US3141535A
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Suitcase
Assignee: Hamilton Cosco Inc
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Filing: 1962-09-27
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Granted: 1964-07-21
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Expires: 1982-09-27
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Earl F Hamilton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 05:50
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45C; A45C13/00; A45C13/02; A45C13/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
188 words
IN A SUITCASE, (A) A SHELL COMPRISING A BACK PANEL AND THREE UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, (B) A HINGE PANEL SWINGABLY CONNECTED TO SAID SHELL AND SWINGABLE BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION GENERALLY COPLANAR WITH SAID BACK PANEL AND A CLOSED POSITION GENERALLY NORMAL THERETO AND ENGAGING THE ENDS OF A PAIR OF SAID SIDE WALLS, (C) A LID SWINGABLY CONNECTED TO SAID HINGE PANEL AND SWINGABLE WITH AND WITH RESPECT TO SAID HINGE PANEL BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION GENERALLY COPLANAR WITH SAID BACK PANEL AND A CLOSED POSITION OVERLYING SAID BACK PANEL AND ENGAGING SAID SIDE WALLS, (D) A GENERALLY U-SHAPED STANDARD SWINGABLY INTERCONNECTED AT ITS ENDS TO SAID SHELL AND LID AND PROVIDED WITH TELESCOPING AND PIVOTAL JOINTS ALONG ITS BIGHT FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION IN WHICH ITS ENDS ARE DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE SHELL SIDE WALL AND ITS BIGHT IS DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND AN EXTENDED POSITION IN WHICH IT HAS A U-SHAPED CONFIGURATION PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SHELL GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID BACK PANEL, AND (E) MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID LID AND HINGE PANEL IN CLOSED POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
188 words
IN A SUITCASE, (A) A SHELL COMPRISING A BACK PANEL AND THREE UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, (B) A HINGE PANEL SWINGABLY CONNECTED TO SAID SHELL AND SWINGABLE BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION GENERALLY COPLANAR WITH SAID BACK PANEL AND A CLOSED POSITION GENERALLY NORMAL THERETO AND ENGAGING THE ENDS OF A PAIR OF SAID SIDE WALLS, (C) A LID SWINGABLY CONNECTED TO SAID HINGE PANEL AND SWINGABLE WITH AND WITH RESPECT TO SAID HINGE PANEL BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION GENERALLY COPLANAR WITH SAID BACK PANEL AND A CLOSED POSITION OVERLYING SAID BACK PANEL AND ENGAGING SAID SIDE WALLS, (D) A GENERALLY U-SHAPED STANDARD SWINGABLY INTERCONNECTED AT ITS ENDS TO SAID SHELL AND LID AND PROVIDED WITH TELESCOPING AND PIVOTAL JOINTS ALONG ITS BIGHT FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION IN WHICH ITS ENDS ARE DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE SHELL SIDE WALL AND ITS BIGHT IS DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND AN EXTENDED POSITION IN WHICH IT HAS A U-SHAPED CONFIGURATION PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SHELL GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID BACK PANEL, AND (E) MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID LID AND HINGE PANEL IN CLOSED POSITION.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US2200972A
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