US 11,751,648 B2
Collapsible travel case
Adam Wood, Poway, CA (US); and Kevin Klemmt, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to A Wood Products LLC, Poway, CA (US)
Filed by A Wood Products LLC, Poway, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/191,533.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,113, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361043 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A45C 7/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/02 (2006.01); A45C 3/00 (2006.01); B65D 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 3/001 (2013.01) [A45C 7/0077 (2013.01); A45C 7/0095 (2013.01); A45C 7/0036 (2013.01); A45C 2003/008 (2013.01); A45C 2007/0004 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collapsible travel case comprising:
a plurality of panels including a front panel, a top panel, a back panel, a bottom panel, a left panel, and a right panel;
wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is non-removably secured to at least one other panel of the plurality of panels;
wherein each panel of a subset of the plurality of panels is removably secured to another panel of the subset of the plurality of panels such that the plurality of panels define a substantially cuboid shape, the subset including the front panel, back panel, bottom panel, left panel, and right panel;
wherein the top panel defines a top opening with a closure mechanism;
wherein the bottom panel is foldable and insertable within the top opening with each of the front panel, left panel, and right panel folded across the top panel and positioned between the back panel and the top panel; and
wherein:
the top panel is non-removably secured at a first top edge of the top panel to a first front edge of the front panel;
the back panel is non-removably secured at a first back edge of the back panel to a second top edge of the top panel, the second top edge being on an opposite side of the top panel from the first top edge;
the bottom panel is non-removably secured at a first bottom edge of the bottom panel to a second back edge of the back panel;
the left panel is non-removably secured at a first left edge of the left panel to a third top edge of the top panel extending between the first top edge and the second top edge; and
the right panel is non-removably secured at a first right edge of the right panel to a fourth top edge of the top panel extending between the first top edge and the second top edge and positioned opposite the third top edge;
wherein the bottom panel includes:
a second bottom edge selectively securable to a second front edge of the front panel opposite the first front edge;
a third bottom edge selectively securable to a second left edge of the left panel opposite the first left edge; and
a fourth bottom edge selectively securable to a second right edge of the right panel opposite the first right edge.
wherein the bottom panel includes:
a first bottom flap secured along the second bottom edge and including first fastening material;
a second bottom flap secured along the third bottom edge and including second fastening material;
a third bottom flap secured along the fourth bottom edge and including third fastening material;
the front panel includes fourth fastening material positioned to engage the first fastening material;
the left panel includes fifth fastening material positioned to engage the second fastening material; and
the right panel includes sixth fastening material positioned to engage the third fastening material;
wherein the front panel includes a first front flap secured to a third front edge of the front panel extending between the first front edge and the second front edge and a second front flap secured to a fourth front edge of the front panel opposite the third front edge;
wherein the back panel includes a first back flap secured to a third back edge of the back panel extending between the first back edge and the second back edge and a second back flap secured to a fourth front edge of the back panel opposite the third back edge;
wherein the left panel includes a first left opening along a third left edge of the left panel and a second left opening extending along a fourth left edge of the left panel opposite the third left edge, the third left edge and fourth left edge of the panel extending between the first left edge and the second left edge;
wherein the right panel includes a first right opening along a third right edge of the right panel and a second right opening extending along a fourth right edge of the right panel opposite the third right edge, the third right edge and fourth right edge of the panel extending between the first right edge and the second right edge;
wherein the first front flap is selectively securable within the first left opening and the second front flap is selectively securable within the first right opening; and
wherein the first back flap is selectively securable within the second left opening and the second back flap is selectively securable within the second right opening.