U.S. patent application number 15/319517 was filed with the patent office on 2017-10-26 for piece of luggage.
This patent application is currently assigned to RIMOWA GMBH. The applicant listed for this patent is RIMOWA GMBH. Invention is credited to Dieter MORSZECK.
Application Number | 20170303645 15/319517 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 50972536 |
Filed Date | 2017-10-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20170303645 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
MORSZECK; Dieter |
October 26, 2017 |
PIECE OF LUGGAGE
Abstract
A piece of luggage with a body of the piece of luggage and a
carrying strap, which carrying strap has a snap-in mechanism at at
least one end and the body of the piece of luggage comprises at
least one receiving mechanism, wherein the snap-in mechanism is
adapted to be inserted into the receiving mechanism and to be
releasably connected with the same, it is provided that the snap-in
mechanism comprises a base element and two snap-in arms, wherein
the snap-in arms are rigid and the base element comprises a spring
mechanism which the two snap-in arms are adjustable relative to
each other.
Inventors: |
MORSZECK; Dieter; (Koln,
DE) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
RIMOWA GMBH |
Koln |
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DE |
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Assignee: |
RIMOWA GMBH
Koln
DE
|
Family ID: |
50972536 |
Appl. No.: |
15/319517 |
Filed: |
June 18, 2015 |
PCT Filed: |
June 18, 2015 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/EP2015/063738 |
371 Date: |
December 16, 2016 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45C 13/26 20130101;
A45C 13/1076 20130101; A44B 11/266 20130101; A45C 2013/1007
20130101; A45F 3/02 20130101 |
International
Class: |
A44B 11/26 20060101
A44B011/26; A45C 13/26 20060101 A45C013/26; A45F 3/02 20060101
A45F003/02; A45C 13/10 20060101 A45C013/10 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jun 18, 2014 |
EP |
14172860.0 |
Claims
1-12. (canceled)
13. A piece of luggage comprising a body of the piece of luggage
and a carrying strap, which carrying strap has a snap-in mechanism
at at least one end and the body of the piece of luggage comprises
at least one receiving mechanism, wherein the snap-in mechanism is
adapted to be inserted into the receiving mechanism and to be
releasably connected with the same, wherein the snap-in mechanism
comprises a base element and two snap-in arms, wherein the snap-in
arms are rigid and the base element comprises a spring mechanism
which the two snap-in arms are adjustable relative to each
other.
14. The piece of luggage of claim 13, wherein the base element is
shaped such that at least a part of the base element forms the
spring mechanism.
15. The piece of luggage of claim 13, wherein the base element
comprises at least one recess, whereby a part of the base element
is U-shaped, wherein the U-shaped part of the base element forms
the spring mechanism.
16. The piece of luggage of claim 15, wherein the U-shaped spring
element is open towards the plug-in arms.
17. The piece of luggage of claim 13, wherein the base element
comprises a receiving mechanism for the carrying strap.
18. The piece of luggage of claim 13, wherein the base element is
made of a material that comprises plastic material, wherein the
base element is preferably made of plastic material.
19. The piece of luggage of claim 13, wherein the snap-in arms are
made of a material that comprises metal, wherein the snap-in arms
are preferably made of metal.
20. The piece of luggage of claim 13, wherein the receiving
mechanism comprises a plate-shaped element, which plate-shaped
element comprises receiving protrusions on the side facing the body
of the piece of luggage, and wherein the contour of the free ends
of the snap-in arms is adapted to the receiving protrusions so
that, in the inserted state, the free ends of the snap-in arms
engage behind the receiving protrusions of the receiving
mechanism.
21. The piece of luggage of claim 20, wherein the plate-shaped
element and the free ends of the snap-in arms are designed such
that, in the inserted state, the free ends of the snap-in arms are
covered on the outer side by the plate-shaped element.
22. The piece of luggage of claim 20, wherein the plate-shaped
element has pins on the side facing the body of the piece of
luggage, which pins have a female thread, wherein the distance of
the plate-shaped element from the body of the piece of luggage can
be adjusted by means of the length of the pins.
23. The piece of luggage of claim 20, wherein the plate-shaped
element is fastened to the body of the piece of luggage by means of
screws, wherein the screws are adapted to be screwed through the
side wall of the body of the piece of luggage into the female
threads of the pins from the inside of the body of the piece of
luggage.
24. The piece of luggage of claim 13, wherein the carrying strap
comprises a snap-in mechanism at both ends and the body of the
piece of luggage comprises two receiving mechanism.
Description
[0001] The invention relates to a piece of luggage with a body of
the piece of luggage and a carrying strap as defined in the
precharacterizing part of claim 1.
[0002] Pieces of luggage are known that have a body of the piece of
luggage and a carrying strap. At at least one end, the carrying
strap may comprise a snap-in means and the body of the piece of
luggage may at least comprise a receiving means, wherein the
snap-in means is adapted to be inserted into the receiving means
and to be connected with the same in a releasable manner so that
the carrier strap can be connected with the body of the piece of
luggage.
