Locking device for luggage
US3965706A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 25, 1974 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S190/903
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The specification discloses a locking device for luggage, especially luggage having hinged parts adapted to be joined along the edges by a separable fastener having a pair of slider elements which meet to close the fastener and which have pull tabs secured together to hold the fastener in closed position. The locking device comprises an upstanding pn or stud, displaced laterally of the line of the separable fastener, to which the slider pull tabs are anchored, a locking flap anchored to one part of the luggage case so as to overlie the stud to which the slider tabs are anchored and having a latch which engages in a lock secured to the other part of the luggage case. The flap has a hole through which the anchoring stud extends in the locked position of the flap. The anchoring stud is secured to a base plate and the lock is fastened to the luggage case wall in a fixed relation to the base plate.
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