Claims
- 1. In combination with a wheeled article of luggage including:
- a case having top, front, back, side and bottom walls to define an openable article receiving enclosure;
- wheels positioned along said bottom wall;
- a manually graspable handle extending upwardly with respect to said top wall to guide rolling movement of the article of luggage with rotation of said wheels along a surface;
- an elongate securement strap member secured to the interior of said case for selective movement between a stored retracted position completely within said case and an operable extended position exterior of said case;
- said elongate securement strap member operably located on said case to securely encircle an auxiliary article positioned on said top wall when said elongate securement strap member is in its operable extended position;
- one of said front or back walls including an external pocket;
- said elongate securement strap member extending into, and externally accessible via, said external pocket;
- said elongate securement strap member manually movable between said stored retracted position contained within said external pocket, and said operable extended position projecting outward of said external pocket;
- securing means carried by said elongate securement strap member for releasably securing said elongate securement strap member to a connection member on the other of said front or back walls when said elongate securement strap member is in its operable extended position and encircling an auxiliary article at said top wall; whereby said elongate securement strap member selectively retains an auxiliary article on the surface of said top wall.
- 2. The combination of claim 1, wherein said elongate securement strap member is an extensible member.
- 3. The combination of claim 2, wherein said elongate extensible member includes biasing means opposing the maintenance of its extended operable position and urging it towards its stored retracted position, whereby an extent of said extensible member urges the auxiliary article of luggage to maintain contact against said top wall when said extensible member is secured to said connection member.
- 4. The combination of claim 3, wherein said biasing means includes elastic within said elongate extensible member.
- 5. The combination of claim 4, further including closure means for selective opening and closure of said external pocket.
- 6. The combination of claim 5, wherein said closure means is a zipper.
- 7. The combination of claim 1 wherein that external pocket is at said front wall and said connection member is at said back wall.
- 8. The combination of claim 1 wherein said external pocket is at an intermediate region of said front wall and said connection member is at the juncture of said top and back walls.
- 9. In combination with a wheeled article of luggage including:
- a case having first opposed front and back walls, second opposed side walls, and third opposed top and bottom walls to define an openable article receiving enclosure;
- wheels positioned along said bottom wall;
- said case adapted to be placed on a surface with said wheels contacting the surface;
- a manually graspable handle extending upwardly with respect to said top wall to guide rolling movement of the article of luggage with rotation of said wheels along a surface;
- an elongate extensible member secured to the interior of said case for selective movement between a stored retracted position completely within said case and an operable extended position exterior of said case;
- said elongate extensible member operably located on said case to securely encircle an auxiliary article positioned on said top wall,
- when said elongate extensible member is in its operable extended position;
- securing means carried by said elongate extensible member for releasably securing said elongate extensible member to a connection member when said elongate extensible member is in its operable extended position and encircling an auxiliary article at said top wall; whereby said elongate extensible member selectively retains an auxiliary article on the surface of said top wall;
- one of said first or second opposed walls including an external pocket,
- said elongate extensible member internally located within said external pocket, and externally accessible via, said external pocket;
- said external pocket including a closure means for manual closing of said pocket with said elongate extensible member being stored within said pocket.
- 10. The combination of claim 9, wherein said closure means is a zipper.
- 11. The combination of claim 9, wherein said external pocket is within one of said first opposed walls.
- 12. In combination with a wheeled article of luggage including:
- a case having first opposed front and back walls, second opposed side walls, and third opposed top and bottom walls to define and openable article receiving enclosure;
- wheels positioned along said bottom wall;
- said case adapted to be placed on a surface with said wheels contacting the surface;
- a manually graspable handle extending upwardly with respect to said top wall to guide rolling movement of the article of luggage with rotation of said wheels along a surface;
- an elongate extensible member secured to said case for selective movement between a stored retracted position and an operable extended position;
- said elongate extensible member operably located on said case to securely encircle an auxiliary article positioned on said top wall
- when said elongate extensible member is in its operable extended position;
- securing means carried by said elongate extensible member for releasably securing said elongate extensible member to a connection member when said elongate extensible member is in its operable extended position and encircling an auxiliary article at said top wall; whereby said elongate extensible member selectively retains an auxiliary article on the surface of said top wall;
- one of said first or second opposed walls including an external pocket;
- said elongate extensible member located within, and externally accessible via, said external pocket;
- said external pocket including a closure means for manual closing of said pocket with said elongate extensible member being stored within said pocket;
- said external pocket is within one of said first opposed walls, and further including:
- three spaced retaining elements for routing said elongate extensible member through said case and into said pocket, said retaining elements being at opposed bottom corners and centered along said top wall; said elongate extensible member being successively routed from said top retaining element, to said bottom retaining elements, into said pocket from a continuous loop.
- 13. In combination with a wheeled article of luggage including:
- a case having top, front, back, side and bottom walls to define an openable article receiving enclosure;
- wheels positioned along said bottom wall;
- a manually graspable handle extending upwardly with respect to said top wall to guide rolling movement of the article of luggage with rotation of said wheels along a surface;
- an elongate securement strap member secured to said case for selective movement between a stored retracted position and an operable extended position;
- said elongate securement strap member operably located on said case to securely encircle an auxiliary article positioned on said top wall when said elongate securement strap member is in its operable extended position;
- one of said walls including an external pocket;
- said elongate securement strap member extending into, and externally accessible via, said external pocket;
- said elongate securement strap member manually movable between said stored retracted position contained within said external pocket, and said operable extended position projecting outward of said external pocket;
- securing means carried by said elongate securement strap member for releasably securing said elongate securement strap member to a connection member when said elongate securement strap member is in its operable extended position and encircling an auxiliary article at said top wall; whereby said elongate securement strap member selectively retains an auxiliary article on the surface of said top wall, and further including
- guide members positioned within said case to permit multiple passes of said elongate securement strap.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/694,209, filed Aug. 8, 1996, which is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/491,619, filed Jun. 19, 1995, now abandoned which in turn is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/488,611, filed Jun. 8, 1995, now abandoned all entitled AUXILIARY LUGGAGE HOLDER.
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Continuations (1)
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