Patent ID: 6533086
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
In a wheeled upright luggage case having a main body with a back and with a depth dimension and a width dimension, each of which is less than a height dimension of the body, at least a pair of wheels, spaced along the width dimension, mounted to a first lower portion of the body, at least one other wheel mounted on a second lower portion of the body at a distance along the depth dimension forward of the pair of wheels, wherein the depth dimension is less than the width dimension, and the body, when resting on the other wheel and the pair of wheels, tilts at an angle from vertical, an improved handle mounted at an upper portion of the body for pushing or pulling the case on the wheels along a supporting surface, the handle comprising:a pair of parallel rods to slidably movable through a bezel upon the body and separated by a distance; and an elongated grip attached to said rods and having a length substantially greater than said distance, and comprising two outer cantilevered portions extending laterally beyond said rods; wherein said outer cantilevered portions are graspable to direct a pushing force to the body for pushing the case along the supporting surface with the other wheel and the pair of wheels in contact with the supporting surface.