WO2011109805A1 - Luggage with built in lock for securing luggage to an immovable object and against the opening thereof - Google Patents
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- WO2011109805A1 WO2011109805A1 PCT/US2011/027375 US2011027375W WO2011109805A1 WO 2011109805 A1 WO2011109805 A1 WO 2011109805A1 US 2011027375 W US2011027375 W US 2011027375W WO 2011109805 A1 WO2011109805 A1 WO 2011109805A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
- A45F3/04—Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- A45C13/00—Details; Accessories
- A45C13/10—Arrangement of fasteners
- A45C13/1023—Arrangement of fasteners with elongated profiles fastened by sliders
- A45C13/103—Arrangement of zip-fasteners
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- A45C13/00—Details; Accessories
- A45C13/18—Devices to prevent theft or loss of purses, luggage or hand carried bags
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B45/00—Hooks; Eyes
- F16B45/02—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B45/00—Hooks; Eyes
- F16B45/02—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member
- F16B45/023—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member the closing member pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the hook
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B45/00—Hooks; Eyes
- F16B45/02—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member
- F16B45/024—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member and having means biasing the closing member about the pivot
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B45/00—Hooks; Eyes
- F16B45/02—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member
- F16B45/027—Hooks with pivoting or elastically bending closing member and having position-locking means for the closing member
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- the present invention is directed to luggage and, more particularly, to luggage that is securable to an immovable object using existing carrying straps of the luggage.
- 0002 Luggage particularly of the backpack variety, typically comes with a pair of back straps which can be dunned over one or both shoulders for ease of carrying.
- such luggage has a criss-crossing zipper which traverses the entire backpack and allows dividing it into two constituent parts, for ease of access.
- Luggage of the backpack style is typically of a size that can be carried on the back and therefore easily prone to being pilfered because it can be carried with one hand and quickly removed unobtrusively.
- One function is to enable threading the strap through an opening in an immovable object, for example, a leg of a desk or through the arm rest of a chair, and then locked back to the suitcase, so as to make it impossible (or at least difficult) to remove or walk away with the backpack.
- the other objective of the invention is to provide and use the same mechanism to also lock the zipper of the backpack, to thereby provide dual functionality of locking the contents within the backpack and making removal of the backpack difficult.
- 0006 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a backpack with at least one of the straps being configured to serve as a locking strap and zipper lock.
- 0008 Figure 3 shows another embodiment of a carabiner style lock.
- Figure 4 shows the embodiment of Figure 3 using a combination lock.
- Figure 5 shows the embodiment of Figure 3 using a push cylinder lock.
- Figure 6 shows another embodiment of Figure 5.
- Figure 7 is a photograph of a carabiner style combination lock.
- Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the backpack of the invention locked to an immovable object.
- Figure 1 shows the typical backpack 10 which has a centrally located zipper 12 with two zipper tabs 14, each with a tab opening 16 therethrough.
- the locking tabs 14 can be moved from one side to the other side of the backpack, in well known manner.
- the backpack 10 has a pair of left and right shoulder straps 20 and 22.
- the shoulder straps 20 and 22 have upper distal ends each of which is sewn or otherwise fixed to the body of the backpack 10.
- the shoulder strap 20 is similarly sewn at its other distal end, at the bottom of the backpack 10 as shown.
- the right side strap 22 has at its opposing distal end a pair of holes 22A and 22B.
- the strap at that location may be reinforced as compared to the rest of the strap, for example, it may be constituted of a metallic rectangular piece of metal 24 that is strongly secured to the strap 22.
- the lock shackle 26 can be passed through those holes 22A and 22B, and then inserted into the openings of the aforementioned zipper tabs 14.
- a lock 30 which may be a pad lock operated either with a key or as a combination lock, is sewn or otherwise secured to the bottom of the backpack, for example, by means of holding bands 32, 34.
- the shackle 26 which passes through the strap and also through the zipper tab(s) can then be inserted into the lock, thus locking the strap and zipper tabs near the bottom of the backpack 10. In this position, the straps can be used in the conventional manner.
- both straps 20, 22 can be adjusted in a length, in conventional matter, except it must be assured that the length adjusting mechanism for the strap 22 can not allow it to be opened in a manner which might defeat its being locked to the lock 30.
- a traveler will use the key 36 to free the strap 22 and then thread the free end of the strap 22 through the chair arm rest 42 of the chair 40, or through an opening in any immovable object, and then re-lock the strap 22, rendering the entire backpack 10 immovable.
- a traveler can easily lock the backpack to the chair in which he is sitting or while waiting in an airport and allow himself to comfortably fall asleep without fear that somebody might actually walk away with the backpack or rummage through or pilfer its contents.
- the strap has connected to it a hooking style carabiner lock 50 which comes with a spring loaded locking arm 52 and with a locking mechanism 54 to be described.
- the distal tip 56 of the carabiner lock 50 can be used to thread the zipper tab 14 and through a hook 58 which is a part of the backpack 10.
- the hook 58 can be metallic or made of strong cloth or the like.
- the lock 54 is a combination lock.
- the lock is a push cylinder lock 62 that has a push pin 64 that is insertable into an opening 66 as shown in Figure 6.
- a carabiner style lock with a combination lock is shown in Figure 7.
- the strap 22 can have affixed thereto one half of a buckle style locking device, where the complementary portion of the buckle is affixed to the backpack.
- the buckle style lock can be of the type which is described in U.S. Patent No. 7,357,008, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- One example of such lock is shown in Figure 3 of the 7,357,008 patent, where one end of the strap is connected to the bottom of the backpack and the other hand connected to strap 22.
- a string which is threaded through tabs 14 can be utilized to lock the zipper tabs to the buckle.
- the locking mechanism be provided at the bottom of the backpack, as it can be just as easily provided at the other distal end of the strap, near the top of the backpack. Also, a locking mechanism can be provided on both straps including strap 20 and strap 22.
- buckle style lock is also described in U.S. Patent Application No. 2007/0226964, which published October 4, 2007, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- the lock for the buckle style embodiment can be either of the type that uses a key or which uses a combination lock or both as described in the incorporated by reference documents.
- the locking strap can also be used to be threaded through the handle of another piece of luggage and then through the immovable object, so as to lock two or more articles which require securing against theft.
- the locking mechanism described herein is not necessarily limited to luggage and certainly not to backpacks and can be applied to any and all types of equipment which require securement.
- the locking element may be installed at one end of one of the two handles typically provided in ladies handbags.
- the handbag may be secured against both theft and unwanted access to its contents.
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