Patent ID: 6148972
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A suitcase apparatus comprising:a suitcase body having a side opening and a top handle affixed to a top end thereof;an inner cover panel hingedly connected to said suitcase body along an edge of said side opening;an outer cover panel hingedly connected to said suitcase body along an opposite edge of said side opening;a side handle affixed to a center of an exterior surface of said inner cover panel, said outer cover panel having a elongated hole formed centrally thereof such that when said outer cover panel is folded against said exterior surface of said inner cover panel, said side handle extends outwardly of said outer cover panel through said elongated hole;a lock affixed to said inner cover panel and said outer cover panel such that said outer cover panel is releasably locked against said inner cover panel; anda protection frame having a concave trough extending inwardly around a perimeter of said protection frame, said protection frame having a top side and a bottom side, said elongated hole having an edge extending therearound, said edge of said elongated hole insertably received within said concave trough of said protection frame, each of said top side and said bottom side of said protection frame having an indentation extending therearound, said protection frame threadedly secured to said outer cover panel by a thread affixed in the indentation and extending through said outer cover panel.