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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
James S Gregg, Aurora, CO (US);
Assignee:
Samsonite Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
16289 ; 16291 ; 16296 ; 16354 ; 16376 ; 16DI / ; 220335 ; 220342 ;
Abstract
A lower edge wall of a luggage case part has camming teeth with intervening grooves. The other case part has a set of spaced apart teeth for consecutive meshing with those of the first case part. One or more leaf springs are received across the meshed teeth of the case parts. The dimensions and geometry of the spring are such that when the case parts reach a predetermined maximum opening angle, the central spring portions contact opposing portions of the two case parts forming a limit stop to further opening of the case.