Carry-on wheeled luggage for photographic equipment
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A45C-005/14
A45C-011/38
A45C-013/08
출원번호
US-0908400
(2006-03-15)
등록번호
US-8123007
(2012-02-28)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2006/009464
(2006-03-15)
§371/§102 date
20070911
(20070911)
국제공개번호
WO2006/099521
(2006-09-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Murdoch, Douglas Harland
Sturm, Michael
출원인 / 주소
Think Tank Photo, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Eastham, R. Dabney
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
7인용 특허 :
11
초록
The invention provides a carry-on wheeled luggage (1) for photographic equipment that has an interior compartment (80) deep enough to accommodate a large article of photographic equipment such as at least a 400 mm 2.8 f-stop aperture telephoto lens.
대표청구항▼
1. A piece of carry-on luggage for articles such as photographic equipment and the like, comprising: a receiver having a first wall, a second wall, two side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the first wall and the second wall facing each other and being joined to the bottom wall, the side walls,
1. A piece of carry-on luggage for articles such as photographic equipment and the like, comprising: a receiver having a first wall, a second wall, two side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the first wall and the second wall facing each other and being joined to the bottom wall, the side walls, and the top wall so as to define an internal compartment, the receiver having dimensions consistent with airline carry-on luggage rules and in particular the first wall, second wall, and two side walls having a height consistent with the vertical dimension allowed by airline carry-on luggage rules and the top wall, bottom wall, and side walls having a depth consistent with the minimum horizontal dimension allowed by airline carry-on luggage rules;a frame assembly comprising a frame sheet mounted within the internal compartment and extending along the second wall, a slidably extending handle assembly attached to an upper portion of the frame sheet, the slidably extending handle assembly having a first configuration that is contracted and a second configuration extending upwardly away from the frame sheet,two wheel housings each having a wheel, the wheel housings being attached to a bottom portion of the receiver and to a lower portion of the frame sheet;a first opening defined in a portion of the receiver adjacent and parallel to the first wall for providing entry to the internal compartment from the exterior of the carrier;a zipper having complementary halves attached on either side of the first opening, the halves of the first zipper having at least one slider for reversibly separating the halves of the first zipper for permitting access to the internal compartment and reversibly attaching the halves of the first zipper for securing the first opening from entry from the exterior of the carrier;a second opening defined in a portion of the receiver adjacent to one of the second wall and the top wall providing entry to the internal compartment from the exterior of the receiver whereby a part of the handle assembly in the second extended configuration may extend outwardly from the internal compartment through the second opening and generally vertically above the receiver;a tub-shaped insert comprising padding and adapted to be contained inside the internal compartment and adjacent the side walls, the top wall, the bottom wall, and a bottom portion of the second wall, wherein the insert separates the internal compartment into first and second sub-compartments, the first sub-compartment being defined between the insert and the first wall when the first opening is closed, the first sub-compartment being sized to be capable of containing a 400 mm 2.8 f-stop aperture telephoto lens with the widest part of the telephoto lens being contained in a bottom portion of the first sub-compartment, the second sub-compartment being defined between an upper portion of the second wall and the insert, whereby the second sub-compartment substantially contains the handle assembly when the handle assembly is in the first position;wherein the first wall further comprises padding and the padding of the insert and the padding of the first wall protect contents of the first sub-compartment;and wherein the wheels are located adjacent the bottom wall and extend away from the receiver whereby the wheels can support a substantial part of the weight of the piece of luggage when the receiver is substantially above the wheels and the wheels are in contact with a surface whereby a user can grasp the handle assembly when in the second extended configuration and pull or push the receiver of the piece of luggage across the surface in an inclined position. 2. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 1 in which the handle assembly has a vertical length when in the first contracted configuration that is less than or equal to about 0.59 of the height of the receiver. 3. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 1 wherein the insert is detachably secured to one or more of the side walls, the top wall, and the bottom wall whereby the insert may be removed from the internal compartment. 4. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 1 in which the first sub-compartment is capable of accommodating a 400 mm 2.8 f-stop aperture telephoto lens mounting a lens hood in the reversed position. 5. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 1 in which the first sub-compartment is capable of accommodating at least a 500 mm telephoto lens. 6. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 1 in which the first sub-compartment is capable of accommodating at least a 600 mm telephoto lens. 7. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 1 further comprising a security cable made of a material that is not easily cut or broken and having a first end attached to the receiver and a free second end for attachment to an external object for preventing unauthorized removal of the piece of luggage, and a pocket defined in the receiver for holding the security cable when the second end of the security cable is not attached to the external object. 8. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 7 wherein the first end of the security cable is attached to the frame assembly. 9. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 1 wherein the insert comprises a base wall joined to a bottom wall, a top wall, a right side wall, and a left side wall, wherein the base wall is made of a foam panel molded over a form to provide an indented portion in an upper part of the base wall that will participate in forming the second sub-compartment and thereby accommodate the handle assembly, and wherein a lower part of the base wall is not indented in order to accommodate a widest portion of a 400 mm 2.8 f-stop aperture telephoto lens. 10. The piece of carry-on luggage according to claim 9 wherein the handle assembly has a width that is a fraction of the width of the insert and the indented portion of the base wall of the insert is not as wide as the insert, and the upper part of the base wall comprises unindented portions on either side of the indented portion.
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