Koffler

Claim 1

A LUGGAGE PIECE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID AND SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL SHELLS, EACH SHELL BEING A UNITARY BODY WITH A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SIDE WALL, A BOTTOM WALL, TWO END WALLS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SIDE WALL, WITH THREE EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALL BEING JOINED TO SAID BOTTOM WALL AND SAID END WALLS, SAID BOTTOM AND END WALLS BEING AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID SIDE WALL, THE FOURTH SIDE OF EACH SHELL OPPOSITE SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING OPEN, THE SHELLS, WHEN SAID LUGGAGE PIECE IS CLOSED, HAVING THE EDGES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TWO SIDE WALLS AND SAID BOTTOM WALLS IN OPPOSING, JUXTAPOSITIONED RELATIONSHIP AND FORMING AN ENCLOSURE WITH ONE OPEN END, A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID FRAME MEMBER COMPRISING A FIRST WALL EXTENDING ACROSS SAID OPEN END OF SAID JUXTAPOSITIONED SHELLS AND END WALLS EXTENDING AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID FIRST WALL FROM THE ENDS OF SAID FIRST WALL TOWARD SAID END WALLS OF SAID SHELLS, SAID FRAME MEMBER BEING SPACED FROM SAID SHELLS, SAID END WALLS OF SAID FRAME MEMBER HAVING A LENGTH FROM SAID FIRST WALL TO THE OUTER EDGES THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID END WALLS OF SAID SHELLS, A SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL EXTENDING OVER SAID FRAME MEMBER, SAID SHEET BEING ADHERED TO SAID FIRST WALL AND SAID END WALLS OF SAID FRAME MEMBER, SAID SHEET BEING FURTHER ADHERED TO SAID SIDE WALLS AND SAID END WALLS OF EACH OF SAID SHELLS, SAID SHEET EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID SHELL AND SAID FIRST WALL OF SAID FRAME MEMBER AS WELL AS BETWEEN SAID END WALLS OF SAID SHELLS AND SAID END WALLS OF SAID FRAME MEMBER, SAID SHELLS, SAID FRAME MEMBER AND SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL FORMING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR, FIVESIDED ENCLOSURE WHEN SAID LUGGAGE PIECE IS LYING OPEN WITH SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID SHELLS LYING ON A FLAT SURFACE, THE PORTIONS OF SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID END WALLS OF SAID SHELLS AND SAID END WALLS OF SAID FRAME MEMBER FORMING, FOUR, INWARD FOLDS, ONE OF EACH OF SAID FOLDS BEING LOCATED IMMEDIATELY BESIDE ONE OF THE FOUR SIDE EDGES OF SAID END WALLS OF SAID FRAME MEMBER, WHEN SAID SHELLS ARE BROUGHT INTO SAID OPPOSING, JUXTAPOSITIONED RELATIONSHIP, THE PORTIONS OF SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL EXTENDING ACROSS THE SPACES BETWEEN SHELLS AND SAID FRAME MEMBER FORMING FLEXIBLE HINGES WHEREBY SAID SHELLS CAN BE PIVOTED RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME MEMBER, AND A CARRYING HANDLE ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME MEMBER.