System for cinching a resilient luggage case

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8245825
APP PUB NO 20110174583A1
SERIAL NO

12526261

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A remote cinching device 14 comprising a resiliency mechanism 15 and 16, a force-transferring device 17, and a cinching device 28, 30, 32 enhances luggage, totes, briefs, and other transport and/or storage devices. The resiliency mechanism biases the luggage in an open condition, while the cinching device, located remotely from the areas undergoing the highest levels of expansion force (the top and bottom ends of an upright luggage case, for example), allows effective, easy, and visually pleasing compression of the case once it has been closed. The cinch is carried by force-transferring structures 17, by which the act of cinching is made even more efficient.

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  • SAMSONITE IP HOLDINGS S.AR.L.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Huyghe, Luc Oudenaarde, BE 2 36
King, William L Mansfield, US 94 1559
Santy, Dirk Koekelare, BE 26 340
Yoneno, Kenzo Wan Chai, HK 9 255

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