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Luggage cases of the softside construction which are capable of being collapsed when not in use are known. However, these past constructions are cumbersome, heavy, or comprise a number of parts which must be assembled by the retailer in order to display the case in its erected condition or must be e

Luggage cases of the softside construction which are capable of being collapsed when not in use are known. However, these past constructions are cumbersome, heavy, or comprise a number of parts which must be assembled by the retailer in order to display the case in its erected condition or must be erected by the consumer before the case can be used for travel, packing, etc. The disclosed luggage case comprises a 6-sided case of the duffel type which includes a bottom board, a front batten stiffening the front panel, and a back batten stiffening the back panel, and including at least perimeter stiffening means, preferably a stiffening wire or coil wire around each end panel. The bottom board is releasable to permit it to be placed in parallel with the stiffened front panel. The packing door carries the stiffening batten for the back panel, and this permits the batten to be moved parallel to the bottom board and front batten. Then the stiffening means for the end panels may be hinged about their intersection with the front panel in order to bring all of the stiffening members parallel to and juxtapositioned with one another for compact storage.

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A collapsible soft luggage case comprising a plurality of panels which are connected together at the intersections thereof, said panels including a bottom panel on which a luggage case rests when in an erected condition, said bottom panel including means for stiffening said bottom panel when said lu

A collapsible soft luggage case comprising a plurality of panels which are connected together at the intersections thereof, said panels including a bottom panel on which a luggage case rests when in an erected condition, said bottom panel including means for stiffening said bottom panel when said luggage case is in the erected condition, opposed front and back panels connected along their lower edges to opposed edges of said bottom panel, opposed end panels normally connected to said opposed front and back panels and said bottom panel; at least a first one of said opposed front and back panels including means for selectively accessing the interior of said luggage case when said luggage case is in the erected condition, said end panels including means around the periphery thereof for stiffening said end panels, means for hingedly attaching said panels together to permit said end panels to be folded about their intersections between a second one of said opposed front and back panels to place said end panels generally parallel to said second one of said front and back panels, and means interconnecting said means for stiffening said bottom panel with said second one of said front and back panels to place said means for stiffening said bottom panel generally parallel with said second one of said front and back panels, whereby said means for stiffening said end panels may be folded towards one another to collapse said luggage case when not in use.