A bracket assembly for mounting to a piece of expandable luggage has a base, first and second sliding members, and a lever. The base has slots, and a plurality of recesses are located between the slots and have a substantially flat sidewall. When the lever is in a locked position, a coupling portion
A bracket assembly for mounting to a piece of expandable luggage has a base, first and second sliding members, and a lever. The base has slots, and a plurality of recesses are located between the slots and have a substantially flat sidewall. When the lever is in a locked position, a coupling portion is positioned at least partially within one of the recesses, and the notch engages the sidewall preventing the lever and sliding members from moving parallel with the slot. When the lever is in an unlocked position, stopping pegs prevent the lever from rotating more than 180 degrees relative to the locked position, and the lever and sliding members are free to move relative to the base and translationally parallel with the slots. The lever and sliding members are moveable to and from a plurality of expansion positions.
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1. A bracket assembly for mounting to a piece of expandable luggage comprising: a base comprising first and second slots extending along at least a portion of opposing sides of the base and a plurality of recesses located between the slots and having a substantially flat sidewall;first and second sl
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A bracket assembly for mounting to a piece of expandable luggage comprising: a base comprising first and second slots extending along at least a portion of opposing sides of the base and a plurality of recesses located between the slots and having a substantially flat sidewall;first and second sliding members each comprising: a protrusion extending from a first surface facing the base, the protrusion of the first sliding member slidably positioned within the first slot and the protrusion of the second sliding member slidably positioned within the second slot;a hole in an inner sidewall; anda stopping peg extending from the inner sidewall;a lever comprising: a handle;first and second pegs extending from the lever in opposite directions, the first peg positioned inside the hole of the first sliding member and the second peg positioned inside the hole of the second sliding member and arranged to permit at least partial rotational movement of the lever;a coupling portion having a notch;wherein, when the lever is in one of a plurality of locked positions, the coupling portion is positioned at least partially within one of the recesses and the notch engages the sidewall preventing the lever and sliding members from moving relative to the base and parallel with the slots; andwherein, when the lever is in an unlocked position, the stopping pegs prevent the lever from rotating more than 180 degrees relative to the locked position and the lever and sliding members are movable relative to the base and translationally parallel with the slots. 2. The bracket assembly of claim 1, the base further including first and second rails proximate and substantially parallel to the slots. 3. The bracket assembly of claim 2, each sliding member further including a groove, the groove of the first sliding member slidably engaging the first rail and the groove of the second sliding member slidably engaging the second rail. 4. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of recesses are spaced apart in a line parallel to the slots. 5. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the number of recesses is two. 6. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the number of recesses is three. 7. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the sliding members are substantially identical. 8. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the sliding members are L-shaped. 9. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein a pull is coupled to the base. 10. The bracket assembly of claim 9, wherein the pull is made of webbing. 11. The bracket assembly of claim 1, each sliding member further including an outer sidewall having a first portion extending from the first surface to form an L-shape, the first portion located proximate to a sidewall of the base. 12. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the pegs couple the lever with the sliding members for translational movement relative to the base and parallel with the slots. 13. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the pegs are of a length greater than a maximum distance the sliding members are capable of being spaced from the handle due to flexible movement of the sliding members. 14. The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the lever has a strength greater than the base. 15. The bracket assembly of claim 1, the plurality of locked positions including a retracted position and at least one expanded position. 16. The bracket assembly of claim 15, the bracket assembly further including at least one indicium for indicating that the lever is in the at least one expanded position. 17. The bracket assembly of claim 15, the base further including concavities proximate to first ends of the slots, the first ends being proximate to the first sliding member protrusions when the lever is in a furthest expanded position. 18. The bracket assembly of claim 17, the sliding members each further including a second protrusion, wherein when the lever is in the retracted position, the second protrusion of each sliding member abuts a corresponding concavity of the base. 19. The bracket assembly of claim 15, the base further including a raised platform, wherein when the lever is in the retracted position, the sliding members abut the platform. 20. The bracket assembly of claim 19, the raised platform further including an indentation, wherein when the lever is in the retracted position, the handle rests at least partially within the indentation. 21. A luggage expansion system comprising: a piece of luggage comprising a first frame component and a second frame component defining a volume; anda bracket assembly comprising: a base comprising first and second slots extending along at least a portion of opposing sides of the base and a plurality of recesses located between the slots and having a substantially flat sidewall;first and second sliding members comprising: a protrusion extending from a first surface facing the base, the first sliding member protrusion slidably positioned within the first slot and the second sliding member protrusion slidably positioned within the second slot;a hole in an inner sidewall; anda stopping peg extending from the inner sidewall;a lever comprising: a handle;first and second pegs extending from the lever in opposite directions, the first peg positioned inside the hole of the first sliding member and the second peg positioned inside the hole of the second sliding member and arranged to permit at least partial rotational movement of the lever;a coupling portion having a notch;wherein, when the lever is in one of a plurality of locked positions, the coupling portion is positioned at least partially within one of the recesses and the notch engages the sidewall preventing the lever and sliding members from moving relative to the base and parallel with the slots; andwherein, when the lever is in an unlocked position, the stopping pegs prevent the lever from rotating more than 180 degrees relative to the locked position and the lever and sliding members are movable relative to the base and translationally parallel with the slots;wherein the sliding members are fastened to the first frame component of the luggage and the base is fastened to the second frame component of the luggage, the movement of the sliding members relative to the base causing a corresponding movement of the second frame component relative to the first frame component and changing the volume of the piece of luggage. 22. The luggage expansion system of claim 21, wherein the piece of luggage further includes a gusset, the piece of luggage being zipperless about the gusset. 23. A method of assembling a bracket for mounting to a piece of expandable luggage, comprising the steps of: forming a base comprising first and second slots extending along at least a portion of opposing sides of the base and a plurality of recesses located between the slots and having a substantially flat sidewall; first and second sliding members comprising a protrusion extending from a first surface, a hole in an inner sidewall, and a stopping peg extending from the inner sidewall; and a lever comprising a handle, first and second pegs extending from the lever in opposite directions, and a coupling portion having a notch;slidably mounting the protrusion of the first sliding member within the first slot and the protrusion of the second sliding member within the second slot;positioning the first peg inside the hole of the first sliding member and the second peg inside the hole of the second sliding member to permit at least partial rotational movement of the lever.
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Nechushtan Gabriel (5 Tchelenov St. Rishon Lezion 75234 ILX), Expandable case.
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