Patent ID: 6148973
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A cloth-shelled luggage article article comprising:a top bracing plate having two support sides, said top bracing plate being two tube seats formed at an underside thereof and adjacent a forward edge thereof, said top bracing plate having a cut-out area at the back edge thereof;a bottom bracing plate having a plurality of support sides, said bottom bracing plate having recesses formed adjacent a back edge thereof, said bottom bracing plate having two slotted seats formed on a top surface thereof, said bottom bracing plate having two tube seats formed on a top surface thereof, said two tube seats of said bottom bracing plate vertically aligned with said two tube seats of said top bracing plate;an expandable pull rod frame having a top seat secured by a plurality of rivets within said cut-out area of said top bracing plate, said expandable pull rod frame having two bottom ends respectively received within said two slotted seats of said bottom bracing plate;two support tubes having respective top ends retained within said two tube seats of said top bracing plate, said two support tubes having respective bottom ends retained within said two tube seats of said bottom bracing plate, said two support tubes being disposed between said top bracing plate and said bottom bracing plate; anda plurality of casters respectively affixed within said recesses of said bottom bracing plate.