Device to transport suitcases

Claim 1

A hand transportable baggage carrier comprising: (a) a main wall; (b) a plurality of rigid, shallow peripheral wall portions extending generally transversely from said main wall, the main wall and the peripheral wall portions together defining a housing; (c) at least one wheel rotatably mounted on an axle; (d) a stem portion supporting said axle adjacent one end and having a substantially planar bent portion adjacent its opposite other end, said bent portion lying in a plane inclined a substantially 45 degrees to the axis of said axle; (e) luggage attachment means affixed to the housing for securement of at least one suitcase in secured relation to said main wall; (f) pivot means rigidly positioned within said housing and having a pivotal axis inclined at an angle of substantially 45 degrees from said main wall; (g) said bent portion being secured to said pivot means in pivotal relation therewith for pivoting displacement of said stem portion and said axle; (h) whereby in a first retracted position said wheel is positioned within said housing in substantially parallel relation with said main wall, and in use, in a second deployed position at which the stem portion has been pivotally displaced through 180 degrees, the wheel has rotated through only 90 degrees so as to be positioned substantially outside of the housing, in operative underlying relation thereto, and substantially at right angles to said main wall; and, (i) locking means for securing said at least one wheel in said second position.