AU2017200166A1

AU2017200166A1 - A travelling case

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Publication number: AU2017200166A1
Application number: AU2017200166A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Lai Yam WONG
Original assignee: Wong Lai Yam Miss
Current assignee: Wong Lai Yam Miss
Priority date: 2016-01-11
Filing date: 2017-01-10
Publication date: 2017-07-27
Also published as: CN109077411A; CN106983258B; HK1211410A2; CN109077411B; CN108926095A; CN109008123A; WO2017122102A1; CN106983258A

Abstract

Abstract The present invention provides a travelling case including a body frame which is provided with a plurality of the first engaging portion and a plurality of the third engaging 5 portion; a first surface which is provided with a plurality of second engaging portions and the second engaging portions are detachably engaged with the first engaging portion; a second surface which is provided with a plurality of fourth engaging portions and the fourth engaging portions are detachably engaged with the third engaging portions; the first surface and/or the second surface further comprises a plurality of panels and the panels are 0 provided with first holes located along a first side; a plurality of connecting locking elements pass through first holes located on two adjacent panels to connect two adjacent panels; a plurality of rollers arranged on one side of the panel which is away from the body frame. By utilizing a plurality of panels provided with rollers instead of the traditional single panel, the present invention would be easy to use on various ground with an 5 increased workload but reduced manufacturing costs. Drawings I- 44 Fig. 1

Description

2017200166 10 Jan 2017 A travelling case

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a travelling case. 5

Background of the Invention A travelling case has become necessary for travelers thanks to its big capacity and convenience movability. However, as the size of a travelling case is generally big, it is required for the manufactures to set up a spacious plant and employ tailor-made tools 0 and employees with special skills. In addition, there are many problems to be figured out for manufactures. Within the manufacturing host nation, labor cost increases in most of the developing countries while supporting facilities in each potential country or region, such as raw materials supply, technology, talents reservation and manufacturing equipment have its own deficiencies. 5 Secondly, the big size of travelling cases often leads to a high logistics costs for the import/export from one country to another. Custom duty is also required to consider for the importer as each country has its own taxation standard for imported goods. However, it is unrealistic for each imported country to assemble the travelling cases due to the lack of tailor-made tools and special skill technicians. !0 Finally, there are many problems to be solved in relation to the application of the current travelling case, either made of hard material or soft material, such as not enough space for storage, not strong enough for travelling, difficulty in moving the travelling case, or not applicable to different grounds.

As such, there are many problems need to be solved for the travelling cases nowadays. 25

Summary of the Invention

The problem to be solved in the present invention is to provide a travelling case including a body frame which is provided with a plurality of the first engaging portion and a plurality of the third engaging portion; a first surface which is provided with a plurality of second engaging 30 portions and the second engaging portions are detachably engaged with the first engaging 1 2017200166 10 Jan 2017 portion; a second surface which is provided with a plurality of fourth engaging portions and the fourth engaging portions are detachably engaged with the third engaging portions; the first surface and/or the second surface further comprises a plurality of panels and the panels are provided with first holes located along a first side; a plurality of connecting locking elements 5 pass through first holes located on two adjacent panels to connect two adjacent panels; a plurality of rollers arranged on one side of the panel which is away from the body frame.

Typically, the third holes are arranged on the body frame and the edges which are parallel to the first side; the connecting locking elements pass through both the third holes and the first hole on a neighboring panel. .0 Typically, the connecting locking elements comprises connecting plates, a first U- shaped parts and an engaging second U-shaped parts; hollow pipes are arranged on two opposite edges to allow the passing through of the first U-shaped parts and the second U-shaped parts.

Typically, the hollow pipes arranged on the two opposite edges of the connecting plate respectively pass through the first holes on two neighboring panels; or the hollow pipes 5 arranged on the two opposite edges of the connecting plate respectively pass through one third hole and one first hole on its neighboring panel.

Typically, there are at least two first holes

Typically, the panel is provided with storage groove and a storage cover, the storage cover is adapted for covering the storage groove. !0 Typically, the storage groove is provided with an elastic elements adapting to fix the items to be received in the storage groove.

Typically, a side wall of the storage groove is arranged with cable-receiving-holes.

Typically, there are at least two sets of rollers with each respectively arranged on different edges of the storage groove and parallel to the first side. 25 Typically, the panel comprises a second side adjacent to the first side; the second side is arranged with a second hole.

