Samsonite Corporation

Ethan Mitchell

William L King

George A Teixeira

The present embodiment provides a neat, tailored accordion gussetwith crisscrossing elastic ribbonsattached to opposite rigid wire framesandof the expandable gusset, as well as a tensioned bungee cordattached to the innermost edge of the center seamof the expansion gusset. These elastic membersare enclosed and sealed from view by the outermost wallof the luggage caseand an inner walldefined by an elastic textile such as Spandex or the like. The resulting expansion gussetcan best be built into a main packing compartment doorof the luggage caseand will expand in response to over-packing of the main packing compartmentby expanding the expansion gussetin response to the pressure of the goods against the restoring force of the various elastic members

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Riverside, RI, United States of America

Ethan Mitchell