초록

A cargo constraining device for a piece of luggage is provided including at least one bladder having a periphery which encompasses an area approximately equal to one of a pair of faces of the piece of luggage. A valve is mounted on the bladder for selectively inflating the same.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A cargo constraining device for a suitcase comprising, in combination:a suitcase including a pair of halves each defined by a planar face and a rectangular peripheral side wall integrally coupled to a periphery of the planar face and extending therefrom to define an interior space a

[ I claim:] [1.] A cargo constraining device for a suitcase comprising, in combination:a suitcase including a pair of halves each defined by a planar face and a rectangular peripheral side wall integrally coupled to a periphery of the planar face and extending therefrom to define an interior space and an open face, wherein bottoms of the peripheral side walls of the halves are hingably coupled;a pair of bladders each including a rectangular frame defined by a top strip, a bottom strip and a pair of side strips each having a thin planar rectangular configuration wherein the strips each reside in a common plane, each bladder further including a pair of sheets each constructed from a thin flexible material and each having a surface area greater than that encompassed by the frame, each sheet having a periphery which is integrally coupled to an inner edge of the rectangular frame for defining a hermetically sealed interior space therebetween, each bladder having a collapsed deflated orientation and a taut inflated orientation for defining a pair of expanded side portions which define an apex and tapers inwardly toward the frame;adhesive mounted along an entirety of one of the faces of each strip of the frame, wherein the adhesive of each strip has a removable waxed paper lining for being removed such that the frame is secured to a periphery of an interior surface of one of the planar faces of the suitcase; anda valve mounted on one of the sheets of each bladder and extending from a side of the frame opposite the adhesive for selectively inflating and deflating the interior space of the associated bladder.