Typically, it further comprises a rope adapted to pass through the second hole to connect with the body frame.

Typically, at least one panel of the first surface detached with the body frame and at least 30 one panel connects with the body frame by the rope. 2 2017200166 10 Jan 2017

Typically, only one panel of the first surface connects the body frame; or only one panel of the second surface connects with the body frame.

Typically, each panel is provided with at least one second engaging portion or fourth engaging portion. 5 Typically, both the first engaging portion and third engaging portion are made of iron while the third engaging portion is of magnet.

Typically, the panel is made of plastic while the body frame is made of aluminum.

Typically, the first surface is opposite to the second surface.

Typically, a retractable container is connected with either the first surface or the 0 second surface.

Typically, one end of the retractable container is arranged with a handle which is foldable or made of soft material.

Typically, it further comprises a bar which is received inside a side wall of the body frame. 5 Typically, there are two bars which respectively arranged on two opposite side walls of the body frame.

Typically, it further comprises a storage bag; side pockets are arranged on two sides of the storage bag to cover the bars.

Typically, a foldable surface is arranged on one surface of the storage bag without side !0 pocket; the bottom edge of the foldable surface connects with the storage bag while the side edge of the foldable surface connects with the storage bag by zipper.

Typically, the foldable surface is made of hard paper.

Typically, it further comprises a T-shaped belt; the two sides of the T-shaped belt are respectively fixed on the two sides of the storage bag while the other two sides of the T-25 shaped are fixed on the bottom of the storage bag; and the T-shaped belt lies adjacently to the foldable surface.

Typically, the storage bag is elastic to cover the body frame, the first surface and the second surface. 3 2017200166 10 Jan 2017

By utilizing a plurality of panels provided with rollers instead of the traditional single panel, the present invention would be easy to use on various grounds with an increased workload but reduced manufacturing costs. 5 Description of the Drawings

This and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon reading of the following detailed descriptions and drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a structural diagram of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows a rear view of Fig. 1; 0 Fig. 3 shows an explosive view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 shows a structural diagram of panels in the present invention;

Fig. 5 shows a structural diagram of connecting locking elements in the present invention;

Fig. 6 shows the connection between panels and connecting locking elements in the present invention; 5 Fig. 7 shows the application of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 shows another application of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 shows a third application of Fig. 1;

Fig. 10 shows a fourth application of Fig. 1;

Fig. 11 shows the application of the storage bag in the present invention; !0 Fig. 12 shows another application of the storage bag in the present invention; and

Fig. 13 shows a third application of the storage bag in the present invention.

Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments

As shown from Figure 1 to Figure 6, the present invention provides a travelling case, 25 including the body frame 10, which is provided with several first engaging portion 11 and several third engaging portion 12; the first surface 20 is provided with several second engaging portions 21, and combines together with first engaging portion 11 in a detachable manner; the second surface 30 is provided with several fourth engaging portion 31, and combines together with the third engaging portion in a detachable manner; at least of the first 30 surface 20 and the second surface 30 is composed of several panels. The panel includes the first 4 2017200166 10 Jan 2017 side 41. The first side of the panel is provided with first hole 43; several connecting locking elements 50 pass through the first holes 43 of the neighboring two panels 40 to connect the adjacent two panels; several rollers 45 are provided on one side of the panel 40 away from the body frame 10. 5 The aforesaid connecting locking element 50 includes the connecting plate 53 and the first U-shaped parts 51 and the second U-shaped parts 52 that can engage each other. The two sides opposite to the connecting plate 53 are provided with hollow pipes 54 used for the vertical sides of the first U-shaped parts 51 and the second U-shaped parts 52 to pass through. During specific operations, it is required to make the hollow pipes 54 on two sides opposite to 0 the connecting plate 53 respectively pass through the first holes 43 on the neighboring two panels, and then allow the first U-shaped parts 51 and the vertical side of the second U-shaped parts 52 to penetrate such hollow pipes 54 and make them join. In other implementation ways, you need not have to set hollow pipes 54, then the vertical side of the first U-shaped parts 51 or the second U-shaped parts 52 passes through the connecting plate 53 and they 5 perform mutual connection.

