A wheeled luggage case having a luggage receptacle, with two opposing major walls and having end walls forming a luggage compartment. The handle is a flexing, bending, pivoting or otherwise angular mobile linkage. In one embodiment, a major wall of the receptacle is adapted to serve as a bottom wall
A wheeled luggage case having a luggage receptacle, with two opposing major walls and having end walls forming a luggage compartment. The handle is a flexing, bending, pivoting or otherwise angular mobile linkage. In one embodiment, a major wall of the receptacle is adapted to serve as a bottom wall that faces the ground during a wheeled mode of travel. In another embodiment, the luggage case is deployable in two modes of travel. The case has two alternative attachment points for the handle, one for pulling the case along in a first mode of travel and one for pulling the case along in a second mode of travel.
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1. A wheeled luggage case, comprising: a luggage receptacle, the receptacle having first and second opposing major walls, front and rear end walls, and first and second side walls, all forming a luggage compartment, wherein the major walls are the largest of the major walls, end walls and side walls
1. A wheeled luggage case, comprising: a luggage receptacle, the receptacle having first and second opposing major walls, front and rear end walls, and first and second side walls, all forming a luggage compartment, wherein the major walls are the largest of the major walls, end walls and side walls, wherein the first major wall of the receptacle is adapted to serve as a bottom wall that closely faces the ground during a wheeled mode of travel of the luggage case;a plurality of unidirectional and non-retractable rear support wheels located at a rear end of the bottom wall;a retractable front steering wheel assembly, mounted to the bottom wall, distanced, in use, from the support wheels, toward a front end of the bottom wall, said steering wheel assembly having at least one wheel and being moveable between an active position at which the steering wheel assembly extends below the bottom wall of the luggage receptacle and an inactive position at which the at least one wheel is retracted above the bottom wall; anda handle located toward the front end of the luggage receptacle for steering and pulling purposes;wherein the luggage case is configured to be deployable in a mode of wheeled travel with the retractable steering wheel assembly and support wheels in ground engagement whereby the said bottom wall is facing the ground, the handle comprising an angularly mobile linkage, by means of which the luggage case may be pulled along in said mode of travel;wherein, the front steering wheel assembly, in its active position, is configured to extend further from the bottom wall than the fixed rear support wheels to hold the bottom wall at an incline to the ground when all wheels are located on substantially flat ground, such that a lesser portion of the forces acting on the luggage receptacle will act through the front steering wheel assembly than if the bottom wall was parallel to the substantially flat ground, so as to improve maneuverability of the luggage case. 2. A wheeled luggage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein the handle functions as a belt or harness whereby the handle may be fastened to the user or an article worn by the user to be pulled along by the user in a hands free manner. 3. A wheeled luggage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein the case is adapted to be used as a vehicle for a passenger, having at least one of a seat, a footrest, and a backrest. 4. A wheeled luggage case according to claim 1, wherein the retracted handle has a member that nests into a rebate of the receptacle when stowed, whereby the handle is retained. 5. A wheeled luggage case according to claim 1, wherein a luggage case endwall has a plurality of multidirectional wheels whereby the case may be used upright on those wheels, at least one of those wheels being tiltable so as to be selectively used as a support wheel extending below the bottom wall. 6. A wheeled luggage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein the luggage case has a further set of one or more wheels that are provided on an end wall of the luggage case that is remote from the said handle whereby the case may be used upright on those wheels. 7. A wheeled luggage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angularly mobile linkage is a flexible tape or strap.
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