US20130264160A1 - Garment support apparatus for a luggage handle - Google Patents
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Abstract
A garment support apparatus for luggage having an extendable handle supported by at least one shaft. The garment support apparatus can include a pair of garment support aims coupled to the shaft and pivotable between an extended position and a retracted position, a resilient member coupled to each garment support arm and adapted to extend the garment support arm and to maintain the garment support arm in the extended position, and a locking member engageable with each garment support arm so as to maintain the garment support arm in the retracted position.
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- Luggage and suitcases are manufactured in a variety of types and sizes. Typically, luggage is designed to store articles of clothing and other items in the interior of the luggage. However, during travel, a person may desire to remove an article of clothing, for example, while waiting for a flight or transportation, due to changes in temperature, and so forth. Typically, luggage is not suited for keeping articles of clothing on the exterior of the luggage. As such, travelers who desire to remove articles of clothing will often wrap their coats around a luggage or suitcase handle, leading the clothing to become wrinkled.
- Furthermore, people frequently hang their garments on the extended handle of the luggage. However, when the luggage needs to be moved, the garment needs to be moved or removed to allow the person to grip the handle of the luggage and to minimize the damage to the garment. It is therefore desirable to provide a way to conveniently maintain articles of clothing on the exterior of a piece of luggage while minimizing wrinkling of the clothing, and to allow the garment to be supported on the exterior of the luggage while the luggage is being moved.
- According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a garment support apparatus for luggage having an extendable handle supported by at least one shaft is disclosed. The garment support apparatus can include a pair of garment support arms coupled to the at least one shaft and pivotable between an extended position and a retracted position, a resilient member coupled to each garment support arm and adapted to extend the garment support arm and to maintain the garment support arm in the extended position, and a locking member engageable with each garment support arm so as to maintain the garment support arm in the retracted position.
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FIGS. 1 a-1 c show a first exemplary embodiment of a garment support apparatus. -
FIGS. 2 a-2 b show a second exemplary embodiment of a garment support apparatus. - Aspects of the invention are disclosed in the following description and related drawings directed to specific embodiments of the invention. Alternate embodiments may be devised without departing from the spirit or the scope of the invention herein. Additionally, well-known elements of exemplary embodiments will not be described in detail or will be omitted so as not to obscure the relevant details of the invention. Further, to facilitate an understanding of the description, discussion of several terms used herein follows.
- As used herein, the word “exemplary” means “serving as an example, instance or illustration.” The embodiments described herein are not limiting, but rather are exemplary only. It should be understood that the described embodiments are not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. Moreover, the terms “embodiments of the invention”, “embodiments” or “invention” do not require that all embodiments of the invention include the discussed feature, advantage or mode of operation.
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FIGS. 1 a-2 b, exemplary embodiments of a luggage having retractable garment support arms can be described. Retractable arms may be built into at least one handle support arm of a luggage, suitcase, or other carrying device, and can be deployed when the retractable handle is extended, and can be retracted and locked into place. Each garment support arm may be pivotally coupled to the handle support arm, and may include resilient members to support the arm in an extended position. -
FIGS. 1 a-1 c illustrate an exemplary embodiment of aluggage handle 100 supported by twoshafts 102 and including retractablegarment support arms 106. Eachgarment support arm 106 may have anelongated body 105 having aproximal end 107 and adistal end 109. The pair ofgarment support arms 106 may have any desired shape for supporting a garment thereon, for example, rectangular, half-oval, a clothes-hanger shape, or any shape required to adapt to the design of thehandle support shaft 102. - Each
garment support arm 106 be pivotably coupled to ahandle support shaft 102 atproximal end 107, for example via ahinge pin 110. Eachgarment support arm 106 may pivot between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position,distal end 109 ofarm 106 may be disposed proximate to thecorresponding support shaft 102, andbody 105 may be substantially parallel to the support shaft. In the extended position,distal end 109 may extend away fromsupport shaft 102 such thatbody 105 is at a desired angle toshaft 102. - Each
