US 12,185,810 B2
Multi-mode luggage apparatus and method
Philip John Bracen, Wellington (NZ)
Assigned to PHIL AND TEDS DESIGN LIMITED, Wellington (NZ)
Appl. No. 17/639,104
Filed by Phil and Teds Design Limited, Wellington (NZ)
PCT Filed Sep. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/NZ2020/050098
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/054843, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 757327 (NZ), filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295957 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A45C 5/14 (2006.01); A45C 13/26 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 5/146 (2013.01) [A45C 13/262 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luggage apparatus comprising a bag frame and sub-frame, the luggage apparatus configured to move between an upright mode with the bag frame in a substantially upright orientation and a tilt mode with the bag frame on an angle relative to a vertical plane, the sub-frame and bag frame geometry defined by only three pivot axes, rotation about the three pivot axes moving the bag frame between the upright mode and tilt modes, wherein the three pivot axes define a generally triangular shape formed by the pivot axes, which are in an approximately right angle shape when the luggage apparatus is in an upright mode and, the triangular shape formed by the pivot axes has an approximately acute angle shape when the luggage apparatus is in a tilt mode.