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Motorized luggage

US4913252A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 21, 1988
Grant dateApr 3, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45C2009/005
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An article of motorized luggage is provided and consists of a plurality of wheels rotatably journaled to bottom of a container body for allowing travel along the ground and a mechanism within the container body for driving one of the wheels to make the luggage a self-powered unit. In a modification a steerable platform is connected to the luggage so as to transport a person standing upon the platform.

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