[0003] The known snap-in means comprise flexible snap-in arms so
that they can be inserted into the receiving means and to lock in
the same. The flexible snap-in arms are operated again to release
them from the respective receiving means. The disadvantage is that
the snap-in arms are easily damaged and can be released easily when
they are in the inserted state.
[0004] Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to
provide a piece of luggage comprising a snap-in means that is very
robust and cannot be released inadvertently from the snap-in
means.
[0005] The object is achieved with the features of claim 1 The
invention advantageously provides that the snap-in means comprises
a base element and two snap-in arms, wherein the snap-in arms are
rigid and the base element comprises a spring means by means of
which the two snap-in arms are adjustable relative to each
other.
[0006] The snap-in arms protruding from the base element are rigid
and, thus, are very robust.
[0007] The base element may be formed such that at least a part of
the base element forms the spring means.
[0008] The base element may at least comprise one recess, whereby a
part of the base element is U-shaped, the U-shaped part of the base
element forming the spring means. Further, the base element may
comprise at least two recesses which result in a U-shaped
configuration of the base element. Without the snap-in arms, the
U-shaped base element is of a U-shaped design.
[0009] The U-shaped spring element may be open towards the snap-in
arms.
[0010] The base element may comprise a receiving means for the
carrying strap. Preferably, the base element may comprise a recess
designed as a receiving means for the carrying strap.
[0011] The base element may be made of a material comprising
plastic material, with the base element preferably being made of
plastic material.
[0012] The snap-in arms may be made of a material comprising metal,
with the snap-in arms preferably being made of metal.
[0013] Snap-in arms of metal are particularly robust and are not
easily damaged.
[0014] The receiving means may comprise a plate-shaped element,
which plate-shaped element comprises receiving protrusions on the
side facing the body of the piece of luggage, and wherein the
contour of the free ends of the snap-in arms is adapted to the
receiving protrusions so that, in the inserted state, the free ends
of the snap-in arms engage behind the receiving protrusions of the
receiving means.
[0015] The plate-shaped element and the free ends of the snap-in
arms may be designed such that, in the inserted state, the free
ends of the snap-in arms are covered on the outer side by the
plate-shaped element.
[0016] This is advantageous in that the snap-in arms cannot be
inadvertently released from the receiving means when in the
inserted state.
[0017] The plate-shaped element may have pins on the side facing
the body of the piece of luggage, which pins have a female thread,
wherein the distance of the plate-shaped element from the body of
the piece of luggage can be adjusted by means of the length of the
pins.
[0018] The plate-shaped element may be fastened to the body of the
piece of luggage by means of screws, wherein the screws are adapted
to be screwed through the wall of the body of the piece of luggage
into the female threads of the pins from the inside of the body of
the piece of luggage.
[0019] The carrying strap may comprise a snap-in means at both ends
and the body of the piece of luggage may comprise two receiving
means.
[0020] The two receiving means may preferably be arranged on
opposite side walls of the body of the piece of luggage.
[0021] The following is a detailed description of an embodiment of
the invention with reference to the drawings.
[0022] The Figures schematically show:
[0023] FIG. 1 a piece of luggage of the present invention,
[0024] FIG. 2 a snap-in means in front view,
[0025] FIG. 3 a snap-in means and a receiving means in the inserted
state,
[0026] FIG. 4 the receiving means and the snap-in means in rear
view,
[0027] FIG. 5 the receiving means in top plan view,
[0028] FIG. 6 the snap-in means.
[0029] FIG. 1 illustrates a piece of luggage 1 with a body 2 of the
piece of luggage and a carrying strap 4. The carrying strap 4 has a
snap-in means 10 at at least one end 6. Preferably, the carrying
strap 4 has a snap-in means 10 both at the first end 6 and at the
second end 8. The body of the piece of luggage comprises at least
one receiving means 12.
[0030] The at least one receiving means 12 is preferably arranged
on a first side wall 14 of the body 2 of the piece of luggage.
Preferably, a second receiving means 12 is arranged also on the
second side wall 16 opposite the first side wall 14. The snap-in
means 10 may be inserted into the receiving means 12 and may be
connected with the same in a releasable manner.
[0031] In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the snap-in means
10 arranged at the first and also at the second end 6, 8 of the
carrying strap 4 are inserted into the respective receiving means
12 on the first side wall 14 and the second side wall 16 of the
piece of luggage 1.
[0032] FIGS. 2 to 6 illustrate the snap-in means 10 and the
receiving means 12 of the present invention in detail. For reasons
of clarity, the body of the piece of luggage is not illustrated in
FIGS. 2-5.
[0033] FIG. 2 illustrates the snap-in means 10. The snap-in means
10 has a base element 20 and two snap-in arms 22, 24. The snap-in
arms 22 and 24 are rigid and the base element 20 comprises a spring
means 26 by means of which the two snap-in arms 22, 24 are
adjustable relative to each other. Adjustable relative to each
other means that the two snap-in arms 22, 24 can be moved towards
each other and are automatically restored by means of the spring
means 26.
