Knock down luggage

Claim 2

A knock down luggage unit involving a body member, an interfitting closure member therefor, hinge means by which said body member and closure member may be hinged together, and a plurality of easily-removable fasteners adapted to be installed in aligned apertures in said hinge means and at least one of said members, whereby a user can disassemble the luggage unit at will by removing said fasteners, the luggage unit further involving a handle member, with the handle member removably secured to one or the other of said members of said luggage unit by the use of a two-part handle receiving assembly, each portion of said two-part handle receiving assembly being arranged to receive a respective end portion of said handle, and when said end portions have been so received, said two-part handle assembly being capable of being removably installed in one of said members by the use of a plurality of easily-removable fasteners.

Claim 3

A knock down luggage unit involving a body member, an interfitting closure member therefor, hinge means by which said body member and said closure member may be hinged together, and a plurality of easily-removable fasteners adapted to be installed in aligned apertures in said hinge means and at least one of said members, whereby a user can disassemble the luggage unit at will by removing said fasteners, each of said easily-removable fasteners being a two-part fastener involving a member having prongs adapted to be inserted through an aligned pair of apertures in said hinge and luggage unit member, and a lock button configured to be secured upon at least a portion of said prongs, each lock button being disposed in each instance on the interior of the luggage unit, so as to prevent disassembly except by one having access to the interior of the luggage unit.

Claim 4

A knock down luggage unit involving a body member, an interfitting closure member therefor, hinge means by which said body member and said closure member may be hinged together, and a plurality of easily-removable fasteners adapted to be installed in aligned apertures in said hinge means and at least one of said members, whereby a user can disassemble the luggage unit at will by removing said fasteners, each of said easily-removable fasteners being a two-part fastener involving a member having prongs adapted to be inserted through an aligned pair of apertures in said hinge and luggage unit member, and a lock button configured to be secured upon at least a portion of said prongs, each lock button being disposed in each instance on the interior of the luggage unit, so as to prevent disassembly except by one having access to the interior of the luggage unit.

Claim 5

The luggage unit as defined in claim 3 in which said body member and interfitting closure member therefor constitute a rigid clothes carrier, having garment hanging means therein.

Claim 6

A luggage arrangement for placing a maximum number of luggage units in a storage facility of a set volume and space, including a plurality of individual units of selected sizes, with each unit being defined by a body, a closure therefor, means for interconnecting said body and closure, and removable fastener means for securing hardware to said body and closure, said fastener means being in the form of a plurality of headed fasteners each equipped with prongs that may be deformed away from normally divergent positions in being inserted through aligned apertures in said hardware and at least one of said body and closure members, and removable locking means for interfitting with said prongs and preventing same from being moved away from the divergent positions so that they could pass through the aligned apertures, said units being able to be disassembled at the whim of the user without the use of tools merely by removing said locking means and then manipulating said prongs so as to cause said fastener means to be removed from the aligned apertures.

Claim 7

A luggage arrangement for placing a maximum number of luggage units in a storage facility of a set volume and space, including a plurality of individual units of selected sizes, with each unit being defined by a body, a closure therefor, means for interconnecting said body and closure, and removable fastener means for securing hardware to said body and closure, said fastener means being in the form of a plurality of headed fasteners each equipped with prongs that may be deformed away from normally divergent positions in being inserted through aligned apertures in said hardware and at least one of said body and closure members, and removable locking means for interfitting with said prongs and preventing same from being moved away from the divergent positions so that they could pass through the aligned apertures, said units being able to be disassembled at the whim of the user without the use of tools merely by removing said locking means and then manipulating said prongs so as to cause said fastener means to be removed from the aligned apertures.

Claim 8

The luggage arrangement as defined in claim 4 including indicia on each unit indicating the optimum position of such unit during the placing of the units within the storage facility.

Claim 9

The luggage arrangement as claimed in claim 4 in which interconnecting hinge means are utilized, having pre-arranged apertures therein adapted to register with apertures provided in the body or closure, and said fastener means each have a head and flexible opposed prongs adapted to be lodged in each set of registered apertures, said prongs normally diverging to a greater dimension than the diameter of said apertures but upon the application of pressure to the head, the prongs moving into a side-by-side relation to enable the prongs to be passed through the apertures, said prongs thereafter returning essentially to their normal position, thus securing said hinge means to said body and closure.

Claim 10

The luggage arrangement as claimed in claim 4 further including removable locking means utilized with each fastener means, each removable locking means having means cooperable with said prongs for preventing the withdrawal of the respective fastener from the apertures.

Claim 11

The luggage arrangement as defined in claim 4 in which said luggage units, upon being disassembled, can be nested together for conservation of storage space.

Claim 12

The luggage arrangement as defined in claim 4 in which said body and closure therefor define a rigid clothes carrier of a size to receive garments on hangers, said body and closure, upon being separated, serving as a storage means for nested components of smaller disassembled luggage units.

