US 11,786,021 B2
Luggage with a recessed zipper
Reinhard Meersschaert, Merelbeke (BE); and Dirk Santy, Koekelare (BE)
Assigned to Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Appl. No. 13/882,455
Filed by Reinhard Meersschaert, Merelbeke (BE); and Dirk Santy, Koekelare (BE)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2011, PCT No. PCT/EP2011/069011
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 29, 2013,
PCT Pub. No. WO2012/056009, PCT Pub. Date May 3, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/408,346, filed on Oct. 29, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2013/0220755 A1, Aug. 29, 2013
Int. Cl. A45C 5/03 (2006.01); A45C 13/36 (2006.01); A45C 13/10 (2006.01); A45C 5/02 (2006.01); A45C 13/26 (2006.01); A45C 5/00 (2006.01); A45C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 5/03 (2013.01) [A45C 5/02 (2013.01); A45C 13/103 (2013.01); A45C 13/26 (2013.01); A45C 13/36 (2013.01); A45C 5/00 (2013.01); A45C 7/0022 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luggage case, comprising:
a rigid or semi-rigid base;
a rigid or semi-rigid lid pivotally joined to the base;
a hinge member pivotally joining the lid and base;
the base and the lid defining individual halves of the luggage case that together define opposing front and rear sides, opposing top and bottom sides, and opposing left and right sides of the luggage case, the base and lid having continuous peripheral edges defined along the left side, right side, top side and bottom side of the luggage case, and the hinge member joining one side of the lid to the base along the continuous peripheral edges;
a telescoping handle positioned at the top side of the luggage case;
one or more wheels joined to the bottom side of the luggage case;
a carry handle joined to at least one of the base and the lid at a side adjacent to the bottom side of the luggage case; and
the hinge member overlying the continuous peripheral edges, the carry handle overlying the hinge member and the continuous peripheral edges, and the carry handle and the hinge member overlie the continuous peripheral edges on a same side of the luggage case, wherein
a centerline of the carry handle is aligned with a centerline of the luggage case.