Fastening system as well as a suitcase provided with such a fastening system
US6296161A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R9/055
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Fastening system for attaching a suitcase to a frame, which fastening system comprises a U-shaped locking clamp positionable around the frame, which U-shaped locking clamp is provided with two legs which form locking bars and a bridge part connecting the legs, whereby on aside of the frame remote from the bridge part the locking bars are lockably located in the suitcase. The fastening system is provided with a tilting means comprising at least one contacting surface, a tiltable plate comprising a passage, which plate abuts against the contacting surface, whereby the plate by means of the tilting means is tiltable from a first position to a second position and vice versa. In the first position of the plate the locking bar is movable through the passage in said plate in the direction of insertion and in a direction opposite thereto, parallel to the central axis, whilst in the second position of the plate the central axis includes a sharp angle with the direction of insertion and the locking bar is attached to the plate.
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