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A rolling soft sided luggage case enclosing a volume and having opposing sidewalls, the sidewalls being supported by a tubular strut frame structure independent of the wheel housings mounted at the rear corners of the case. A straddle bracket affixed to a middle region of a side edge of the structur

A rolling soft sided luggage case enclosing a volume and having opposing sidewalls, the sidewalls being supported by a tubular strut frame structure independent of the wheel housings mounted at the rear corners of the case. A straddle bracket affixed to a middle region of a side edge of the structural base joins the rear sidewall strut to the rigid base without engaging the wheel housing in order to facilitate ease of construction and repair of the wheel bracket. The levered portion of the base to which the wheel housing is affixed serves as a dampened swing arm on which the luggage case is sprung in order to isolate the structural frame of the case from bumps while being rolled and to and dampen shocks to the structure.

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I claim: 1. A structural support system for a rolling, fabric sided luggage case, said case defining an internal volume for retention of articles to be transported and having a pair of opposing side walls each having a perimeter including a front edge, a back edge, an upper edge and a lower edge; a

I claim: 1. A structural support system for a rolling, fabric sided luggage case, said case defining an internal volume for retention of articles to be transported and having a pair of opposing side walls each having a perimeter including a front edge, a back edge, an upper edge and a lower edge; a substantially planar bottom wall joining said lower edges of said opposing side walls; and a substantially planar rear wall joining said rear edges of said opposing side walls; said structural system, comprisinga planar base adjacent to said bottom wall;at least one wheel housing secured to a rear edge of said base adjacent to each of said side walls;a structural frame adjacent to each of said side walls; each of said structural frames comprisingat least one elongate strut positioned along at least a portion of said perimeter;a straddle bracket further comprising a straddle arm having an elongate body, a proximal mounting surface at a first end of said body, a distal mounting surface at a second end of said body, and a first slot in said second end;wherein said proximal mounting surface is rigidly engaged to a middle portion of said base, said body is inclined upward therefrom to said distal mounting surface engaged to said rear wall at a point above said at least one wheel housing, and an end of said at least one elongate strut is engaged to said first slot;such that said wheel housings are independent of said structural frame.