Patent ID: 7226073

Claim:
A luggage cart having a main body with an interior chamber which receives a handle assembly having a telescoping handle connected to a pair of parallel spaced apart telescoping handle rods each respectively received within a hollow chamber of a respective handle rod housing, the handle rod housings set within the interior chamber and the handle movable from a closed position where the handle rods are within their respective handle rod housings to an opened position where the handle is pulled out so that the handle rods are extended from their respective handle rod housings, the main body having a pair of oppositely disposed main wheels located adjacent to one end, the invention comprising: a. a planar structure positioned between the handle rod housings and having a right foldable rod and a parallel left foldable rod, each foldable rod having a transverse pin adjacent one end which is received within a corresponding slot located in a respective handle rod housing so that the respective pins can move within a respective slot, the right and left foldable rods connected by an attachment member, the planar structure movable with the movement of the handle; b. the left and right foldable rods each having a foldable joint mechanism located adjacent the area of their respective pins, the foldable joint mechanisms enabling each foldable rod to be rotated into two sections with an elongated section rotatable at a desired angle relative to the other section of the foldable rod; c. a release mechanism located on one of the foldable rods at a location remote from the movable joint mechanism, the release mechanism being a bar shaped device which is rotatably mounted to the foldable rod and movable to a closed position where it is locked against an adjacent handle rod so that the planar structure is fixed between the two handle rods and rotatable to an opened condition wherein the planar structure can rotate about the foldable joint mechanisms; and d. a pair of wheels located on said attachment member at a location remote from said foldable joint mechanisms; e. whereby, when said handle and handle rods are pulled out of the handle rod housings, said planar structure travels with said handle, and when said release mechanism is rotated to its opened condition, said planar structure is rotated by a given angle so that the wheels attached to the attachment member touch the ground while the planar structure is at an angle relative to the handle rods so that as the luggage cart is pulled, the two additional wheels on the attachment member provide additional support and facilitate movement of the luggage cart.