Claim 13

A luggage arrangement for placing a maximum number of luggage units in a storage facility of a set volume and space, including a plurality of individual units, with each unit being defined by a body, a closure therefor and removable means for detachably and hingedly interconnecting the body and closure, removable fastening components for operably associating hardware with said body and closure, latching components, and removable fastening means for operably associating said latching compoments with said body and closure, said removable fastening means being non-threaded, headed members utilizing a plurality of normally diverging prongs of somewhat flexible material, said prongs being deformable away from a normal position in being passed through aligned apertures contained in said hardware and at least one of said members invOlving said body and closure, and removable locking means for preventing said prongs from moving back out of such apertures, all of said hardware and fastening components being constructed and arranged as to permit cooperable and operable association with and disassociation from said body and closure without requiring the use of any tool.

Claim 14

A luggage arrangement for placing a maximum number of luggage units in a storage facility of a set volume and space, including a plurality of individual units, with each unit being defined by a body, a closure therefor and removable means for detachably and hingedly interconnecting the body and closure, removable fastening components for operably associating hardware with said body and closure, latching components, and removable fastening means for operably associating said latching compoments with said body and closure, said removable fastening means being non-threaded, headed members utilizing a plurality of normally diverging prongs of somewhat flexible material, said prongs being deformable away from a normal position in being passed through aligned apertures contained in said hardware and at least one of said members invOlving said body and closure, and removable locking means for preventing said prongs from moving back out of such apertures, all of said hardware and fastening components being constructed and arranged as to permit cooperable and operable association with and disassociation from said body and closure without requiring the use of any tool.

Claim 15

The luggage arrangement as claimed in claim 10 in which said individual units and fastening components are molded from synthetic material.

Claim 16

The luggage arrangement as defined in claim 10 in which the bodies and closures of like size, when disassembled, can be nested for storage purposes.

Claim 17

The luggage arrangement as defined in claim 10 in which hinge forming strip means are utilized, being equipped with a plurality of bosses adapted to fit into matching spaced holes in said body and closure, with fastening components adapted to extend through holes in said bosses to removably secure said hinge forming strip means to said body and closure.

Claim 18

A luggage unit involving a body member, an interfitting closure member therefor, a handle assembly adapted to be removably secured to at least one of said members, and a plurality of removable fasteners adapted to be installed in aligned apertures in said handle assembly and said one member, said fasteners each having prongs normally diverging to a greater dimension than the diameter of the apertures, but capable of relative movement so as to pass through such apertures, and a lock button for locking said prongs in a divergent position such that the fastener cannot be removed from the aperture in which it is installed until such time as the lock button is removed, said lock button normally being disposed on the interior of said luggage unit, thus requiring access to the interior of same in order that the luggage unit can be disassembled.

Claim 19

A luggage unit involving a body member, an interfitting closure member therefor, a handle assembly adapted to be removably secured to at least one of said members, and a plurality of removable fasteners adapted to be installed in aligned apertures in said handle assembly and said one member, said fasteners each having prongs normally diverging to a greater dimension than the diameter of the apertures, but capable of relative movement so as to pass through such apertures, and a lock button for locking said prongs in a divergent position such that the fastener cannot be removed from the aperture in which it is installed until such time as the lock button is removed, said lock button normally being disposed on the interior of said luggage unit, thus requiring access to the interior of same in order that the luggage unit can be disassembled.

Claim 20

The knock down luggage unit as defined in claim 20 in which a portion of said handle assembly is a two part component arranged to be installed on the interior of one of said members, thus to form means in which a handle member can be hingedly secured.

Claim 21

The knock down luggage unit as defined in claim 21 in which a portion of said two part component is adapted to contain a lock that can be utilized for securing said body member and closure member together.

Claim 22

A luggage unit involving a pair of mating portions of comparatively rigid material that are substantially U-shaped in cross-section, having marginal edges that can interlock, said mating portions, when put together, forming a carrier for clothes or the like; and a plurality of removable fasteners adapted to be installed in aligned apertures in at least one of said mating portions, said fasteners each having divergent prongs, and a lock button for locking said prongs in a position such that the fastener cannot be removed from the aperture in which it is installed until such time as the lock button is removed, said lock button normally being disposed on the interior of said carrier, thus necessitating access to the interior of the carrier in order that the fasteners can be disassembled, and a handle on a lower portion of one of said mating portions, above which is a loop through which an arm can be passed, the arrangement of handle and arm loop enabling the luggage unit to be carried by an individual whose arm is in a straight-down position.

Claim 23

A luggage unit involving a pair of mating portions of comparatively rigid material that are substantially U-shaped in cross-section, having marginal edges that can interlock, said mating portions, when put together, forming a carrier for clothes or the like; and a plurality of removable fasteners adapted to be installed in aligned apertures in at least one of said mating portions, said fasteners each having divergent prongs, and a lock button for locking said prongs in a position such that the fastener cannot be removed from the aperture in which it is installed until such time as the lock button is removed, said lock button normally being disposed on the interior of said carrier, thus necessitating access to the interior of the carrier in order that the fasteners can be disassembled, and a handle on a lower portion of one of said mating portions, above which is a loop through which an arm can be passed, the arrangement of handle and arm loop enabling the luggage unit to be carried by an individual whose arm is in a straight-down position.