Patent ID: 7832532
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hand towed piece of baggage comprising: a piece of baggage having a top and a bottom; a set of wheels rotationally mounted towards said bottom of said piece of baggage; a receptacle providing an opening in said top of said piece of baggage; an arm portion retractably engaged to said piece of baggage and having an adjustable axial length extending between opposite proximal and distal ends, said proximal end being operatively secured to said piece of baggage and said distal end positionable between an extended position and a retracted position through said receptacle, wherein in said retracted position said distal end is closer to said piece of baggage than in said extended position; a connector fixedly mounted to said distal end; and a towing handle having a hand grip, the towing handle being separately provided from the connector and engaged to the connector such that said hand grip can pivot relative to said connector about a pivot axis that intersects the hand grip when said arm portion is in said extended position, and such that said towing handle grip is retracted at least partially into said receptacle when said arm portion is in said retracted position.