Patent ID: 6073738
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A suitcase comprising:a first opposed section and a second opposed section, each having an outer panel and a circumferential wall with a first edge and a plurality of second edges, the first edges being hingedly connected for movement of the opposed sections between an open position, in which access to at least one of the opposed sections is provided, and a closed position, in which the edges of the two circumferential walls are in juxtaposition;at least one closure engaging the first and second opposed sections and selectively holding the second edges of the circumferential walls in juxtaposition;a divider positioned within said suitcase to at least partially divide the opposed sections from each other when in the closed position thereof, said divider having one end flexibly tethered to one of the circumferential walls and being movable into and out of one of the opposed sections; andat least one slack connector connected to one of the circumferential walls and positioned to selectively and flexibly connect the other end of the divider to the last said circumferential wall.