Patent ID: 6604617
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
An article of luggage, comprisinga frame having a top pan, a bottom pan, and a pair of spaced-apart parallel towing bar-receiving tubes joining the top pan to the bottom pan in spaced-apart relation, and a body of flexible material fitted to the frame and having a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall and a back wall, the walls being interconnected to form an enclosure to receive articles, fold lines being positioned in an intermediate portion of the top wall, the bottom wall and the side walls; and the top pan and the bottom pan having front edges spaced apart from the front wall of the body and front portions of the top wall, bottom wall and the side walls are foldable toward the back wall to enable the front wall to be collapsed and folded toward the back wall to substantially reduce the volume of the enclosure formed by the body.