EP2886000A1 - Bagage modulaire - Google Patents

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EP2886000A1
EP2886000A1 EP14198406.2A EP14198406A EP2886000A1 EP 2886000 A1 EP2886000 A1 EP 2886000A1 EP 14198406 A EP14198406 A EP 14198406A EP 2886000 A1 EP2886000 A1 EP 2886000A1
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Giovanni Sidoli
Sara Mazzotti
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C7/00—Collapsible or extensible purses, luggage, bags or the like
    • A45C7/0018—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage
    • A45C7/0045—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage comprising a plurality of separable elements which can be used independently of one another
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage
    • A45C5/14—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage with built-in rolling means

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  • the present invention refers to the luggage field and specifically, it concerns a modular luggage system.
  • luggage There are various known types of luggage including for example trolley cases, briefcases, suitcases, backpacks, and shoulder bags. Each one of the preceding types of luggage meets a specific need relating to transport and travel.
  • briefcases are handy for transporting documents and a change of clothes, and they can be typically classified as carry-on luggage for air travel. In other words, they can also be stowed in the passenger cabin and not only in the cargo hold of the aircraft.
  • luggage pieces of the prior art are generically made up of a large rigid shell that can be opened in a book-like fashion along a specific zipper and thus they do not offer the versatility and the multi-functionality required by the situations and circumstances listed above.
  • Backpacks and soft and/or semi-rigid bags are not suitable for use in the case of work or business meetings, and in any case, their flexible soft structure does not permit adequate protection of electronic devices and risks causing untimely deterioration of documents transported therein.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to describe a modular luggage system that resolves the drawbacks described hereinabove.
  • a modular luggage system which comprises at least one base unit 110, or "pilot case base unit", and one or more supplementary units that can be combined together in different configurations so as to define a single piece of luggage, is indicated in its entirety by the reference number 100.
  • the base unit 110 is a container suitable for transporting clothing and objects while travelling and defines a solid and at least partially rigid shape.
  • the base unit 110 identifies a three-dimensional and substantially rigid structure in which there is present at least one compartment designed for containing garments or objects in general.
  • the base unit 110 comprises a plurality of lateral faces or walls 210, an upper wall 220 and a lower wall 230.
  • the sides and walls are arranged in such a manner as to identify a prismatic geometric shape, for example a cube or a parallelepiped.
  • the walls of the base unit 110 can be at least partially realized in a composite material comprising a linen fibre.
  • the base unit 110 is provided with optimal mechanical strength, even though it has an ecological and natural base.
  • the walls of the pilot case can be realized by means of an internal structure, or skeleton, made of a composite material and included within a covering casing.
  • This casing is preferably made of linen covered with a layer of polyurethane or another suitable material.
  • the modular luggage system 100 further comprises a telescopic handle 300 for transport.
  • the handle 300 is substantially arranged in the plane of the cited lateral walls of the base unit 110 and which shall be called the rear wall hereinafter.
  • the handle is substantially as wide as the width of the base unit 110, so as to facilitate the transport thereof by the user.
  • the telescopic handle proves to be movable between a retracted position in which it is hidden, and an extended position in which it enables the luggage piece to be pulled.
  • the base unit 110 can comprise supporting feet that allow its lower surface 230 to be distanced from the ground.
  • the base unit 110 comprises a pair of wheels at the lower wall and that are substantially arranged in the plane of the rear wall, which is useful for enabling the luggage piece to be drawn by pulling it by the telescopic handle.
  • the proposed piece of luggage comprises at least one supplementary unit 120, 130 provided with at least one compartment for containing clothing and objects; the supplementary unit is removably fixed onto said base unit 110, so as to define, together, a single modular luggage system 100 (see Figure 8 ).
  • the luggage piece includes a plurality of supplementary units, each of which is suitable for being removably joined to the base unit 110, or pilot case, and to another supplementary unit 120, 130.
  • the proposed piece of luggage can comprise a covering bag 500 or "cover”, which forms a garment bag.
  • the garment bag 500 is preferably made of a linen fabric coated with polyurethane or the like, and includes therein a frame made of a composite material, which defines a partially flexible structure thereof.
  • the invention comprises a type of luggage piece that can be constituted by a variable number of units that can be assembled in various configurations so as to define a single unit.
  • the base unit 110 has a substantially rigid and unbendable structure, in that it must function as a support element supporting the modular assembly when in use.
