Patent ID: 9033125
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
1. A luggage coupling apparatus for coupling a first suitcase pulled by a user to a trailing adjacent second suitcase, comprising: an attachment member having a first side in an engagement to a first end of an extension portion, said attachment member having a U-shaped distal end opposite said first side; said extension portion having opposing sides extending from said first end thereof, to a second end; said extension portion in a configuration for a communication across a space above a first suitcase and second suitcase adjacent thereto, said first end of said extension portion having a trapezoidal shaped first slot formed therein extending from a narrow portion of said first slot adjacent said first end of said extension portion, to a wider portion of said first slot terminating at a first divider extending between said opposing sides; a tapered portion of said extension portion adjacent said first end thereof, said tapered portion defined by a narrower spacing between said two opposing sidewalls adjacent said first end of said extension portion to a wider spacing between said opposing sides adjacent said first divider; said tapered portion configured for communication of a portion thereof through an area between a handle engaged with said second suitcase, and said suitcase; said tapered portion of said extension portion being sufficiently flexible to curve around said handle on the second suitcase in a wrap around engagement thereto extending back toward said first suitcase; a plurality of additional rectangular slots formed between said opposing sidewalls of said extension portion, said plurality of additional rectangular slots positioned in-between said first divider and said second end of said extension portion, and having respective secondary dividers therebetween; one of said rectangular-shaped slots positioned on said extension portion engageable to a first engagement with an elongated handle extending above a top surface of said first suitcase; said U-shaped distal end of said attachment member while in said wrap around engagement, and with a said rectangular slot in a said first engagement, configured for a removable engagement with said first divider or one of said respective secondary dividers, to form an engagement configuration of said extension portion; the engagement configuration of the extension portion extending substantially a fixed distance between the handle of the second suitcase and the first engagement of the extension portion with said first suitcase; said engagement configuration providing for adjusting said fixed distance for maintaining the first suitcase in a contact with, and adjacent to and substantially aligned with the second suitcase, with their respective wheels continually remaining on said support surface and providing for a support of their respective weights thereon.