US 11,712,094 B2
Luggage article split along front and rear major faces
Wim De Vos, Zingem (BE); Erik Sijmons, Oudenaarde (BE); Jurgen Oskamp, Mechelen (BE); Ward Vancoppenholle, Mechelen (BE); Lukas Van Campenhout, Mechelen (BE); Reinhard Meersschaert, Merelbeke (BE); and Ward Adriaenssens, Mechelen (BE)
Assigned to Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Appl. No. 17/251,893
Filed by Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
PCT Filed Jun. 13, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/065713
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/238228, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0120925 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A45C 5/03 (2006.01); A45C 5/14 (2006.01); A45C 13/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/02 (2006.01); A45C 13/26 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 5/03 (2013.01) [A45C 5/14 (2013.01); A45C 13/005 (2013.01); A45C 13/02 (2013.01); A45C 13/262 (2013.01); A45C 2005/037 (2013.01); A45C 2013/267 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luggage article comprising:
a housing defined by first and second shell portions pivotably connected together at a split line;
the housing defining a front major face, a rear major face, and a plurality of minor faces extending between the front and rear major faces, wherein the front and rear major faces have a width dimension greater than each of the plurality of minor faces;
the split line extending along the front and rear major faces of the housing;
the housing defining opposing front and rear panels, opposing top and bottom panels and opposing right and left panels;
a plurality of spinner wheel assemblies connected to the bottom panel;
a first upper corner region defined by the intersection of at least the top panel and the right panel;
a first top carry handle positioned at or near the first upper corner region;
a first side carry handle positioned on the right panel of the housing; and
a retractable tow handle connected to the rear major face of the housing, the tow handle comprising a grip portion received in a recess in the housing.