Patent ID: 9560901
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A45C

Claim:
1. A luggage with a vacuum device for storing and transporting articles, the luggage comprising: a generally rectangular housing having four sidewalls projecting upwardly from a bottom wall to form a top opening, and a cover adapted to close the top opening; a sealable compressible internal chamber located inside the housing, the internal chamber having an opening through which the articles are disposed and a sealing fastener to close the opening of the internal chamber, the internal chamber being airtight when the internal chamber is sealed; two manual vacuum pumps adjacent and parallel one to the other along the bottom wall, each vacuum pump being in air communication with the internal chamber to withdraw air from the internal chamber when the internal chamber is sealed thereby reducing a volume of the internal chamber and of the articles disposed in the internal chamber, each manual vacuum pump comprising: at least one one-way check valve connecting the internal chamber and the air chamber, the one-way check valve allowing air contained inside the internal chamber to be withdrawn from the internal chamber when the pump is activated.