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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1996
Edward Shamah, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Romar International Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Vertically expandable luggage having an integral wheeled carrier therefor has a vertically expandable luggage sidewall including at least three vertically stacked shells defining: (i) a bottom shell with a closed bottom, (ii) a top shell with an openable closed top, and (iii) at least one vertically stacked intermediate shell connecting the top shell and the bottom shell. At least one intermediate shell is movable between a vertically collapsed orientation and a vertically expanded orientation. A vertically expandable wheeled carrier includes at least three vertically stacked supports defining: (i) a bottom support of diameter D3, (ii) a top support of diameter D1, and (iii) a vertically stacked intermediate support of diameter D2 functionally connecting the top support and the bottom support. The intermediate support telescopically receives the top support and is telescopically received in the bottom support. The top support is telescopically extendable from or receivable within the intermediate support without movement therewith of the luggage sidewall. A top portion of the intermediate support is secured to the top shell for vertical movement therewith, and a top portion of the bottom support is secured to the bottom shell for vertical movement therewith.