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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2004
Shep Peterson, Vidalia, GA (US);
Robert P. Davis, Vidalia, GA (US);
Shep Peterson, Vidalia, GA (US);
Robert P. Davis, Vidalia, GA (US);
Tumi, Inc., South Plainfield, NJ (US);
Abstract
An item of expandable luggage includes a substantially rigid main peripheral frame and a substantially rigid secondary peripheral frame. A peripherally continuous gusset of flexible material is connected between the two peripheral frames. Opposite wall panels of the main peripheral frame are joined to corresponding opposite wall panels of the secondary peripheral frame by bridge assemblies, one such assembly being associated with each of the opposite wall panels of the respective frames. Each bridge assembly includes a receiving member affixed to the wall panel of the first component, the receiving member having an aperture therein, and a substantially rigid bridge plate affixed to the wall panel of the second component and slidably received by the receiving members, the plate having a first and second tongue capable of cooperating with the aperture.