handling element 13 locked inside the suitcase, as the lever 37 is set in a first position of minimal extension and withdrawal.
  • the handling unit 13 can be used to move the suitcase, as shown in Figure 1, to pull it along on two wheels.
  • the small tooth 26 is disengaged from the two projections 32 placed at an intermediate point of the restraining and guiding element 18, and the extraction of the handling element 13 is continued.
  • the motion stops as soon as the small tooth 26 engages with the projections 32 provided next to a terminal point of the restraining and guiding element 18.
  • the handling element 13 is thus almost totally extended, the hinged joint 38 can be operated by lifting the terminal part of the handle to the position most appropriate for its gripping and the suitcase can be pulled along on all of its wheels 14 and 15 rolling on the ground.
  • the design of the restraining and guiding element 18 in two pieces interconnected by a snap lock, one of which can easily be fastened to a supporting element 17 anchored to the suitcase or traveling bag allows an extremely simple construction and positioning system.
  • the supply of a tubular section 17, which can be inserted in the sole opening provided in the body of the suitcase or traveling bag and attachable by the simple positioning of a flexible collar facilitates the installation operations and the construction of the various components.

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IT98MI000155 IT243840Y1 (it) 1998-03-11 1998-03-11 Valigia o bagaglio da viaggio su ruote a manico incorporato ed aposizione di trasporto variabile

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WO2003016130A2 (en) * 2001-11-01 2003-02-27 Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S Container-enclosed liferaft
EP2997848A1 (en) * 2014-09-16 2016-03-23 Samsonite IP Holdings S.à.r.l. Rotatable single pole pull handle for luggage case

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GB811826A (en) * 1957-08-15 1959-04-15 Burndept Ltd Portable radio receivers and like instruments and handles therefor
US3805529A (en) 1972-08-24 1974-04-23 Int Harvester Co Valve follow-up mechanism
US3917038A (en) 1972-11-13 1975-11-04 Helga Helene Foge Mobile suitcase
US3948365A (en) 1974-12-16 1976-04-06 Samsonite Corporation Mobile luggage case
US4256320A (en) 1979-05-18 1981-03-17 Hager Robert G Pull handle for roller mounted suitcases
US4358005A (en) 1980-03-21 1982-11-09 Valextra S.P.A. Suit-case on wheels with an incorporated dragging device
FR2661807A1 (fr) * 1990-05-09 1991-11-15 Sicma Consens Sarl Dispositif de traction de bagages a roulettes.
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WO2001078548A2 (en) * 2000-04-11 2001-10-25 The Government Of The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Ergonomically designed wheeled luggage
WO2001078548A3 (en) * 2000-04-11 2002-03-07 Us Health Ergonomically designed wheeled luggage
WO2003016130A2 (en) * 2001-11-01 2003-02-27 Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S Container-enclosed liferaft
WO2003016130A3 (en) * 2001-11-01 2004-03-04 Viking Life Saving Equip As Container-enclosed liferaft
EP2997848A1 (en) * 2014-09-16 2016-03-23 Samsonite IP Holdings S.à.r.l. Rotatable single pole pull handle for luggage case

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