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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2012
Applicant:

Samsonite Ip Holdings S.a R.l., Luxembourg, LU;

Inventors:

Rik Hillaert, Oudenaarde, BE;

Christophe Van Rumst, Ghent, BE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 5/03 (2006.01); A45C 5/14 (2006.01); A45C 13/36 (2006.01); B60B 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 5/03 (2013.01); A45C 5/14 (2013.01); A45C 13/36 (2013.01); B60B 33/045 (2013.01); A45C 2005/148 (2013.01); B60B 2200/45 (2013.01); B60B 2900/133 (2013.01); B60B 2900/211 (2013.01); B60B 2900/321 (2013.01);
Abstract

Protective systems () for a luggage piece () may include a deformable body () and a cover (). The cover () may be configured to overlie and to be coupled with the deformable body (). The cover () may be more rigid than the deformable body (). The deformable body () may include an interior shape () at least partially complementary to a recess () formed in an exterior surface () of the luggage piece (). The deformable body () may be joined to the luggage piece () when positioned at least partially in the recess (). External impacts exerted on the cover () may be transmitted across the cover () such that the forces associated with such external impacts may be exerted on the deformable body () across a larger surface area than a surface area of the cover () receiving the external impacts and may be at least partially absorbed by the deformable body ().


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