FR2777757A1 - Divider for carry-bag interior - Google Patents

Abstract

The bag has side (1) opening to give access to the interior compartment (5) incorporating at least one detachable pocket (6) secured to the bag inside by zip or other fastener type (9,10). By moving the pocket from a side to a transverse mounting, two sub-compartments can be formed. Access to the pocket's content can be achieved through a fastener (8)

Description

LUGGAGE ELEMENT
The invention relates to a piece of luggage, of the type comprising a central compartment of large capacity and at least one detachable pocket.

 The invention is particularly useful in its application to items of luggage with several modes of transport: manual carrying, rolling on flat ground, or back carrying of load.

 Luggage elements of known type are generally satisfactory, when the objects to be stored in the luggage have a larger dimension close to or slightly less than the length of this luggage element.

 On the other hand, in the case of the storage of a plurality of objects of dimensions much smaller than the dimensions of the luggage, there is the risk of a sliding of these objects inside the central compartment, and of an imbalance of the luggage. or crumpling or deterioration of the objects contained in this central compartment.

 The invention aims to remedy these drawbacks, by allowing both the transport of large objects close to the length of the luggage element, and the transport of small objects while avoiding the risk slipping or deterioration of these objects inside the luggage.

 The subject of the invention is a piece of luggage comprising a central com: rmt of large capacity and at least one detachable pocket, characterized in that the detachable pocket is provided with means for fixing to a first interior wall of luggage reîem'ent and a second interior wall, so as to be movable between two positions, the first of which corresponds to a lateral position adjacent to said first interior wall and the second corresponds to a transverse position of separation of said central compartment into several compartments.

According to other characteristics of the invention:
the luggage element comprises two pockets capable of being fixed each laterally on an inner wall and of being moved so as to be fixed transversely and to separate the central compartment into three distinct volumes.

 - The means for fixing each pocket to an inner wall comprise at least one zipper element.

 each detachable pocket has a zipper element without cursor at one end and a zipper element with cursor at the other end.

 - each detachable pocket is substantially rectangular and carries a zipper for access to the interior of the pocket.

 - each detachable pocket is an openwork pocket or a transparent mesh pocket.

 - The first and second interior walls carry fixing means spaced apart by a length substantially close to the length of a detachable pocket.

 - The fixing means carried by the first and second interior wall fasteners comprise at least one zipper means.

 - Each first or second interior wall carries two zipper elements: a first zipper element without cursor and a second zipper element with cursor.

The invention will be better understood thanks to the description which follows given by way of nonlimiting example with reference to the appended drawings in which:
Figure 1 schematically shows a luggage element according to the invention in a first position.

 FIG. 2 schematically shows an illustration of the passage from a first position to a second position of a piece of luggage according to the invention.

FIG. 3 schematically represents a piece of luggage according to the invention in a second position
FIG. 4 schematically represents an enlarged partial view of a preferred method of fixing a piece of luggage according to Vinventioa
With reference to FIG. 1, a piece of luggage, for example a flexible piece of luggage, is represented in the open position, with its cover 1 folded back.

 The luggage comprises two carrying handles 2 of which only one is visible and a traction handle 3 allowing rolling on rollers placed at the end of the luggage opposite to the handle 3.

 In this example, the luggage comprises a bottom and four lateral faces 4a, 4b, 4c, 4 <L The bottom and the four lateral faces 4a to 4d delimit a central compartment 5 of large capacity for the reception of effects to be stored in the luggage .

 When switching from a carrying mode using the carrying handles 2 to a rolling mode using the pull handle 3, the effects housed in this central compartment are liable to shift, crumple or deteriorate by falling down. gravity towards the lateral face 4d.

 In FIG. 1, the inner wall of the lateral face 4c carries a detachable pocket 6, and the inner wall of the lateral face 4a carries a detachable pocket 7.

 The detachable pockets 6 and 7 are advantageously perforated pockets with transparent meshes, of substantially rectangular shape and each provided in their upper part with a zipper 8 access to the interior of the pocket.

 The pockets 6 and 7 are for example fixed to the corresponding interior walls of the lateral faces by zipper closures 9, 10 which separate into two parts when the pockets are separated from the interior walls: a first element comprising a zipper chain and without a cursor, and a second element comprising a zipper chain and a cursor.

 According to the invention, at least one pocket 6 or 7 is movable between two positions: a first position corresponds to the position of FIG. 1 adjacent to the interior wall of a side face, and a second position corresponds to a transverse position of separation of the central compartment 5 into several compartments (FIG. 3).