The body frame 10 includes two side walls 14 and they are respectively located the ends of two side walls and the bottom and top connected with the tops of these two side walls. The bottom is provided with the roller wheel 18 used to be pushed or drag forward on the ground. The top is provided with the connecting belt 15 used to reinforce the connection between the !0 panel 40 and the body frame 10. Specifically, the connecting belt 15 can directly pass through the first hole 43 of the panel 40 close to the top of the body frame 10; or, connect the connecting locking elements 50 on the first hole 43 adjacent to the panel 40 close to the top of the body frame 10, and the connecting belt 15 passes through engaged first U-shaped parts 51 and second U-shaped parts 52 of the connecting locking elements 50 for the connection purpose. 25 In order to further strengthen the connection between the body frame 10 and the panel, you can set the third hole 16 on the side parallel to the body frame 10 and the first side 41; the connecting locking elements 50 pass through the third hole 16 and the first hole 43 on the adjacent panel, namely, the hollow pipes on the two sides opposite to the connecting plate 53 of 5 2017200166 10 Jan 2017 the connecting locking elements 50 respectively pass through third hole 16 and the first hole 43 on the adjacent panel 40.

In the present invention, there should be at least two first holes, for example 3 of them, such three first holes can be well distributed on the first side 41 of the panel 40. 5 In this embodiment, the panel 40 is also provided with the storage groove 71 and the storage cover 72 covering storage groove 71. The storage groove 71 is provided with an elastic elements 73 used to fix the items put in the storage groove 73. As the storage groove is rather small, and it has some convenience, smaller items such as mobile phones and mobile power supply and other commonly used items can be put in. Therefore, the side wall of the storage 0 groove 71 is provided with cable-receiving-holes 74 so that the mobile power supply in a storage groove 71 will be able to charge digital products such as mobile phones.

In this embodiment, there are two groups of rollers 45, which are respectively set on two sides of the storage groove 71, and are parallel to the first side 41 of the panel 40. Each group of rollers is composed of two sets. In other embodiment, the rollers 45 can also be more number of 5 groups or sets, or in other arrangement modes. The number and arrangement modes of rollers do not constitute any restriction to the present invention.

In the present invention, the connecting mode between the first engaging portion, second engaging portion and third engaging portion is preferably connection by magnet. Specifically, the first engaging portion can be made of iron plates, the second engaging portion !0 and the third engaging portion can be made of magnet, or the combination of connection by other magnet. In this embodiment, the panel 40 is used to set 4 dented holes 32 on the contact surface linking with the body frame 10, and they are respectively located at four comers of such contact surface. Magnet can be put in the dented hole 32.

Generally speaking, the first surface 20 is set opposite to the second surface 30, 25 respectively on the front and the back of the case. The materials of the panel 40 and the materials of the body frame do not constitute any restriction to the present invention. Preferably, in order to reduce overall weight, the material of the panel 40 can be plastics/hard glue, while the material of the body frame can be aluminum. The first surface 20 and the second surface 30 can 6 2017200166 10 Jan 2017 be composed of several panels 40, or one of the case surfaces is an entire surface, and the other case surface is composed of several panels 40. As shown in Figure 1, the first surface 20 is an overall surface, and its back is connected with the retractable container 25. Preferably, the first surface 20 and retractable container 25 are subject to fixed connection, for example, by 5 sewing/gluing way for fixed connection. In addition, one end connecting such retractable container 25 and the first surface 20 is provided with folding handle or soft handle 26 so that when the first surface 20 is removed from the travelling case, it can be used alone as a travel bag to increase the storage space as shown in Figure 2.

The panel 40 also includes the second side 42, which is adjacent to the first side 41; the 0 second side 42 is provided with second hole 44; it also includes the rope 28. The rope 28 can be put in the storage groove 71 of the panel 40. During application, the rope 28 can penetrate the second hole 44 on the second side of the panel and the fourth hole 17 on the side of body frame parallel to the side, so that when the second engaging portion or fourth engaging portion is unable to join the first engaging portion and the third engaging portion, it can connect the body 5 frame 10 and the panel 40.

