Luggage carrying device

Claim 2

A portable luggage carrying device having collapsible portions to provide for folded transport and including an upright back portion and a base portion which are unfoldable into an operative extended position, the improvement comprising: said upright back portion including a pair of spaced post means and each post means comprising a plurality of joined sections including extensible and collapsible sections; said base portion including a pair of spaced leg members pivotally attached to an associated post means of the upright back portion; collapsible crossbar means interconnecting the spaced post means of the upright back, and crossbar means also interconnecting the spaced leg members of the base portion; each of said crossbar means being constructed to pivotally attach to at least one of the associated post means of the upright back and also to pivotally attach to one of the spaced leg members of the base portion, whereby each of said spaced post means and each of said spaced leg members may be selectively moved into an adjacent collapsed position thus reducing the size of the luggage carrying device for easy portable transport.

Claim 3

The invention according to claim 1, and: said leg members also including extensible portions thereby providing said base portion with an adjustable length to adapt to various sized pieces of luggage.

Claim 4

The invention according to claim 1, and: said plurality of joined sections of the spaced post means and said spaced leg members each comprising at least two telescoping segments; and biased detent means mounted on at least one of said telescoping segments for restraining engagement with the associated telescoping segments when said telescoping segments are extended to said operative extended position.

Claim 5

The invention according to claim 1, and: flexible belt means having spaced end portions attached to both the back portion and the base portion to thereby form an enclosed triangle for restraining the transported luggage.

Claim 6

The invention according to claim 1, and: said collapsible crossbar means comprising pivotally interconnected bar members connecting the spaced post means of the back portion and the spaced leg members of said base portion; said collapsible crossbar means including first and second portions joined by a pivotal connection and said pivotal connection comprising lost motion slot and pin means providing relative lateral movement between the first and second portions of the crossbar means; said first and said second portions of the collapsible crossbar means also including cam means cooperating to provide folding of the collapsible crossbar means during said relative lateral movement of the first and second portions of the collapsible crossbar means.

Claim 7

The invention according to claim 1, and: said post means of the upright back portion including lower post portions being connected to said base portion by hinge means and said lower post portion also including step ascending means comprising a vertically extending keeper having step contacting friction reducing means contained therein.

Claim 8

The invention according to claim 5, and: said cam means including a nose portion and an associated cam surface and said cam surface having an inclined portion for cooperative engagement with said nose portion to thereby fold said collapsible crossbar means upon said relative lateral movement between said first and second portions of the crossbar means.

Claim 9

The invention according to claim 1, and: said crossbar means including one piece members interconnecting the spaced post means of the upright back portion and interconnecting the spaced leg members of the base portion; each of said one piece members including one end fixedly attached to said luggage carrying device and the other end removably attached to the luggage carrying device to thereby facilitate folding and collapsing of said luggAge carrying device.

Claim 10

A luggage carrying device comprising: a two-component frame member including an upright back portion and a horizontally extending base portion adapted to receive and transport luggage; hinge means pivotally connecting the back portion and the base portion; said back portion including spaced post means being interconnected by crossbar means; said base portion including leg portions attached to said hinge means and rotatable from an operative horizontal position to a stored position adjacent said upright portion; said leg portions having nonextendable portions and also having extendable sections movable from a stored position adjacent the nonextendable portions to an operative position protruding from said nonextendable portions thereby accommodating transport of additional luggage; said crossbar means having at least one end pivotally attached to an associated part of the upright back portion and also having locking means for fixedly and securely spacing apart the posts whereby each of said post means may be selectively moved into an adjacent collapsed position thus reducing the size of the luggage carrying device for portable transport.

Claim 11

A luggage carrying device comprising: a two-component frame member including an upright back portion and a horizontally extending base portion adapted to receive and transport luggage; hinge means pivotally connecting the back portion and the base portion; said back portion including spaced post means being interconnected by crossbar means; said base portion including leg portions attached to said hinge means and rotatable from an operative horizontal position to a stored position adjacent said upright portion; said leg portions having nonextendable portions and also having extendable sections movable from a stored position adjacent the nonextendable portions to an operative position protruding from said nonextendable portions thereby accommodating transport of additional luggage; said crossbar means having at least one end pivotally attached to an associated part of the upright back portion and also having locking means for fixedly and securely spacing apart the posts whereby each of said post means may be selectively moved into an adjacent collapsed position thus reducing the size of the luggage carrying device for portable transport.

Claim 12

The invention according to claim 9, and: said upright back portion including spaced post portions having telescoping sections; said leg portions of the base portion also being interconnected by crossbar means; said crossbar means comprising collapsible members thereby providing for lateral folding of the upright back portion and the horizontally extending base portion.

Claim 13

The invention according to claim 9, and: flexible means having portions attached to both the upright back portion and to the horizontally extending base portion thereby forming an enclosed reinforcing triangle about said luggage.

Claim 14

The invention according to claim 10, and said crossbar means comprising first and second bar members pivotally attached to the luggage carrying device and interconnected by pivot means; said pivot means including a pivotal connection joining the first and second bar members and also including first and second bar locking means comprising a locking portion extending from one of said bar members and an associated receiving portion provided on the other locking member.