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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 18, 2023
Briggs and Riley Travelware, Llc, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Richard Krulik, Northport, NY (US);
Georgene Rada, Northport, NY (US);
Daehwan Kim, Plainview, NY (US);
Florian M. Witt, Wentorf, DE;
Patric Moammer, New York, NY (US);
Adrian Berr, Brooklyn, NY (US);
BRIGGS & RILEY TRAVELWARE LLC, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Abstract
A compression-expansion locking device for an article of luggage and an expandable article of luggage comprising one or more such devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises a housing member having two or more columns of parallel housing teeth protruding from an inside surface, and a ratchet member movably disposed over the inside surface and comprising complimentary protruding teeth to releasably engage the housing teeth and a release projection disposed in a slot extending along the axial direction of the ratchet member. A release member slidably disposed within the slot comprises an internal camming surface which when pulled over the release projection by the users urges the ratchet teeth away from the housing teeth to permit movement between the housing and ratchet members. A release button which can be engaged, e.g., by a user's thumb, can be connected to the release member to permit further convenient one-handed operation.