Patent Application
20240335017
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The disclosure relates to briefcase devices and more particularly pertains to a new briefcase device for facilitating a briefcase to be employed as a table. The device includes a briefcase which has a case portion and a lid portion, and the case portion has a plurality of recesses integrated therein. A plurality of legs is each pivotally coupled to the case portion and each of the legs is stored in a respective recess. The legs can be positioned in a deployed position to support the briefcase in a horizontal orientation to employ the briefcase as a table.
The prior art relates to briefcase devices including a variety of briefcase devices that have table wings movably integrated into the briefcase and legs for supporting the briefcase in a horizontal orientation. The prior art discloses a variety of briefcase devices that each at least includes a recess and a plurality of legs that are pivotally disposed in the recess for supporting a briefcase in a horizontal orientation. The prior art discloses a briefcase device that includes a plurality of legs that are each telescopically recessed into the briefcase.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a briefcase which comprises a case portion and a lid portion. A handle is movably coupled to the lid portion for carrying the briefcase. A pair of closures is each movably coupled to the lid portion to releasably engage the case portion for retaining the lid portion in a closed position. A plurality of legs is each pivotally coupled to the case portion. Each of the legs is positionable in a stored position having each of the legs being recessed in the case portion. Each of the legs is positionable in a deployed position has each of the legs extending downwardly from the case portion for supporting the briefcase above a support surface. In this way the briefcase can be employed as a table.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The lid portion 16 has a perimeter wall 36 and the perimeter wall 36 has a forward side 38, a rear side 40 and a lower edge 42, and the lower edge 42 corresponding to the rear side 40 is hingedly coupled to the distal edge 32 of the case portion 14 corresponding to the back side 26 of the outer wall 22. A handle 44 is movably coupled to the lid portion 16 for carrying the briefcase 12 and the handle 44 has a central member 46 extending between a pair of outward members 48. Each of the outward members 48 has distal end 50 that is hingedly coupled to the forward side 38 of the perimeter wall 36 of the lid portion 16 such that the central member 46 can be gripped.
A pair of closures 52 is each movably coupled to the lid portion 16 and each of the closures 52 releasably engages the case portion 14 when the lid portion 16 is closed for retaining the lid portion 16 in a closed position. Each of the closures 52 is disposed on the forward side 38 of the outer wall 22 of the lid portion 16. Additionally, each of the closures 52 engages the front side 24 of the of the outer wall 22 of the case portion 14 when the lid portion 16 is closed and the closures 52 are positioned in an engaging position for inhibiting the lid portion 16 from being opened. Each of the closures 52 may comprise a clasp, a buckle or any other type of releasable, mechanical closure.
A plurality of legs 54 is each pivotally coupled to the case portion 14 and each of the legs 54 is positionable in a stored position having each of the legs 54 being positioned in a respective one of the recesses 18 in the case portion 14. Conversely, each of the legs 54 is positionable in a deployed position having each of the legs 54 extending downwardly from the case portion 14 for supporting the briefcase 12 above a support surface 56. In this way the lid portion 16 defines a work surface 58 to facilitate the briefcase to be employed 12 as a table.
Each of the legs 54 has an upper end 60 and a lower end 62, and the upper end 60 of each of the legs 54 is pivotally coupled to the bounding surface 34 of the respective recess 18. Each of the legs 54 comprises a first portion 64 which slidably receives a second portion 66 such that each of the legs 54 has a telescopically adjustable length. The first portion 64 of each of the legs 54 has a hole 68 extending through the first portion 64 and the second portion 66 of each of the legs 54 has a lock 70 which is movably integrated into the second portion 66. The lock 70 on the second portion 66 of a respective one of the legs 54 engages the hole 68 in the first portion 64 of the respective leg 54 when the respective leg is positioned in the deployed position for retaining the respective leg 54 at a maximum length.
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In use, the briefcase 12 is employed in the traditional convention of briefcases while the legs 54 are in the stored position. Each of the legs 54 is positioned in the deployed position and the legs 54 are extended into the maximum length. In this way the legs 54 can support the briefcase 12 in a horizontal orientation such that contents of the briefcase 12 are inhibited from falling out of the briefcase 12. Additionally, the lid portion 16 of the briefcase 12 can be employed as a table while the briefcase 12 is supported on the legs 54.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
