Patent Publication Number: US-10765189-B2

Title: Suitcase

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a suitcase, and more particularly to a suitcase having two zippers applied with and locked by one single lock. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     A suitcase is applied to contain personal belongings of a user on travels. A conventional suitcase substantially comprises a body and a zipper. The body has an opening defined in a top or a side of the body. The zipper is mounted in the opening to close the opening. To prevent the opening from being opened unintentionally by an authorized person, a lock is applied to lock the zipper. 
     In another type of the conventional suitcase, an interior of the body is divided into multiple spaces to allow arrangement of different kinds of objects in the spaces respectively, Thus, two openings are defined in the body, and two zippers are mounted respectively in the openings. To lock the two zippers, two locks are necessary. Therefore, to lock the conventional suitcase having two zippers is inconvenient and costly. 
     To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to provide a suitcase to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The main objective of the invention is to provide a suitcase having two zippers applied to and locked by a single lock. 
     The suitcase has a body and two zippers. The body has two openings defined in a surface of the body. The two zippers are mounted respectively in the openings of the body and are defined respectively as a first zipper and a second zipper. The first zipper has two collar pullers. The second zipper has two elongated pullers selectively extending through the collar pullers of the first zipper, and each elongated puller of the second zipper has a locking hole defined in the elongated puller. 
     Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a side view of a suitcase in accordance with the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is an enlarged perspective view of the suitcase in  FIG. 1 ; and 
         FIG. 3  is an enlarged side view of another embodiment of a suitcase in accordance with the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , a suitcase in accordance with the present invention may be a luggage or a hand held bag and comprises a body  10  and two zippers  20 , 22 . The body  10  has multiple spaces and two openings  12 , 14 . The spaces are defined and divided in the body  10  to allow a user to put different kinds of objects into the spaces respectively, The two openings  12 , 14  are defined in a side or a top of the body  10  and communicate with the spaces. The zippers  20 , 22  are mounted respectively in the openings  12 , 14  to close the openings  12 , 14  and defined respectively as a first zipper  20  and a second zipper  22 . The first zipper  20  has two collar pullers  202 . The second zipper  22  has two elongated pullers  222 , and each elongated puller  222  has a locking hole  224  defined in the elongated puller  222 . Preferably, each elongated puller  222  has a locking tab  226  formed on and protruding from a free end of the elongated puller  222 , and the locking hole  224  is defined in the locking tab  226 . In addition, a lock  30  is mounted on the body  10  at a surface in which the openings  12 , 14  are defined and is adjacent to the second zipper  22 . 
     To lock the zippers  20 , 22 , the elongated pullers  222  of the second zipper  22  extend respectively through the collar pullers  202  of the first zipper  20  and are locked by the lock  30  with the locking holes  224 . In the present embodiment, the locking tabs  226  on the elongated pullers  222  are inserted into two locking slots in the lock  30 , and the locking holes  224  in the locking tabs  226  are engaged with locking pins in the lock  30 . 
     With such an arrangement, only one single lock  30  is necessary for locking the two zippers  20 , 22  to prevent the body  10  from being opened unintentionally by an unauthorized person, so there is no need to adopt two locks. Therefore, to lock the two zippers  20 , 22  is convenient and takes a lowered cost. 
     With reference to  FIG. 3 , in another embodiment, a lock  30  is free from being mounted on the body  10 , and the zippers  20 , 22  can be locked by an individual lock  40 , such as a code lock or a key lock. Accordingly, the structure of the suitcase can be simplified. 
     Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.