Patent ID: 8011542

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising: a. a piece of luggage comprising a main body portion having a front and a back, b. a system for mounting the piece of luggage on an object, the system comprising i. at least first and second receivers attached to the front of the main body portion, ii. a horizontally oriented band, wherein the horizontally oriented band includes a plurality of vertically oriented passages defined therethrough, wherein the vertically oriented passages are arranged adjacent to one another in a horizontal direction, wherein the first receiver and one of the passages cooperate to define a first path, and wherein the second receiver and one of the passages cooperate to define a second path, wherein the band includes a middle section having a vertically oriented slot with an open top and an open bottom defined therein and two adjustment sections extending outwardly from the middle section, wherein the plurality of vertically oriented passages are defined through each of the adjustment sections, wherein the mounting system further comprises a vertically oriented strap extending from the front of the main body portion that is adapted to be received through the open top and out the open bottom of the vertically oriented slot, and iii. first and second rods that are each respectively removably received in the first and second paths.