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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Tumi, Inc., Edison, NJ (US);
Paul V. Scicluna, Delanco, NJ (US);
TUMI, INC., Edison, NJ (US);
Abstract
An expandable frame () for a carrying article is disclosed. A frame () for an expandable article of luggage () includes a first frame member () including a first recess (), a second frame member () including a second recess (), and a gusset () extending between the first frame member () and the second frame member () to secure the first frame member () to the second frame member (). A first edge () of the gusset () is received in the first recess () in the first frame member, and a second edge () of the gusset () is received in the second recess () in the second frame member (). An article of luggage () including the expandable frame () is disclosed. In some embodiments, an expandable frame () does not include the first frame member and the gusset () is secured directly to a first hard shell () of an article of hard shell luggage ().