Patent ID: 6202808
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
In a rolling carrying case comprising a plurality of walls collectively defining an enclosed volume for the reception and removal of contents, said walls including opposed top and bottom walls, rolling means mounted to said bottom wall, and handle means extendible above said top wall for the rolling of said case along a ground surface, said bottom wall further including a plurality of downwardly extending feet;said case having stationary and rolling modes of operation, said stationary mode of operation characterized as said feet contacting the ground surface and supporting the case with said bottom wall being substantially parallel to the ground surface, and said rolling mode of operation characterized as said bottom wall being tilted with respect to the ground surface, with the user manually grasping said handle means and said rolling means contacting the ground surface for traversing along the ground surface;the improvement comprising:said rolling means being mounted along a first edge of said bottom wall, said rolling means being predeterminedly inwardly recessed from said first edge towards said enclosed volume, said rolling means being positioned such that the outer periphery of said rolling means does not project outwardly of a plane in which a portion of said first edge lies, said rolling means being positioned such that said outer periphery of said rolling means will be spaced away from the ground surface when said case is in its stationary mode of operation, and will be in rolling contact with the ground surface when said case is tilted to its rolling mode of operation.