Patent ID: 7984797

Claim:
A structural support system for a rolling, fabric sided luggage case, said case defining an internal volume for retention of articles to be transported and having a pair of opposing side walls each having a perimeter including a front edge, a back edge, an upper edge and a lower edge; a substantially planar bottom wall joining said lower edges of said opposing side walls; and a substantially planar rear wall joining said rear edges of said opposing side walls; said structural system, comprising a planar base adjacent to said bottom wall; at least one wheel housing secured to a rear edge of said base adjacent to each of said side walls; a structural frame adjacent to each of said side walls; each of said structural frames comprising at least one elongate strut positioned along at least a portion of said perimeter; a straddle bracket further comprising a straddle arm having an elongate body, a proximal mounting surface at a first end of said body, a distal mounting surface at a second end of said body, and a first slot in said second end; wherein said proximal mounting surface is rigidly engaged to a middle portion of said base, said body is inclined upward therefrom to said distal mounting surface engaged to said rear wall at a point above said at least one wheel housing, and an end of said at least one elongate strut is engaged to said first slot; such that said wheel housings are independent of said structural frame.