Patent ID: 6298964
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A portable carrying case comprising:opposed front and back walls, opposed top and bottom walls and opposed first and second end walls to collectively define an enclosed volume;means for manually operably accessing said enclosed volume, said means extending along one side of said walls to provide access to said enclosed volume for the insertion and removal of contents from within said enclosed volume;a removable and telescopically retractable handle assembly extending into and through said enclosed volume, substantially between said opposed top and bottom walls;said removable handle assembly having a first section removably secured within said enclosed volume, and a free end;said removable handle assembly having a removed condition in which said removable handle assembly is separated from said case, and an operative condition in which said first section is secured within the enclosed volume of said case and said free end extends upwardly beyond said top wall, and manually operable release means for moving said retractable handle assembly between said operative and removed conditions;first releasable means for securing said first section of the handle assembly to a wall of the case, said first releasable means including a bracket member permanently secured to said case and a manually actuated member, said first section including an attachment portion for selective cooperative engagement with said manually actuated member;said bottom wall being of a generally rectangular shape, including opposed first and second long edges and opposed first and second short edges; an elongated cylindrical roller mounted in juxtaposition to one of said long edges, at its intersection with one of said back or front walls;said removable handle assembly in its operative position telescoped upwardly substantially beyond said top wall and adapted to translate said elongated roller along a floor surface for rolling said case along the floor surface.