In this embodiment, it also includes a bar 13, which is set on the side wall of the body frame 10. Specifically, as shown in Figure 1, there are two bars 13, which are set in a parallel way. They are respectively located on the two side walls 14 set for the body frame. The existing bar is set on either side of first surface 20 or the second surface, and there must be one piece !0 only. Such setting is because the user usually operates it by one hand while using the travelling case. However, when the user changes the direction of the movement of the travelling case (turning corners, for example), the travelling case will be easily turned down due to unfirm gravity, and moreover, the user must use greater wrist force to change the direction of the movement of the travelling case. But the way of bar setting in the present invention can 25 enable the user to change the direction of the movement of the travelling case more easily. When the user moves the travelling case in a straight line, he or she can use either of the bar only, and make the other bar return back to the side wall of the body frame 10. In addition, please refer to Figure 7. When the bars 13 are all located in the body frame 10, the user can sit on the top of body frame 10 for a rest. As shown in Figure 8, the user can pull out a bar 13 used as a backrest. 7 2017200166 10 Jan 2017

Please refer to Figure 9. The user can make the bars 13 in a high and low state. Now, the user can sit between the two bars facing the higher bar, namely, one bar serves as an armrest and the other as the back of the chair. The user can skid very comfortably. Please refer to Figure 10. In this embodiment, only one panel of all panels 40 on the first surface 20 joins the body frame. 5 Specifically, the first side of the said panel connects the bottom of the body frame; now, the user can stand on all panels joining together to skid forward so as to move forward more quickly while pushing or pulling the luggage very easily.

Please refer to Figure 11. In this embodiment, it also includes the storage bag 60. The two sides are provided with the side pockets 61, which is respectively hitched on the two bars 13. 0 This storage bag 60 can contain smaller bags such as portable packs. The storage bag 60 is elastic. Please refer to Figure 12. When it is shrunk, it can cover the surface of the travelling case in the present invention. In other implementation ways, the storage bag can also be mounted with zippers, whose length and locations are not restricted, then the user can demount or mount the storage bag very easily. 5 As shown in Figure 13, in this embodiment, one side set with no side pocket in the storage bag 60 is the foldable surface 62. The bottom of the foldable surface 62 is connected with the storage bag 60, and the side of the foldable surface 62 is connected by zipper 63 with the storage bag. In addition, it also includes the T-shaped belt 64. The two ends of the horizontal side of the T-shaped belt are respectively fixed on two sides of the storage bag 60, and the vertical !0 side of the T-shaped belt is fixed at the bottom of the storage bag. The T-shaped belt 64 is close to the foldable surface 62. Therefore, when the foldable surface 62 is folded, it can form a safe chair for a little child. The foldable surface 62 is made of hard board; while the face of the storage bag 60 opposite to the foldable surface 62 can be made of soft material.

In Figure 13, at least panel 40 of all panels in the first surface or the second surface 40 25 does not join the body frame, and meanwhile at least one panel 40 passes through the rope 28 and connects the body frame 10. Now, you can put heavier luggage on all panels 40. Such luggage can be further fixed by the rope 28 on the case surface composed of the panel 40. 8 2017200166 10 Jan 2017

For the travelling case provided by the present invention, its body frame is firm and slight, and both side walls are mounted with retractable bars so that they can be added outside the body to form a fixed space, and the storage bag can be used to enrich the capacity and purpose of the said travelling case. The travelling case is also provided with a 5 retractable container meeting the demand for different capacities. The travelling case also has the case surface composed of several panels, which can be mounted without tools and technology. The manufacturer of the travelling cases can manufacture body frames or panels meeting advantages of individual countries. For example: There are perfect supporting facilities in materials and production in China, where main parts or retractable container parts can be 0 manufactured; in Europe and America, the labor cost is high, but mechanical automation is mature, so they can manufacture panels. Customs duties in some countries are high, so they can import main parts and modules to be locally assembled without any special site, equipment or technology required. In addition to the application of production advantages in each region, they can reduce manufacturing costs and make contributions towards local manufacturing 5 industry.

For the travelling case provided by the present invention, at least one case surface is composed of panels with wheels. It can imitate tanks and vehicles to move flexibly on different grounds and can suddenly add the load.

The present invention applies several small panels instead of single big case surfaces, so !0 the molds will be finer and reduce mold opening costs. Moreover, the manufacture of smaller panels is more convenient at a lower cost, for it adds the quantity of the manufacture of the same components. These panels can also be provided with different colors so that the travelling case is more personalized.

