US 12,446,670 B2
Wheeled luggage item with integrated personal mobility capability
Corey Zwegers, Dexter, MI (US); Adam R. VanAntwerp, Chelsea, MI (US); Brian Schneidewind, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Bradley Steven Baskin, Saline, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,950.
Prior Publication US 2024/0180308 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. A63C 5/03 (2006.01); A45C 5/03 (2006.01); A45C 5/14 (2006.01); A45C 13/26 (2006.01); B62K 15/00 (2006.01); A45C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 13/262 (2013.01) [A45C 5/03 (2013.01); A45C 5/14 (2013.01); B62K 15/00 (2013.01); A45C 2009/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheeled luggage item comprising:
a base defining an interior cavity;
a liner structured to partition the interior cavity into a first portion and a second portion physically isolated from the first portion;
a wheel rotatably coupled to the base so as to be movable between a stowed position in the cavity second portion and a deployed position outside the cavity second portion; and
a seat structure rotatable to any of a stowed orientation in which a seating surface of the seat structure is positioned at a first height above a ground surface, and a raised orientation in which another seating surface of the seat structure is positioned at a second height above the ground surface, the second height being greater than the first height.