Patent ID: 6401888
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A carrying case apparatus comprising:(a) a trunk body having a pair of corner wheels disposed at a bottom portion thereof, said trunk body having formed at an intermediate portion thereof a receiving groove; (b) a telescopic rod assembly coupled to said trunk body, said telescopic rod assembly including: (1) a handle having a control switch for actuation by a user; (2) a pair of telescopic rods extending in substantially parallel manner from said handle, each said telescopic rod having telescopically coupled first and second tubes, said second tube having at least one positioning hole formed adjacent a top end portion thereof; (3) a pair of first controllers coupled to said control switch by a first linkage for selectively locking each said first tube to a respective one of said tubes of said telescopic rods, each said first controller being coupled to a bottom end portion of a respective one of said first tube, each said first controller being resiliently biased for engagement of said positioning hole of a respective one of said second tubes; and, (4) a pair of second controllers each operably coupled to one of said first controllers by a second linkage, each said second controller being disposed adjacent a bottom end portion of a respective one of said second tubes, each said second controller having a longitudinal guide rod and a transversal latch slidably engaged one with the other, each said transversal latch being transversally displaceable between extended and retracted positions responsive to longitudinal displacement of one of said longitudinal guide rods, said transversal latch in said extended position extending into said receiving groove of said trunk body; and, (c) a collapsible auxiliary wheel seat assembly coupled to said trunk body, said auxiliary wheel seat assembly including: (1) an elongate member having first and second end portions of an intermediate portion extending therebetween, said first end portion being pivotally coupled to said trunk body, said intermediate portion having formed therein a pair of latch hole recesses; and, (2) an auxiliary wheel coupled to said second end portion of said elongate member; said auxiliary wheel seat assembly being configurable between collapsed and opened positions, said auxiliary wheel seat assembly in said collapsed position being received in said receiving groove of said trunk body, said auxiliary wheel seat assembly being locked in said collapsed position by said transversal latches of said second controllers respectively engaging said latch hole recesses thereof.