Patent ID: 7584830

Claim:
A suitcase assembly including: a housing having a bottom wall, a top wall and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending between said top and bottom walls, said peripheral wail having a break therein and defining an opening for accessing an interior of said housing, said bottom wall having a bottom edge, a top edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said bottom wall being substantially planar; and a plurality of legs extending into said top wall, each of said legs having a free end, each of said legs being selectively telescoping such that said free ends may be selectively positionable in a stored position adjacent to said top wall or in an extended position extending away from said top wall; a plurality of foot members, each of said foot members being attached to one of said free ends; and a plurality of retention members for selectively retaining each of said legs in a stored position, each of said retention members including an annular ridge positioned on a top side of each of said foot members and an annular depression in said housing extending around each of said legs, each of said ridges being aligned with one of said depressions such that each of said ridges are extendable into one of said depressions when said legs are in said stored position, each of said ridges being frictionally couplable with one of said depressions.