Luggage with self-contained convertible wheeled carrier

Claim 1

A suitcase, primarily useful for holding articles therein while simultaneously having convertible mobile facility to carry additional luggage and/or other articles thereon, comprising: a first article holding compartment, a second article holding compartment; access means for opening and closing each of said holding compartments; a single hinge means, having a longitudinal axis and positioned between and abutting said first and second article holding compartments, for pivotally connecting said first article holding compartment to said second article holding compartment, said first and second article holding compartments being pivotable relative to one another normal to and about said longitudinal axis; means, integral with said first and second article holding compartments, for releasably locking said first and second compartments at a fixed angular distance from one another in an abutting relationship and while said first and second article holding compartments are closed; means, integral with said second article holding compartment, for facilitating mobility of said first and second article holding compartments; and convertible luggage carrying means, defined by a region formed between and adjacent to said first and second article holding compartments when said first article holding compartment is locked at a fixed angular distance from said second article holding compartment, for carrying additional luggage and/or other articles when placed in said region, said first and second article holding compartments being closable compartments when said first and second article holding compartments are positioned to the convertible luggage carrying means.