Patent ID: 7798499

Claim:
Wheeled luggage comprising: a case having a top panel, bottom panel, front panel, rear panel, and side panels; said top panel forming a cushion seat; a telescoping handle extending from the front of the top panel; and a right and left wheel assembly attached to the lower right and left front corners located at the intersection of the front, bottom, and side panels, respectively, of said case; each of said wheel assemblies including: a wheel housing having a wheel well; a brake shoe extending into said wheel well of said wheel housing; a wheel carriage positioned within said wheel well of said wheel housing, said wheel carriage rotatably supporting a wheel having a rolling surface, said wheel carriage having means adapted to allow said wheel to move from a first position where the rolling surface of said wheel is not in contact with said brake shoe to a second position where said rolling surface of said wheel is in braking contact with said brake shoe, said wheel moving from said first position to said second position upon a traveler sitting on said cushion, and to cause said wheel to move from said second position to said first position upon said traveler arising; said brake shoe having an arcuate outer surface adapted to contact the rolling surface of said wheel when said wheel is in its second position, said arcuate outer surface having a radius substantially the same as the radius of said wheel; said rolling surface of said wheel and said arcuate outer surface of said brake shoe each having a raised pattern adapted to mate and interlock.