Patent ID: 8875854
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a suitcase that includes a container section having a base panel, a top panel spaced from said base panel, and a plurality of side panels extending from said base panel around a storage space for receiving items disposed between said top panel and said base panel, said base panel and said top panels having a width and a length, and each said side panel having a width, which is shorter than the length and the width of said base and top panels; a first support arrangement residing at one side of said suitcase and is selectively transformable from an extended state to a stored state and from a stored state to an extended state without interfering with said storage space; and a second support arrangement residing at another side of said suitcase opposite said one side and is selectively transformable from an extended state to a stored state and from a stored state to an extended state without interfering with said storage space; wherein each said support arrangement comprises a frame that includes two spaced elongated legs that are connected to one another by a connector and a compliant body that is detachably connectable to said connector; and further comprising a roller mechanism associated with each compliant body, each roller mechanism including a roller body, wherein each said compliant body is rolled around said roller body in said stored state; wherein said roller mechanism is adjacent said storage space and includes a housing element that separates said roller mechanism from said storage space, and wherein each said compliant body is accessible and retractable from said storage space through a respective slot.