The present invention has been described in detail, with reference to the preferred 25 embodiment, in order to enable the reader to practice the invention without undue experimentation. However, a person having ordinary skill in the art will readily recognizes that many of the previous disclosures may be varied or modified somewhat without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the intellectual property rights to this invention are defined only by the following claims. 9

Claims

CLAIMS I claim:

1. A travelling case, comprising: a body frame, wherein said body frame is provided with a plurality of the first engaging portion and a plurality of the third engaging portion; a first surface which is provided with a plurality of second engaging portions, and the second engaging portions are detachably engaged with the first engaging portion; a second surface which is provided with a plurality of fourth engaging portions, and the fourth engaging portions are detachably engaged with the third engaging portions; the first surface or the second surface further comprises a plurality of panels and the panels are provided with the first holes arranged along a first side; a plurality of connecting locking elements pass through the first holes which are arranged on two adjacent panels to connect said two adjacent panels; a plurality of rollers arranged on one side of the panel which is away from the body frame.
2. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein third holes are arranged on the said body frame and the edges which are parallel to the said first side; the said connecting locking elements pass through both the said third holes and the first hole on a neighboring panel.
3. A travelling case according to Claim 1 or 2, wherein the said connecting locking elements comprises connecting plates, a first U-shaped parts and an engaging second U-shaped parts; hollow pipes are arranged on two opposite edges to allow the passing through of the said first U-shaped parts and the said second U-shaped parts.
4. A travelling case according to claim 3, wherein the hollow pipes arranged on the two opposite edges of the said connecting plate respectively pass through the first holes on two neighboring panels; or the hollow pipes arranged on the two opposite edges of the connecting plate respectively pass through one said third hole and one first hole on its neighboring panel.
5. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein there are at least two first holes.
6. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein the said panel is provided with storage groove and a storage cover, the said storage cover is adapted for covering the said storage groove.
7. A travelling case according to Claim 6, wherein the said storage groove is provided with an elastic elements adapting to fix the items to be received in the said storage groove.
8. A travelling case according to Claim 6, wherein a side wall of the said storage groove is arranged with cable-receiving-holes.
9. A travelling case according to Claim 6, wherein there are at least two sets of rollers with each respectively arranged on different edges of the said storage groove and parallel to the said first side.
10. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein the said panel comprises a second side adjacent to the said first side; the said second side is arranged with a second hole.
11. A travelling case according to Claim 10, wherein further comprising a rope adapted to pass through the said second hole to connect with the said body frame.
12. A travelling case according to Claim 11, wherein at least one panel of the said first surface detached with the said body frame and at least one panel connects with the said body frame by the said rope.
13. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein only one panel of the said first surface connects the said body frame; or only one panel of the said second surface connects with the said body frame.
14. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein each panel is provided with at least one second engaging portion or fourth engaging portion.
15. A travelling case according to Claim 1 or 14, wherein both the first engaging portion and third engaging portion are made of iron while the third engaging portion is of magnet.
16. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein the said panel is made of plastic while the said body frame is made of aluminum.
17. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein the said first surface is opposite to the said second surface.
18. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein a retractable container is connected with either the said first surface or the said second surface.
19. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein one end of the said retractable container is arranged with a handle which is foldable or made of soft material.
20. A travelling case according to Claim 1, wherein further comprising a bar which is received inside a side wall of the said body frame.
21. A travelling case according to Claim 20, wherein there are two bars which respectively arranged on two opposite side walls of the said body frame.
22. A travelling case according to Claim 21, wherein further comprising a storage bag; side pockets are arranged on two sides of the storage bag to cover the said bars.
23. A travelling case according to Claim 22, wherein a foldable surface is arranged on one surface of the storage bag without side pocket; the bottom edge of the said foldable surface connects with the said storage bag while the side edge of the said foldable surface connects with the said storage bag by zipper.
24. A travelling case according to Claim 23, wherein the said foldable surface is made of hard paper.
25. A travelling case according to Claim 23, wherein further comprises a T-shaped belt; the two sides of the said T-shaped belt are respectively fixed on the two sides of the said storage bag while the other two sides of the said T-shaped are fixed on the bottom of the said storage bag; and the said T-shaped belt lies adjacently to the said foldable surface.
26. A travelling case according to Claim 22, wherein the said storage bag is elastic to cover the said body frame, the said first surface and the said second surface.