[0034] Preferably, the base element 20 is formed such that at least
a part of the base element forms the spring means 26. In the
embodiment illustrated the base element 20 at least comprises a
first recess 28 and a second recess 30, whereby a part of the base
element is of a U-shaped design, which U-shaped part of the base
element 20 forms the spring means 26. At the side 26a, the U-shaped
spring element 26 is open towards the snap-in arms 22, 24. The two
leg elements 46, 48 of the U-shaped spring element 26 are not
formed by the snap-in arms 22, 24.
[0035] The spring element 26 is preferably arranged centrally with
respect to the width B of the snap-in means 10. The distance of the
first snap-in arm 22 to the spring means 26 is the same as that of
the second snap-in arm 24.
[0036] The base element 20 preferably consists of a material that
comprises plastic material. In particular, the entire base element
may be made of plastic material. The base element thus has a
certain flexibility.
[0037] On the other hand, the snap-in arms 22, 24 are made of a
material comprising metal. In particular, the entire snap-in arms
22, 24 may be made of metal. Preferably, the snap-in arms are made
of aluminum.
[0038] The recess 28 in the base element 20 is preferably formed
such that not only the U-shaped spring element 26 is formed, but
also a receiving means for the carrying strap 4. The carrying strap
4 may be passed through the upper part of the receiving means 28.
Thus, snap-in means 10 may be fastened to the carrying strap 4.
[0039] FIG. 3 illustrates the snap-in means 10 and the receiving
means 12. FIG. 3 illustrates the snap-in means 10 in the inserted
state. Illustrated is the side of the snap-in means 10 and of the
receiving means 12 that is averted from the body 2 of the piece of
luggage. The receiving means 12 preferably has a plate-shaped
element 32. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the plate-shaped element 32
of the receiving means 12 and the free ends 34, 36 of the snap-in
arms 22, 24 are formed such that, in the inserted state, the free
ends 34, 36 of the snap-in arms 22, 24 are covered by the
plate-shaped element 32.
[0040] FIG. 4 illustrates the snap-in means 10 and the receiving
means 12 in rear view. In the mounted state, the rear side faces
the body of the piece of luggage. It is clearly visible in FIG. 4
that the free ends 34, 36 of the snap-in arms 24, 22 are adapted to
the contour of the plate-shaped element 32 so that the same are
covered completely on the outer side by the plate-shaped element
32. On the outer side means that the side of the snap-in means 10
and of the receiving means 12 is looked upon which is averted from
the body of the piece of luggage.
[0041] It is further visible in FIG. 4 that the plate-shaped
element 32 has receiving protrusions 38, 40 on the side facing the
body 2 of the piece of luggage and that the contour of the free
ends 36, 34 of the snap-in arms 24, 22 is adapted to the receiving
protrusions 38, 40 so that, in the inserted state illustrated in
FIG. 4, the free ends 34, 36 of the snap-in arms 24, 22 engage
behind the receiving protrusions 38, 40 of the receiving means 12.
The free ends 34, 36 of the snap-in arms 24, 22 are of a
neck-shaped design so that the same can engage behind the receiving
protrusions 38, 40.
[0042] If the base element 20 is compressed from both sides 42, 44,
the two legs 46, 48 are compressed by the U-shaped spring means 26.
Thereby, the sides 42, 44 and, together with these, the snap-in
arms 22, 24 can be compressed. When the snap-in arms 22, 24 are
compressed, the free ends 34, 36 are compressed. Thereby, the free
ends 34, 36 in engagement with the receiving protrusions 38, 40 are
guided along the receiving protrusions 38, 34. In doing so, the
snap-in means 10 is displaced downward in the direction H and the
free ends 34, 36 will then be disengaged from the receiving
protrusions 38, 40.
[0043] As is obvious from FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the plate-shaped
element 32 has pins 50, 52 on the side facing the body 21 of the
piece of luggage, which pins have a female thread, wherein the
distance of the plate-shaped element 32 from the body 21 of the
piece of luggage can be adjusted by means of the length of the
pins. FIG. 5 illustrates the receiving means in top plan view.
[0044] FIG. 6 illustrates the snap-in means 10 and the receiving
means 12 in side elevational view, with the Figure also
illustrating the manner in which the receiving means 12 is
connected with one of the side walls 14 or 16 of the body 2 of the
piece of luggage. For this purpose, screws 54 are used to screw the
receiving means 12 into the female threads of the pins 50 and 52
from the inner side 56 of the body 21 of the piece of luggage and
through the side wall 14 or 16 of the body 2 of the piece of
luggage. A plate-shaped element 58 is arranged also on the inner
side 56 of the body 21 of the piece of luggage, through which
element the screws are passed.
[0045] The base element 20 of the snap-in means 10 may be
manufactured in an injection molding process, wherein the snap-in
arms 22, 24 are partly overmolded.
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