Baggage item with corner reinforcement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10123602-B2
Application number	US-201515110534-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	Jan 20, 2014
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

In a baggage item, in particular a suitcase, having at least two baggage item portions, wherein the baggage item portions each have at least one baggage item wall having at least one baggage item wall inner face and at least one baggage item wall outer face, wherein at least one bag-gage item portion has at least one corner, it is intended that at the at least one corner of at least one baggage item portion a corner reinforcement is provided at the baggage item wall inner face.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A suitcase, comprising:
at least two baggage item portions, wherein said baggage item portions each comprise at least one baggage item wall having at least one baggage item wall inner face and at least one baggage item wall outer face, wherein at least one baggage item portion comprises at least one corner, wherein at said at least one corner of at least one baggage item portion a corner reinforcement is provided at said baggage item wall inner face;
wherein the corner reinforcement comprises a reinforcement contour at an inner face, and
wherein the reinforcement contour is defined by at least one rib-shaped raised portion at the inner face of the corner reinforcement.

2. The suitcase according to claim 1 , wherein an outer face of said corner reinforcement is attached to the baggage item wall inner face at the corner of the baggage item portions, wherein the contour of said outer face is adapted to the shape of said corner at said baggage item wall inner face.

3. The suitcase according to claim 2 , wherein the corner reinforcement comprises at least one groove-shaped recess at the outer face at that site where the rib-shaped raised portion is arranged at the inner face.

4. The suitcase according to claim 2 , wherein the corner reinforcement comprises at least three rib-shaped raised portions at the inner face.

5. The suitcase according to claim 2 , wherein the corner reinforcement comprises at least four rib-shaped raised portions at the inner face.

6. The suitcase according to claim 2 , wherein the outer face of the corner reinforcement is glued to the baggage item wall inner face, preferably by hot gluing.

7. A method of manufacturing a suitcase with at least one corner reinforcement, comprising:
manufacturing at least two baggage item portions each comprising a baggage item wall having a baggage item wall inner face and a baggage item wall outer face,
manufacturing at least one corner reinforcement for at least one corner of at least one baggage item portion, wherein said corner reinforcement comprises a reinforcement contour at an inner face,
fastening said at least one corner reinforcement to said baggage item wall inner face of said baggage item portion at said at least one corner of at least one baggage item portion,
wherein the reinforcement contour is defined by at least one rib-shaped raised portion at the inner face of the corner reinforcement.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the shape of the reinforcement contour is adapted to the forces occurring in the corner during use of the baggage item.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the corner reinforcement is glued to the baggage item wall inner face, wherein the gluing is performed by hot gluing.

Assignees

• Rimowa Gmbh

Inventors

• Morszeck Dieter

Classifications

• A45C13/36 Primary

  Reinforcements for edges, corners, or other parts · CPC title

• A45C5/03

  Suitcases · CPC title

• A45C2005/037

  with a hard shell, i.e. rigid shell as volume creating element · CPC title