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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paolo M. B. Tiramani, Greenwich, CT (US);
John A. Bozak, Greenwich, CT (US);
Soohyun Ham, Stamford, CT (US);
Assignee:
500 Group, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 3/00 ; A45C 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 3/00 ; A45C 3/02 ;
Abstract
A containment article, such as a luggage article, is provided which comprises a pair of substantially identical plastic shells which are hingedly connected to each other. The invention also includes an improved telescoping handle assembly for an article, such as wheeled luggage as well as a unique and novel safety latch for a containment article.