Patent ID: 6478316
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A45C,B60B

Abstract:
A roller arrangement for rolling movement of luggage containers, suitcases and trolleys, the container having a lower bottom edge with laterally spaced corner areas, said arrangement comprising:one or more rollers, each rotatably mounted in a corner area of the lower bottom edge of the container in a roller housing which reinforces the corner; a pivoting member pivotally-mounted to an axle located in the roller housing, the pivoting member being pivotal about an axis in a first pivoting direction inward towards the roller housing and a second pivoting direction away from the roller housing and opposite the first direction; at least one elastomeric pad within the roller housing; wherein at least one roller is mounted to the pivoting member at a location spaced from the pivoting member's axle, and further wherein the at least one roller rotates around an axis parallel to the pivot axis of the pivoting member's axle, and further wherein the pivoting member surface engages the at least one elastomeric pad during pivotal movement in the first or second pivoting direction.