Patent · US Expired

Luggage case

US5971119A · kind A · utility

23Cited by
6References
4Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 15, 1997
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/45885
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A luggage case includes a primary case provided with a plurality of male fasteners each including a base and a plug, the base being riveted on the primary case and having a passage going through the primary case, and a secondary case provided with a plurality of female fasteners riveted on the secondary case, each of the female fasteners having a recess adapted to receive the plug, a neck portion having two holes at two opposite sides thereof, and two positioning arms at the two opposite sides thereof each having a protuberance engageable with the holes of the neck portion, whereby the secondary case can be easily engaged or disengaged from the primary case.

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