US 12,127,653 B2
Stabilized luggage
Richard Krulik, Northport, NY (US); Georgene Rada, Northport, NY (US); Alan Sticca, White Plains, NY (US); Daehwan Kim, Bayside, NY (US); Michael O′Brien, Brooklyn, NY (US); Florian Witt, Wentorf (DE); Matthias Hecker, Hamburg (DE); Patric Moammer, New York, NY (US); and Adrian Berr, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Briggs and Riley Travelware, LLC, Hauppauge, NY (US)
Filed by Briggs and Riley Travelware, LLC, Hauppauge, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/358,639.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,806, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401137 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A45C 5/14 (2006.01); B60B 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 5/14 (2013.01) [A45C 2005/148 (2013.01); B60B 33/0042 (2013.01); B60B 33/0068 (2013.01); B60B 33/0076 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stabilized luggage article comprising:
a luggage article comprising a bottom wall, a top wall, opposed first and second major faces, and opposed first and second side walls that define a cavity for storage space;
a plurality of wheel assemblies mounted on the bottom wall proximate the first major face of the luggage article, the first major face portion forming a corner portion with a respective side wall, and a stem portion protruding from the corner portion, each wheel assembly comprising a pivot member that extends downwardly from the bottom wall, the pivot member having a vertical axis of rotation that is projected toward the first major face by the stem portion but not beyond the first major face of the luggage article; and
one or more wheels mounted to the pivot member, the one or more wheels rotatable around a horizontal axis and rotatable around the vertical axis, the horizontal axis spaced laterally from the vertical axis of the pivot member, wherein the pivot member extends downwardly to at least the horizontal axis, wherein the pivot member is a substantially cylindrical pivot post and is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall, and the horizontal axis of wheel rotation is laterally spaced from the vertical axis of the pivot post by a distance of about 5 mm to about 30 mm.