US 12,225,994 B2
Expandable and collapsible suitcase
Jeffrey Veinstein, Belmont, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/759,558
Filed by Jeffrey Veinstein, Belmont, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/015431
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/154951, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/966,589, filed on Jan. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116662 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A45C 7/00 (2006.01); A45C 5/02 (2006.01); A45C 5/03 (2006.01); A45C 5/14 (2006.01); A45C 13/26 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 7/0031 (2013.01) [A45C 5/02 (2013.01); A45C 5/03 (2013.01); A45C 7/0036 (2013.01); A45C 13/262 (2013.01); A45C 2005/037 (2013.01); A45C 5/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An expandable and collapsible luggage item, comprising:
a) a body including a back section and a front section, the front section including three slidably-connected shell panels and the back section including three slidably-connected shell panels;
b) an interior of the back section including an expandable frame comprising two telescoping members connected to the interior of the back section; and
c) an interior of the front section including two support brackets, a first support bracket bridging a bottom shell panel and a middle shell panel, and a second support bracket bridging the middle shell panel and a top shell panel, wherein the bottom shell panel is slidably-connected to the middle shell panel and the middle shell panel is slidably-connected to the top shell panel,
wherein the expandable frame is configured to expand and collapse the luggage item to a minimum of two vertical positions.