Patent Application
20240298762
The present disclosure relates to a luggage case, especially to a luggage case with expansible sleeping compartment apparatus.
In situations where a standard bed is not available for rest, people may need simple bedding. These occasions may occur during travel or often in the case of people who have no place to stay, for example, homeless.
Luggage beds have been proposed which provide storage space and a collapsible bed frame for lying down when extended. However, these luggage beds are relatively complicated to open and store the bed frame, which takes time and effort and is not easy to operate. In addition, these luggage beds, which do not provide a private sleeping space, resulting in less privacy. Especially at this time when covid-19 and contagious diseases are prevalent, it exposes users to the risk of infection.
Therefore, there is a need to provide improved luggage beds to address at least the above issues.
Features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or can be learned by practice of the herein disclosed principles. The features and advantages of the disclosure can be realized and obtained by means of the instruments and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a luggage case with expansible sleeping compartment apparatus. The expansible sleeping compartment apparatus comprises at least two housing members which define a volume when closed together for receiving therein or thereon an expansible sleeping compartment in an unexpanded state. The expansible sleeping compartment apparatus may be attached to at least one of said housing members. In an expanded state the surfaces of expansible sleeping compartment defines an enclosure with an opening for receiving a person therein.
The expansible sleeping compartment is supported by a frame and the frame may be an extendible accordion frame.
Optionally, the frame may be constructed by bars and joints.
The expansible sleeping compartment may be attached to the inner side of at least one of said housing members.
The expansible sleeping compartment apparatus in the unexpanded state may be received in a separate cavity disposed in the volume defined by the at least two house members.
The expansible sleeping compartment apparatus in the unexpanded state may be retained outside the volume defined by the at least two house members.
The expansible sleeping compartment may be extendible to a length of approximately the height of a person. The person may be an adult.
The expansible sleeping compartment has outer surfaces and inner surfaces. The outer surfaces are waterproof or resistant to wetting. The inner surfaces are thermal insulators.
In addition, a plurality of lockable wheels may be disposed at the housing member or housing members. Optionally, a plurality of lockable wheels are detachable from the luggage case. In use, the housing members of the luggage cases are positioned at an open position by the lockable wheels at locked positions and the expansible sleeping compartment is extended from the opening of the housing members.
A solar panel may be disposed at the housing member or housing members.
Optionally, a USB socket may be disposed on the housing member or housing members.
Optionally, one or more storage spaces may be disposed at the housing members of the luggage cases.
Optionally, the expansible sleeping compartment apparatus may have an opening, which aligns with one of said housing members.
In order to describe the manner in which the above-recited and other advantages and features of the disclosure can be obtained, a more particular description of the principles briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended Figures. Understanding that these Figures depict only exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope, the principles herein are described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying Figures.
Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be explained in further detail below by way of examples and with reference to the accompanying Figures, in which:
Various embodiments of the disclosure are discussed in detail below. While specific implementations are discussed, it should be understood that this is done for illustration purposes only. A person skilled in the relevant art will recognize that other components and configurations may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
In various embodiments of the disclosure, a luggage case with an expansible sleeping compartment apparatus is provided that may be beneficial for use in traveling or other situations where a standard bed is not available. The luggage case of the disclosure at least provides the effect of sheltering the bed, providing an isolated space, preventing insects and stains, facilitating the storage of the bed shelter, facilitating the use of pillows, providing more comfortable experience, and being convertible into a backpack to improve convenience.
Referring to the drawings, there is shown a luggage case with an expansible sleeping compartment apparatus.
Referring now to
The luggage case 10 may include at least two housing members 102, 104 which define a volume 106. The two housing members 102, 104 may pivot along a vertical axis. When the two housing members 102, 104 are closed together, the volume 106 as shown in
In addition, the expansible sleeping compartment apparatus 100 may include a supporting frame 108 and outer surfaces 110a and inner surfaces 110b. The outer surfaces 110a may be waterproof or resistant to wetting and the inner surfaces 110b may be thermal insulators.
In one embodiment, the frame 108 may be an extendible accordion frame. In detail, the frame 108 may be constructed by bars and joints. The frame 108 may have two sets of bars and joints 108a, 108b which are attached to inner sides 102a, 102b of the housing members 102 respectively, parallel to each other and can be extended and retracted in the direction of substantially 90 degrees relative to the body of the luggage case. Each set of bars and joints 108a, 108b has a plurality of bars and joints constructed in “X” arrangements (“X” elements). For example an “X” element 107 of the set of bars and joints 108a may include two bars 109a, 109b. The two bars 109a, 109b of the “X” element 107 are attached to the inner side 102a of the housing member 102 by the points 107a, 107b which are separated by a predetermined distance; and the “X” element 107 may be engaged to an adjacent “X” element at the points 107c, 107d. The length of extension of the frame 108 may be limited by stoppers (not shown) disposed on the bars 108 and/or by the expansible length of the sleeping compartment apparatus 100. It can be understood that other configurations which could implement the same functions are also falling within the scope of this disclosure. When in an unexpanded state, the frame 108 (and the outer surfaces 110a and the inner surfaces 110b) is received within the volume 106 of the luggage case 10.
In use, the housing members 102, 104 of the luggage case 10 are positioned at an open position by the lockable wheels 118 at locked positions and the expansible sleeping compartment apparatus 100 is extended from the opening of the housing members, as shown in
In one embodiment, the housing members 102, 104 of the luggage case 10 pivot along a horizontal axis.
The luggage case 10 may further have on at least one of the housing members 102, 104, at least one solar panel 114 and a USB socket 116 for collecting, storing solar energy and providing electronical charging to devices such as lights, mobile phones, tablets and the like. The solar panels and the USB socket can be provided on the top of the luggage case (as shown in
The luggage case 10 may also have more than one wheels 118 located on the bottom of at least one of the housing members 102, 104. In one embodiment, the wheels 118 are detachable from the luggage case 10.
Further chamber(s) may be provided within the luggage case 10 for storing and pull-out handle(s) (not shown) can be attached to the at least one of housing members, such that a user can access items easily.
In one embodiment, the end of the foldable cover has an opening for receiving a person inside the expansible sleeping compartment apparatus 150. Advantageously, in one embodiment as shown in
In addition, when the luggage cases as discussed above are made of fabric, a pair of straps (not shown) may be removable affixed to the luggage cases, so that the luggage cases can be used as a backpack.
The above embodiments are described by way of example only. Many variations are possible without departing from the scope of the disclosure as defined in the appended claims.
Although a variety of examples and other information was used to explain aspects within the scope of the appended claims, no limitation of the claims should be implied based on particular features or arrangements in such examples, as one of ordinary skill would be able to use these examples to derive a wide variety of implementations. Further and although some subject matter may have been described in language specific to examples of structural features and/or method steps, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to these described features or acts. For example, such functionality can be distributed differently or performed in components other than those identified herein. Rather, the described features and steps are disclosed as examples of components of systems and methods within the scope of the appended claims.
