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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Sung K. Park, Newton Center, MA (US);
David E. Duncanson, West Newbury, MA (US);
John M. O'fallon, Lowell, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sung K. Park, Newton Center, MA (US);
David E. Duncanson, West Newbury, MA (US);
John M. O'Fallon, Lowell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Umagination Labs, L.P., Newton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wheeled transport device, such as a piece of luggage configured to be manually wheeled by a pedestrian user, in provided with an electrical generator operably coupled to a rolling wheel of the device and configured to produce electrical energy as the user wheels the device along a supporting surface. The generator provides power to charge a battery contained within the device and/or one or more electrical appliances being transported within the device.