Patent ID: 7140635
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A luggage cart/carrier movable between a first, compact configuration and a second, operational configuration, said cart/carrier comprising: A. a frame member comprising two leg portions formed in juxtaposed, spaced, parallel relationship to each other; B. an extension portion mounted to the frame member and movable between a first compact, stowable position and a second, fully extended, operational position; C. a support platform pivotally mounted to the leg portions of the frame member and movable between a first, folded position and a second, operational, luggage supporting position, and comprising two end members each being fixedly mounted to a bracket member, said bracket member being pivotally affixed to the terminating end of one of said leg portions of the frame member; D. two separate and independent wheel holding carriers, each being mounted to one of said leg portions for controlled, arcuate pivoting movement relative thereto, for moving said carriers between a first folded position, and a second operational position, wherein said wheel holding carriers extend rearwardly, substantially perpendicularly to the plane formed by the frame member, and each comprising a housing, said housing E. a pair of movement control assemblies, each associated with one of said wheel holding carriers, with each movement control assembly being whereby a luggage cart/carrier is achieved which is capable of being placed in a small, compact configuration for storage, while also being quickly and easily moved into an operational position, with the wheel supporting carriers automatically arcuately pivoted into an operational, usable position, simultaneously with the movement of the support platform into its operational position.