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A soft-sided roller supported luggage or case with telescopic handle rods is provided with housings that secure to at least two of the top wall, end wall, or rear wall of the case. In one embodiment the housings are secured to all three of the top, rear, and end walls. The housings extend less than

A soft-sided roller supported luggage or case with telescopic handle rods is provided with housings that secure to at least two of the top wall, end wall, or rear wall of the case. In one embodiment the housings are secured to all three of the top, rear, and end walls. The housings extend less than the full length of the case leaving considerable extra storage space within the case and, for external housings, reducing the chance of bending or other damage to the housings. The rigid connection between the housings and at least at two walls and preferably three walls provides sufficient support for holding the weight of the case with the handle rods extended. The housings on an internal case are preferably located at or close to the corners of the rear and end walls of the case to again increase the unobstructed storage space in the case.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A soft-sided wheeled case having front, rear, opposite end, top, and bottom walls of a soft flexible material that are generally not self-supporting and not of themselves strong enough to support the weight of the case and the contents of the case;wheel assemblies on the bottom of t

[ I claim:] [1.] A soft-sided wheeled case having front, rear, opposite end, top, and bottom walls of a soft flexible material that are generally not self-supporting and not of themselves strong enough to support the weight of the case and the contents of the case;wheel assemblies on the bottom of the case, andan extendible handle assembly mounted on the case externally of the case and having a central handle supported by spaced rods, the rods telescopically mounted in housings that each hold the entire rod of the handle assembly, the housings being located adjacent the end walls,the rear wall, top wall and each end wall forming opposite corners, each housing having surfaces attached to at least two of said walls forming said corners, the housings being rigid, the housings extending down along the case less than the full length of the case so as to not be connected directly to the bottom of the case, the combination of the rigid housing and said two walls forming an angle support assembly to support the extendible handle when extended against bending loads on the housing from the weight of the case and its contents without having to also connect the housings to the bottom of the case so that the housings suffer less damage during rough handling of the case because they do not extend down to the bottom of the case.