Patent ID: 6609598
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A45C,Y10S

Abstract:
A luggage piece comprising:a body (10) having fiber cloth frame (11) and a framework (12), wherein a bottom side (13) has a bottom depth (Db) and a top side has a top depth (Dt) smaller than the bottom depth (Db); a pair of front supports (16) disposed on the bottom side near the front portion; a pair of rear supports (15) disposed on the bottom side near the rear portion and separated from the front supports (16) by a base depth (DW), wherein the base depth is approximately equal to the bottom depth for providing stability to the luggage piece in the upright position; a cover unit (20) having a fiber cloth frame (21) and a cover (22); a lower cloth edge (21a) of the fiber cloth frame (21) seamed with a lower cloth edge (11a) of the fiber cloth frame (11); a cloth edge (21b) of the fiber cloth frame (21) seamed to a cloth edge (22b) of the cover (22); a first zipper (30) disposed between the fiber cloth frame (21) and the cover (22) for opening and closing the cover (22); a length of the first zipper (30) equal or longer than that of the three edges of the fiber cloth frame (21) and the cover (22); an expandable section (40) disposed between the fiber cloth frame (11) and the fiber cloth frame (21) for being connected to the body (10) and the cover (20); and a second zipper (50) disposed between the body (10) and the cover unit (20) with a configuration like an inverse U shape, wherein a length of the second zipper (50) is equal or longer than that of the three lateral edges of the body (10) and the cover unit (20) so that the body (10) and the cover unit (20) are received tightly, and wherein the expandable section (40) is thus hidden therein; and wherein when the second zipper (50) is opened, the expandable section (40) is expanded outwards through a sector-like way so as to adjust the receiving space of the luggage piece; and wherein whereby the zipper (50) can be closed to conceal the expandable section (40) or opened to allow the expandable section (40) to expand outward from the front portion so as to increase the luggage volume by changing the top depth while keeping the bottom depth substantially unchanged.