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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacqueline N. Miller, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Travelpro International, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 1/300 ; A45C 5/00 ; B60B 2/300 ; B60B 2/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 1/300 ; A45C 5/00 ; B60B 2/300 ; B60B 2/702 ;
Abstract
A wheel unit for an article of luggage equipped with wheels to facilitate translation of the luggage along the ground. The wheel unit includes a wheel housing connected to the luggage, and a wheel support and a wheel rotatably but removably connected to the wheel housing, the wheel support being mounted to the wheel housing in such a way that it is easily removable. The wheel may be quickly and easily replaced when damaged without disassembly of any other part of the luggage article.