Patent ID: 7143878
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: A45C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A “hard” suitcase construction including a base portion and a lid portion, the base and lid portions being formed of a plastics material of such characteristic that the base and lid portions retain their intended shape while at the same time enabling the attachment by a stitching operation of at least one Zip fastener arrangement for the purposes of enabling closure of the case, the lid portion being shaped so as to have a convex main outer surface and the base portion being shaped so as to have a concave main outer surface, and characterized in that two sets of floor engaging support members, there being a set being provided one to each of two transverse surfaces of the suitcase whereby the case can be stood on a support surface in one or the other of two orientations, and characterized by means whereby the volume of the case is expandable, characterized in that the expandability is achieved by providing a two part Zip fastener arrangement of which a first Zip part is associated with the Zip fastener arrangement involved the closing of the case and of which a second Zip part is associated with the expandability of the case.