EP0228304A2 - Valises - Google Patents

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EP0228304A2
EP0228304A2 EP86310207A EP86310207A EP0228304A2 EP 0228304 A2 EP0228304 A2 EP 0228304A2 EP 86310207 A EP86310207 A EP 86310207A EP 86310207 A EP86310207 A EP 86310207A EP 0228304 A2 EP0228304 A2 EP 0228304A2
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tubular ring
panel
luggage case
ring
lid
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EP0228304A3 (fr
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Kenneth William Jenks
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Spartan Luggage Co Ltd
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Spartan Luggage Co Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage
    • A45C5/02—Materials therefor

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  • This invention relates to luggage cases, including attache cases, which are of substantially, but not necessarily entirely, firm construction.
  • the present invention provides an alternative manner of construction which aims to facilitate manufacture.
  • a method of manufacturing a body or lid of a luggage case which is characterised in that it includes the steps of forming a tubular ring of a self-­supporting sheet material, forming a panel of sheet material of a size to close one end of the tubular ring and having one or more peripheral flanges, fitting the panel to said one end of the tubular ring and securing the panel to the ring at the peripheral flange or flanges, the arrangement being such that the tubular ring provides a continuous circumferential wall of the assembled body or lid and the panel provides a side wall thereof.
  • a luggage case comprising a body and a lid, characterised in that at least the body comprises a tubular ring of self-supporting sheet material which provides a continuous circumferential wall of the body, and a panel of sheet material having a peripheral flange or flanges at which it is secured to, so that it closes, one end of the tubular ring to provide a side wall of the body.
  • the tubular ring forms the front, rear and two end walls of the body.
  • the tubular ring may be formed of various self-­supporting materials. It may, for example, be formed of an adhesively bonded paper composition material, such as that available under the trade mark LAFFRAMAT, or a plastics material, such as polyvinyl chloride, being formed as a moulding or extrusion, or it may be of metal.
  • a decorative covering may be applied to the external surface of the ring if the material of the ring does not itself have an attractive surface finish. Such a covering is preferably applied to the ring before the panel is secured to the ring. Textile fabric, plastics sheet or leather, for example, may be used as the covering.
  • a trim strip may be applied to the edge of that end of the ring to which the panel is secured.
  • This trim strip may be solely for decoration but it may also serve to reinforce the edge of the ring.
  • the panel may be secured to the ring at the trim strip.
  • the trim strip is a plastics extrusion of generally U-­section which fits closely around the edge of the ring.
  • the trim strip may be of other material, if desired.
  • a further trim strip may be applied to the edge of the opposite end of the ring of the body, and/or a strip of stiff material, for example plastics or metal, may be applied to that edge to provide a lip or flange for co-operation with a lid of the luggage case.
  • the panel may be of a stiff material although it is possible for it to be of a soft material, textile fabric or plastics for example, because the tubular ring itself may afford substantial firmness to the body. Stiff materials which may be used are fibre-­board, suitable plastics and metal. As with the tubular ring, a decorative covering may be applied to the external surface of the panel, or, if appropriate, the surface of the material of the panel itself may provide the finished surface of the side wall which the panel forms. When the panel is of a stiff material the flange or flanges may serve also as reinforcement for portions of the tubular ring to which a handle, fastenings and other fittings of the luggage case are attached.
  • Securing of the panel to the tubular ring may be by means of stitching and/or adhesive or riveting.
  • a lining will usually be attached inside the tubular ring and panel.
  • Straps or other retaining means may be anchored to the tubular ring inside the body for holding in position in the body clothing or other contents of the luggage case when it is in use.
  • the lid of the luggage case may be constructed similarly to the body. It may be of a capacity similar to or less than that of the body.
  • the luggage case which is of rectangular box shape, has a body 1 and a lid 2 which are similarly constructed.
  • the body 1 comprises a tubular ring 3 which provides a front-wall 4, a rear wall, not shown, and two end walls 5, 6 of the body, and a panel 7 which provides a side wall 8 of the body.
  • the lid 2 comprises a tubular ring 9 which provides corresponding walls of the lid, and a panel which provides a side wall opposite the side wall 8 of the body.
  • the tubular ring 3, 9 is a stiff continuous, jointless, band of the paper composition material LAFFRAMAT.
  • LAFFRAMAT material it is convenient for the LAFFRAMAT material to be formed as a tube of the required cross-section of the tubular rings from which sections are cut off of the required lengths for the tubular rings.
  • a decorative covering 12, 12′ of sheet polyvinyl chloride is applied to and bonded to the external surface of each tubular ring 3, 9.
  • the covering 12, 12′ is folded around the edge of the ring and against the inside surface of the ring adjacent that end edge, as indicated at 14, 14′ in Figure 3.
  • Fitted around the opposite end of each tubular ring is a trim strip 15, 15′ of extruded polyvinyl chloride.
  • the trim strip 15, 15′ is of a generally U-shaped cross-section, Figure 2, having opposed inner and outer parallel limbs 16, 17 which respectively lie closely against the inside surface of the tubular ring and against the covering 12, 12′ on the external surface of the tubular ring, and an integral web 18 extending across the end edge of the tubular ring.
  • a flat strip 22, Figure 3 which projects from the tubular ring parallel to its inside surface.
  • a cranked strip 23 is secured by stitching 24 around three sides of the inside of the tubular ring 9 of the lid 2 adjacent to the end 13′ of the ring, the three sides being those which provide the front and two end walls of the lid.
  • the cranked strip 23 is contained within the tubular ring and an outer portion 24 extending towards the edge of the end 13′ is spaced from the covering 14′ inside the tubular ring by a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the flat strip 22 on the body. Both strips may be extrusions of polyvinyl chloride.
  • the panels of the body and lid are each made from a sheet of fibre-board of complementary rectangular shape to the interior of the respective tubular ring 3, 9 and having integral, upturned, peripheral flanges 25, Figure 2, along its four sides.
  • Each panel proper is smaller than the internal cross-sectional dimensions of the respective tubular ring by the extent of the thickness of the inner limb 16 of the trim strip 15, 15′.
  • each tubular ring 3, 9 has the covering 12, 12′, trim strip 15, 15′ and the flat strip 22 or the cranked strip 23, as the case may be, applied to it before the panel is fitted to the tubular ring.
  • the panel is offered to the tubular ring from the end remote from the trim strip and is pushed into the tubular ring, the flanges 25 trailing, until it abuts against the step 20 of the trim strip, which locates the panel correctly with respect to the tubular ring.
  • Stitching 26 is then applied through the flanges 25, inner and outer limbs 16, 17 of the trim strip 15, 15′ and tubular ring, including its covering 12, 12′, to secure the panel to the tubular ring and simultaneously to secure the trim strip to these two components.
  • the ends 13, 13′ of the tubular rings respectively define the mouths of the assembled body and lid.
  • Linings are subsequently attached inside the body and the lid.
  • the body and lid are hinged together at their rear walls in a known manner.
  • a handle 27 is mounted in known manner on the front-­wall 4 of the body, and the co-operating parts of catches 28 are anchored to the front walls of the body and the lid for loading the case.
  • the fixings of the handle 27 and catches 28 may be engaged with those flanges 25 of the panels which lie against the inside surfaces of the front walls. Other fittings may be applied to the body and/or lid as required.

