Patent ID: 8123007
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A45C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A piece of carry-on luggage for articles such as photographic equipment and the like, comprising: a receiver having a first wall, a second wall, two side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the first wall and the second wall facing each other and being joined to the bottom wall, the side walls, and the top wall so as to define an internal compartment, the receiver having dimensions consistent with airline carry-on luggage rules and in particular the first wall, second wall, and two side walls having a height consistent with the vertical dimension allowed by airline carry-on luggage rules and the top wall, bottom wall, and side walls having a depth consistent with the minimum horizontal dimension allowed by airline carry-on luggage rules; a frame assembly comprising a frame sheet mounted within the internal compartment and extending along the second wall, a slidably extending handle assembly attached to an upper portion of the frame sheet, the slidably extending handle assembly having a first configuration that is contracted and a second configuration extending upwardly away from the frame sheet, two wheel housings each having a wheel, the wheel housings being attached to a bottom portion of the receiver and to a lower portion of the frame sheet; a first opening defined in a portion of the receiver adjacent and parallel to the first wall for providing entry to the internal compartment from the exterior of the carrier; a zipper having complementary halves attached on either side of the first opening, the halves of the first zipper having at least one slider for reversibly separating the halves of the first zipper for permitting access to the internal compartment and reversibly attaching the halves of the first zipper for securing the first opening from entry from the exterior of the carrier; a second opening defined in a portion of the receiver adjacent to one of the second wall and the top wall providing entry to the internal compartment from the exterior of the receiver whereby a part of the handle assembly in the second extended configuration may extend outwardly from the internal compartment through the second opening and generally vertically above the receiver; a tub-shaped insert comprising padding and adapted to be contained inside the internal compartment and adjacent the side walls, the top wall, the bottom wall, and a bottom portion of the second wall, wherein the insert separates the internal compartment into first and second sub-compartments, the first sub-compartment being defined between the insert and the first wall when the first opening is closed, the first sub-compartment being sized to be capable of containing a 400 mm 2.8 f-stop aperture telephoto lens with the widest part of the telephoto lens being contained in a bottom portion of the first sub-compartment, the second sub-compartment being defined between an upper portion of the second wall and the insert, whereby the second sub-compartment substantially contains the handle assembly when the handle assembly is in the first position; wherein the first wall further comprises padding and the padding of the insert and the padding of the first wall protect contents of the first sub-compartment; and wherein the wheels are located adjacent the bottom wall and extend away from the receiver whereby the wheels can support a substantial part of the weight of the piece of luggage when the receiver is substantially above the wheels and the wheels are in contact with a surface whereby a user can grasp the handle assembly when in the second extended configuration and pull or push the receiver of the piece of luggage across the surface in an inclined position.