Luggage article with cantilevered wheel bracket having elongated arms

A luggage and cantilever technology, applied in the field of wheeled luggage, can solve problems such as luggage damage, noise, interference with personal luggage arrangement, etc., and achieve the effect of reducing rolling noise and manufacturing cost.

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-04-29
SAMSONITE IP HLDG SARL
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[0004] Additional problems that have been identified with conventional luggage are that the wheel brackets generally transfer shock loads from the wheels to the case and can also be noisy
As a result, shock loads are often transferred through the case, disturbing the arrangement of personal luggage, and / or causing damage to the luggage
Noise can be an annoyance and can make luggage unpleasant to use

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[0032] refer to figure 1 with 2, a wheeled luggage case 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a substantially cuboidal structure 105 formed by a plurality of walls 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, the plurality of walls 102, 104 , 106 , 108 , 110 , 112 define an enclosed interior volume of luggage case 100 for carrying a user's luggage within said enclosed interior volume. The luggage case 100 includes opposing front and rear walls 102, 104; opposing side walls 106, 108; 105. Luggage 100 may be a bag, case, or other luggage. Luggage case 100 may be hard-sided or soft-sided.

[0033] The luggage case 100 may be divided along an opening line 114 into a lid portion 116 including the front wall 102 and a bottom 118 including the rear wall 104 . Lid 116 may be connected to base 118 by hinge 120 in a conventional manner along a portion of the side of luggage case 100 , and luggage case 100 may be opened at opening line 114 to access the interior volum...

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A luggage article (100) may include a plurality of walls (102,104,106,108,110,112) together defining an outer structure (105) of the luggage article (100), a wheel bracket (134) attached to and extending from one of the walls (102,104,106,108,110,112), and a wheel (132,232,332) attached to the wheel bracket. The wheel bracket may comprise first and second elongate arms (150,152,250,252,350,352) extending along a common side of the wheel. The first and second arms may be vertically-spaced apart from one another over at least a portion of the length of the first and second arms. The configuration of the wheel bracket may result in higher shock absorption and reduced wheel noise comparative to conventional wheel brackets, and offer an improvement and alternative to conventional luggage wheel brackets.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure generally relates to wheeled luggage, particularly luggage with cantilevered wheel carriers having elongated arms. Background technique [0002] Luggage items, particularly luggage (ie, suitcases) typically include wheels attached to the luggage to allow the luggage to be pulled. The brackets attach the wheels to the luggage. Each carriage supports one or more wheels and generally the one or more wheels rotate about a horizontal axis. Each bracket may be fixed about a vertical axis to prevent the one or more wheels from turning about the vertical axis (commonly referred to as a fixed wheel) or may be rotatable about the vertical axis to allow the one or more wheels to turn about the vertical axis ( Commonly known as the rotating wheel). [0003] The design of these wheels and wheel assemblies for luggage presents a particularly unique challenge. In particular the wheels must be strong enough to withstand the use of the luggag...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A45C5/14A45C13/00
CPCB60B33/045A45C2005/148B60B2200/45B60B33/0028A45C5/14
Inventor 里克·希尔阿尔特维维恩·郑维姆·德沃斯琼·克劳德·范德瓦勒
Owner SAMSONITE IP HLDG SARL
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