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  • Vehicle Step Arrangements And Article Storage (AREA)
  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
EP86310207A 1986-01-03 1986-12-30 Valises Withdrawn EP0228304A3 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB868600077A GB8600077D0 (en) 1986-01-03 1986-01-03 Luggage cases
GB8600077 1986-01-03

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EP0228304A2 true EP0228304A2 (fr) 1987-07-08
EP0228304A3 EP0228304A3 (fr) 1988-07-20

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6755288B1 (en) * 2002-12-19 2004-06-29 Allen Lai Luggage structure

Citations (4)

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DE1532828B2 (de) * 1965-05-05 1973-09-20 Atlantic Products Corp., Trenton, N.J. (V.St.A.) Handkoffer
DE2225361A1 (de) * 1972-05-25 1973-12-06 Riou Verfahren zum herstellen von koerpern oder gestellen fuer handkoffer, kleinere koefferchen und andere aehnliche behaeltnisse
FR2273490A1 (fr) * 1974-06-04 1976-01-02 Guyot Robert Perfectionnement a la fabrication des cuvettes pour coffrets et valises
DE2658454A1 (de) * 1976-12-23 1978-06-29 Karl G Lehmann Koffer

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US3305052A (en) * 1964-08-04 1967-02-21 Atlantic Prod Corp Luggage and method of manufacture for luggage
GB1459128A (en) * 1974-10-23 1976-12-22 Holtzman J A Luggage manufacture

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1532828B2 (de) * 1965-05-05 1973-09-20 Atlantic Products Corp., Trenton, N.J. (V.St.A.) Handkoffer
DE2225361A1 (de) * 1972-05-25 1973-12-06 Riou Verfahren zum herstellen von koerpern oder gestellen fuer handkoffer, kleinere koefferchen und andere aehnliche behaeltnisse
FR2273490A1 (fr) * 1974-06-04 1976-01-02 Guyot Robert Perfectionnement a la fabrication des cuvettes pour coffrets et valises
DE2658454A1 (de) * 1976-12-23 1978-06-29 Karl G Lehmann Koffer

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6755288B1 (en) * 2002-12-19 2004-06-29 Allen Lai Luggage structure

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GB2184939B (en) 1989-10-18
EP0228304A3 (fr) 1988-07-20
GB8600077D0 (en) 1986-02-12
GB8631057D0 (en) 1987-02-04
GB2184939A (en) 1987-07-08

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