Patent ID: 6334533
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A luggage insert providing impact resistant support for a portable computer or other delicate instrument and adapted to be carried alone or within a carrying case, comprising:a) a receptacle defined by a front wall, a back wall, a bottom side wall, a left side wall and a right side wall, said receptacle enclosing a compartment carrying a first fastener element; and b) an impact-resistant cushion adjustably releasably fastened in said compartment, including: b1) a first pad extending along one of said left or right side walls and including a compressible foam piece and a pliable cover contiguously covering said foam piece, said first pad being spaced from the other of said left or right side walls to define a cavity between said first pad and said other of said left or right side wall for receiving a portable computer or other delicate instrument; b2) a second pad extending partly along said bottom side wall and including a compressible foam piece, a pliable cover contiguously covering said foam piece and hingedly connected with said cover of said first pad; and b3) a second fastener element carried by said cushion and releasably coupling with said first fastener element in various selected positions to selectively adjust the spacing between said first pad and said other of said left or right side wall to correspondingly adjust the size of said cavity in accordance with the size of the portable computer or other delicate instrument to be received therein.