garment support arm 106 can be received within aslot 104 defined withinshaft 102. Eachgarment support arm 106 can include anotch 112, which can come in contact withshaft 102 whenarm 106 is extended, so as to define a limit for the angle of rotation ofarm 106. The location ofnotch 112 can be adjusted during manufacture to set the maximum angle of rotation forretractable arm 106. For example, the angle of rotation can be about 90° in relation to the handle support shaft, or any other desired angle. Alternatively, the notch may be adjustably coupled togarment support arm 106 and may be adjusted by the user as desired so as to alter the maximum angle of rotation to a desired angle. - A
resilient member 108, for example a spring, may be provided to maintaingarment support arm 106 in an extended position, as shown inFIG. 1 b. Theresilient member 108 may be disposed, for example, withinslot 104 and may be operatively coupled to bothshaft 102 andgarment support arm 106. - When in a retracted position, as shown in
FIG. 1 c,garment support arms 106 may be maintained in place by a releasable locking mechanism. For example, the locking mechanism can include a movable and spring-biased locking member 114 that is received within acorresponding recess 116 on agarment support arm 106. Thelocking member 114 andrecess 116 may be provided in any desired location, and in any form or configuration that enablessystem 100 to function as described herein. In some exemplary embodiments,locking member 114 may be user-operable, such thatlocking member 114 may be manually withdrawn by the user fromrecess 116, thereby allowingarm 106 to be moved into the extended position byresilient member 108. In other exemplary embodiments,handle 100 can further include a spring-biased release button 118 operatively coupled to lockingmember 114 such that depressingbutton 118 withdrawslocking member 114 fromrecess 116, allowing thearm 106 to be moved into the extended position byresilient member 108. To retractarms 106, the user can manually foldarms 106 intoslot 104 defined withinhandle support shafts 102, whereuponlocking member 114 can be placed withinrecess 116 so as to and lock eacharm 106 in the retracted position. At this point,luggage handle 100 may be retracted into the luggage body. -
FIGS. 2 a-2 b illustrate an exemplary embodiment of aluggage handle 200 supported by a single-post retractablehandle support shaft 202 and including retractablegarment support arms 206, withgarment support arms 206 in a retracted position. Eachgarment support arm 206 may have anelongated body 205 having aproximal end 207 and adistal end 209. The pair ofgarment support arms 206 may have any desired shape for supporting a garment thereon, for example, rectangular, half-oval, a clothes-hanger shape, or any shape required to adapt to the design of thehandle support shaft 202. - Each
garment support arm 206 be pivotably coupled to ahandle support shaft 202 atproximal end 207, for example via ahinge pin 210. Eacharm 206 may pivot between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position,distal end 209 ofarm 206 may be disposed proximate to thecorresponding support shaft 202, andbody 205 may be oriented substantially parallel to thesupport shaft 202. In the extended position,distal end 209 may extend away fromsupport shaft 202 such thatbody 205 is at a desired angle toshaft 202. - Each
garment support arm 206 can be received within aslot 204 defined withinshaft 202. Eachgarment support arm 206 can include anotch 212, which can come in contact withshaft 202 whenarm 206 is extended, so as to define a limit for the angle of rotation ofarm 206. The location ofnotch 212 can be adjusted during manufacture to set the angle of rotation for thegarment support arm 206. For example, the angle of rotation can be about 90° in relation to the handle support shaft, or any other desired angle. Alternatively, the notch may be adjustably coupled togarment support arm 206 and may be adjusted by the user as desired so as to alter the maximum angle of rotation to a desired angle. - A
resilient member 208, for example a spring, may be provided to maintaingarment support arm 206 in an extended position, as shown inFIG. 2 a. Theresilient member 208 may be disposed, for example, withinslot 204 and may be operatively coupled to bothshaft 202 andgarment support arm 206. - When in a retracted position, as shown in
