Patent ID: 6095534
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
In a luggage cart that is collapsible into a form substantially enclosed within a tubular shaped outer case, said cart including a left telescoping member and a right telescoping member, each having upper ends which are pivotally connected and which are pivoted together in a side-by-side relationship when the luggage cart is in a collapsed mode,said left telescoping member having a plurality of retractable sections including a left bottom section that includes an exterior surface, and said right telescoping member having a plurality of retractable sections including a right bottom section that includes an exterior surface, a wheel rotatably attached to a lower end of each of the left and right bottom sections, the improvement comprising:left and right support arms pivotally connected to lower ends of respective inwardly facing edge portions of the left and right bottom sections;a slot formed in an inwardly facing edge portion of each of the left and right bottom sections for permitting the left and right support arms to pivot to a retracted position within the respective left and right bottom sections when the cart is in the collapsed mode;the exterior surface of the left bottom section being formed as an elongated semi-cylindrical portion whose convex surface faces away from said right telescoping member, and the exterior surface of the right bottom member being formed as an elongated semi-cylindrical portion of the left and right bottom sections whose convex surface faces away from said left telescoping member; andthe two semi-cylindrical portions of the left and right bottom sections mate to substantially enclose the telescoping members and the support arms forming the luggage cart into said tubular shaped outer case when the plurality of sections of each of the left and right telescoping members are retracted and the left and right telescoping members are pivoted together to collapse the cart.