 With reference to FIG. 5, the displacement of a pocket 6 to pass from the first position to a second position in the movement along the arrow is carried out simply by detaching a single zipper 10 and by pivoting the pocket around the axis materialized by the zipper 9 in the direction of the arrow 11.

 This transition from the first to the second position therefore separates the central compartment 5 into two compartments Sa and Sb.

To ensure this separation of the central compartment 5 into several compartments, the end of the pocket 6 opposite the zipper 9 is fixed by means of attachment to the inner wall of the side face 4a
With reference to FIG. 3, the operation carried out for the pocket 6 in FIG. 2 has also been carried out for the pocket 7. An additional separation of the partial compartment 5b of FIG. 2 is thus carried out into two compartments 5c and 5d in volume comparable to that of compartment 5a
Thus by passing from the carrying position by means of the handles 2 to the rolling position by means of the handle 3, the effects stored in compartments Sa, Sc, 5d are each held in their compartment and sliding in the direction of the face lateral 4d is avoided, which ensures that the effects stored in the luggage element according to rinventiolL are maintained properly
With reference to FIG. 4, a preferred embodiment of implementation of the invention uses space zipper elements with a length substantially close to the length of a detachable pocket 6. A first interior wall thus carries a first element of zipper 10a without cursor and a second zipper element 9a with cursor. The zipper element 10a without cursor is intended to cooperate with a zipper element IOb with cursor of a movable pocket 6, while the zipper element with cursor 9a is intended to cooperate with an element 9b zipper without cursor of a movable pocket 6.

 Preferably, the elements 9a and 10a integral with internal walls of lateral faces of the luggage element according to the invention are arranged substantially along the four vertical edges of a prism with a square base, the dimensions of the faces of which correspond substantially to the dimensions rectangular pockets 6 or 7.

 Thus rectangular pockets 6 or 7 can also be moved from a first position corresponding to a pair of opposite faces of the prism to a second position corresponding to another pair of opposite faces of the prism.

In a first position, these opposite faces of the prism are adjacent to the interior walls of the luggage element, while in a second position, the other opposite faces of the prism are transverse to the interior walls of the luggage element and separate the compartment central in several compartments of volume lower than that of said central compartment.

 The invention described with reference to particular fixing means such as slide fasteners is in no way limited thereto, but on the contrary covers any modification of shape and any variant of embodiment in the scope and spirit of the invention: thus instead of flexible luggage, the invention can also be applied to rigid or semi-rigid luggage; the zippers can be replaced by buckle and hook type fastening means (Velcro, Registered trademark) or by snaps, or any other equivalent fastening means; the shape of the separating pockets can also be different, rounded at least partially, oval, elliptical, prismatic, trapezoidal, etc., without departing from the scope of the present invention

Claims (1)

1) Luggage element comprising a central compartment (5) of large capacity and at least one detachable pocket (6, 7), characterized in that the detachable pocket (6, 7) is provided with fixing means (9, 10 ) to a first interior wall of the luggage element and to a second interior wall, so as to be movable between two positions, the first of which corresponds to a lateral position adjacent to said first interior wall and the second of which corresponds to a transverse position separating said central compartment into several compartments (5a, 5b or 5a, 5c, 5d). 2) luggage element according to claim 1, characterized in that the luggage element comprises two pockets (6, 7) adapted to be fixed each laterally on an inner wall and to be moved to be fixed transversely and separate the central compartment (5) in three separate volumes (Sa, Sc, 5dr 3) Luggage element according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the means for fixing each pocket (6, 7) to an interior wall comprise at least one element zipper (9b, lOb). 4) Luggage element according to claim 3, characterized in that each detachable pocket (6, 7) comprises at one end an element (9b) of zipper without cursor and at the other end a member (lOb) of zipper with cursor. 5) Luggage element according to claim 2 or claim 4, characterized in that each detachable pocket (6, 7) is substantially rectangular and carries a zipper (8) for access to the interior of the pocket.  60) Luggage element according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each detachable pocket (6, 7) is an openwork pocket or with transparent mesh.  7) Luggage element according to any file of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first and second inner walls carry fixing means (9a, 10a) spaced apart by a length substantially close to the length of a detachable pocket (6, 7) .  8) Luggage element according to claim 7, characterized in that the fixing means carried by the first and second interior walls comprise at least one zipper means (9a, lOa).  9) Luggage element according to claim 8, characterized in that each first or second inner wall carries two zipper elements: a first zipper element (lOa) without cursor and a second closure element (9a) with slide with cursor.