Claims
- 1. A luggage case including a wheel handle for moving the case on wheels and a carry handle for carrying the luggage case, the wheel handle includes a wheel handle arm mounted along one outside wall of the luggage case, the wheel handle arm has an elongated longitudinal axis, a grip mounted at one end of the wheel arm, the grip including a loop mounted to the wheel handle arm at a substantial angle to the longitudinal axis thereof, which substantial angle positions the grip over the carry handle when the wheel handle is adjacent the outside wall of the case, the carry handle including an upper surface shaped to receive the grip of the wheel handle, whereby the grip of the wheel handle and the upper surface of the carry handle engage one another.
- 2. A wheeled luggage case having a main packing compartment of generally parallelopiped shape with main front and back walls angling substantially toward one another from a base portion to a top portion, the top portion includes a carry handle with a grip for hand-carrying the luggage case, the back wall includes means for mounting a wheel handle arm in a manner such that the wheel handle arm can be stored adjacent to the back wall and also may be withdrawn from this adjacent relationship with the back wall to a position such that it extends above and over the top portion of the case at a substantial angle, the luggage case further including a wheel handle grip and an extension interconnecting the wheel handle arm and the wheel handle grip, wherein the wheel handle grip is attached at an upper end of the wheel handle arm and the extension is mounted at a substantial angle to the top of the wheel handle arm such that the wheel handle grip is positioned so that the grip and the carry handle nest in one another when the handle arm is in a position adjacent the angled wall of the case.
- 3. A luggage case as set forth in claim 2 wherein when the wheel handle arm is in a second position such that at least a portion of the wheel handle arm is withdrawn from its adjacent position along the back wall, the wheel handle extends toward the other of the two angled walls.
- 4. A combination wheel handle arm and a wheeled luggage case, the wheel handle arm having a length dimension wherein the arm is mounted on the case for movement in a direction along its length between a first position adjacent a wall of the luggage case and a second position at least partially withdrawn from the first position for wheeling the case by a user, one of the arm and the wall having at least one cam surface on a surface thereof and the other having a protrusion, the cam surface including at least one channel to receive the protrusion, means operable by the user for controlling the position of this protrusion in the channel, the channel includes at least a first surface and a second surface for engaging the protrusion, the first surface oriented in the direction of the length of the arm such that the protrusion can move along the first surface whereby the wheel handle arm can thus be withdrawn from its adjacent position, and the second surface of the channel is oriented relative to the direction of the length of the arm wherein the protrusion is engaged by the second surface of the channel such that the wheel handle arm is blocked from moving from the first position adjacent the case, wherein the channel further including a third surface for engaging the protrusion, the third surface is oriented relative to the direction of the length of the arm such that the wheel handle arm can be locked into the second position, and wherein the luggage case has an upper surface that extends from the wall of the case to a carry handle positioned approximate a central location on the upper surface, a handle grip for the user to manually engage is attached to an upper end of the arm for wheeling the luggage case, the handle grip has a generally loop shape, the handle grip normally extending at a substantial angle to the arm whereby the handle grip projects over a top surface of the case, the carry handle has a generally concave upper surface to nest with a lower surface of the handle grip when the arm is in the first position.
- 5. A combination wheel handle arm and wheeled luggage case as set forth in claim 4 wherein the arm is a substantially one-piece construction.
- 6. A combination wheel handle arm and wheeled luggage case as set forth in claim 4 wherein the protrusion is carried by the wall of the luggage case and the cam surface is carried by the arm.
- 7. A combination wheel handle arm and wheeled luggage case as set forth in claim 4 wherein the arm has a generally flat, rectangular shape in cross section having at least a major face, the major face including several upstanding walls, the channel being defined between at least some of the upstanding walls, whereby the upstanding walls help make the wheel arm stiffer.
- 8. A combination wheel handle arm and wheeled luggage case as set forth in claim 4 wherein one of the arm and the wall includes two channels, and the other of the arm and the wall includes two protrusions, one of the protrusions engaging one of the channels, and the other of the protrusions engaging the other of the channels.
- 9. A combination wheel handle arm and wheeled luggage case as set forth in claim 4 wherein the protrusion is carried by a slide latch, the wall of the luggage case has an aperture approximate to the slide latch, the slide latch includes a projection that extends at least part way through the aperture, whereby the user can manually engage the projection and position the protrusion relative to the first and second surfaces.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60,013,059 filing date Mar. 8, 1996.
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