FIG. 2 b,garment support arms 206 may be maintained in place by a releasable locking mechanism. For example, the locking mechanism can include a movable and spring-biased locking member 214 that is received within acorresponding recess 216 on agarment support arm 206. Thelocking member 214 andrecess 216 may be provided in any desired location, and in any form or configuration that enablessystem 200 to function as described herein. In some exemplary embodiments, lockingmember 214 may be user-operable, such that lockingmember 214 may be manually withdrawn by the user fromrecess 216, thereby allowingarm 106 to be moved into the extended position byresilient member 208. In other exemplary embodiments, handle 200 can further include a spring-biasedrelease button 218 operatively coupled to lockingmember 214 such thatdepressing button 218 withdraws lockingmember 214 fromrecess 216, allowing thearm 206 to be moved into the extended position byresilient member 208. To retractarms 206, the user can manually foldarms 206 intoslot 204 defined withinhandle support shafts 202, whereupon lockingmember 214 can be placed withinrecess 216 so as to and lock eacharm 206 in the retracted position. At this point, luggage handle 200 may be retracted into the luggage body. - The embodiments described herein therefore allow a user to conveniently maintain a garment on a piece of luggage by placing the garment over the extended garment support arms which are pivotally coupled to the handle support shaft of the luggage. The embodiments described herein further allow the user to move the luggage using the handle while keeping the garment disposed over the garment support arms. Additionally, the garment support arms can be retracted when not needed, and the luggage handle may be extended and used to move the luggage without extending the garment support arms.
- The foregoing description and accompanying drawings illustrate the principles, preferred embodiments and modes of operation of the invention. However, the invention should not be construed as being limited to the particular embodiments discussed above. Additional variations of the embodiments discussed above will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
- Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive. Accordingly, it should be appreciated that variations to those embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.
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1. A garment support apparatus for luggage having an extendable handle supported by at least one shaft, comprising:
a pair of garment support arms coupled to the at least one shaft and pivotable between an extended position and a retracted position;
a resilient member coupled to each garment support arm and adapted to extend the garment support arm and to maintain the garment support arm in the extended position; and
at least one locking member engageable with each garment support arm so as to maintain the garment support arm in the retracted position.
2. The garment support apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when the garment support arms are in a retracted position, the garment support arms are oriented substantially parallel to the shaft.
3. The garment support apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when the garment support arms are in a retracted position, the garment support arms are received within a slot defined in the shaft.
4. The garment support apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the locking member is receivable within a recess defined in each garment support arm.
5. The garment support apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a user-operable button operatively engaged with the locking member so as to withdraw the locking member from the recess.
6. The garment support apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each garment support arm is pivotally coupled to the shaft by a hinge pin.
7. The garment support apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a stopping member for limiting the angle of each garment support arm relative to the shaft, when the garment support arm is in the extended position.
8. The garment support apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the stopping member is adjustable.
9. A garment support apparatus for luggage having an extendable handle supported by at least one shaft, comprising:
garment supporting means coupled to the at least one shaft, the garment supporting means being pivotable between a retracted position and an extended position;
spring means for moving the garment supporting means to the extended position and maintaining the garment supporting means in the extended position; and
locking means for engaging the garment supporting means so as to maintain the garment supporting means in the retracted position.
10. The garment support apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising actuating means for disengaging the locking means from the garment supporting means.
11. A method of deploying a garment support hanger from a luggage handle, comprising:
providing a luggage handle having at least one support shaft, a pair of garment support arms coupled to the at least one shaft and pivotable between an extended position and a retracted position, a resilient member coupled to each garment support arm and adapted to extend the garment support arm and to maintain the garment support arm in the extended position, and a locking member engageable with each garment support arm so as to maintain the garment support arm in the retracted position.
moving the pair of garment support arms from the retracted position to the extended position; and
placing a garment over the pair of garment support arms.
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