  • the supplementary units 120, 130 have a prismatic shape and preferably, each supplementary unit comprises two opposite rigid lateral walls that are connected by collapsible walls.
  • the rigid lateral walls of the supplementary units can be constituted by a plate-like core made of a composite material with linen fibres.
  • the plate-like core is covered with a casing realized in the same manner as the casing described above for the pilot case 110.
  • each supplementary unit 120, 130 can advantageously be folded over so as to reduce the thickness thereof.
  • the unit has two larger rigid sides, while the sides defining the thickness are collapsible.
  • this type of supplementary unit will be referred to as the "second unit" 120 hereinafter.
  • a second version of the supplementary unit 130 is instead characterized by being provided with at least one pair of compartments that are longitudinally located side by side of each other.
  • Each compartment defines a substantially prismatic cavity, for example a cube-shaped cavity.
  • the supplementary unit of the second type, or "third unit” 130 can be constituted by two separable elements, each provided with one of said compartments.
  • Each unit 110, 120, 130 of the invention can include an opening defined by a zipper which allows access to the respective internal compartments.
  • the various units 110, 120, 130 forming the modular luggage system 100 will define together the lateral, upper and lower walls so as to identify a single, compact three-dimensional shape.
  • the base unit 110 is positioned at a first lower height and functions as a supporting means.
  • a pair of second units 120 rests on the upper wall 220 of the pilot case 110 and the second units 120 are arranged vertically, facing each other along their respective larger lateral walls.
  • the second units 120 can be handily arranged on the upper wall of the former, which remains free.
  • the first configuration is completed by the covering of the two second units and part of the base unit 110 with the inverted U-shaped garment bag folded over them.
  • This configuration advantageously makes it possible to fully exploit the rigidity of the larger walls of the second units 120 and to maintain the limited depth of the modular luggage system.
  • a second preferred combination of the units instead realizes a modular luggage system that differs from the first preferred combination described above in that a second unit is arranged facing the front wall of the pilot case 110, while two more second units are placed one over the other on the upper wall of the pilot case 110 and on the thicker wall of the front second unit.
  • the two upper second units 120 are substantially horizontal, that is, parallel to each other and to the upper wall of the pilot case 110, and they rest on their larger rigid walls.
  • the assembled units can be covered by the garment bag 500 applied as a "cover" covering the top, the front face and the rear face of the luggage piece.
  • a third assembly mode as shown in Figure 8 , after the application of a front second unit to the front wall of the pilot case 110, a second unit is rested on the upper surface thus defined, alongside a third unit, which, we note again, is constituted by two separable elements, each bearing its own compartment.
  • each unit 110, 120, 130 comprises, at the edges or corners thereof, attachment means 310, 320, 330 suitable for removable fastening with the attachment means for attaching the other units.
  • Each unit comprises at least one ring 310 that enables the passage of one end portion of a rib 400 of a contiguous unit.
  • the rib 400 is preferably and not exclusively realized by means of a strip of linen, sewn or in any case fastened on one of the sides of each unit, in such a manner as to extend at least between said upper surface and the lower surface.
  • a joining element of a first type is present at the end portion of the rib 400 and it is realized for example, though not exclusively with a female part 320 of an automatic button of a known type, which, in use, is coupled with a male part 330 of an automatic button of a known type.
  • the male part of said automatic button forms a joining element of a second type that is installed on each unit substantially at said ring 310.
  • the joining elements of the first and the second type can be substituted with technical equivalents of an automatic button, realizing a removable element for locking or joining two or more units to each other.
  • an automatic button realizing a removable element for locking or joining two or more units to each other.
  • magnets can be employed as well.
  • an automatic button affords a greater guarantee that the contiguous units will be locked together.
  • a predetermined movement must be carried out in order to fasten and release two contiguous units; this predetermined movement advantageously further increases secure locking of the contiguous units to each other.
  • the end portion of a unit is inserted in the ring 310 of a unit contiguous to it, and the female part 320 of the automatic button is engaged on the male part of the same unit, thus enabling secure locking to be achieved between the two or more units.
  • the invention comprises shoulder belts, handles and shoulder straps or other linear gripping and transporting elements that can be removably fixed to the above-mentioned rings 310.
  • This aspect allows the various units, once they have been divided one from the other, to be easily transported.
  • a plurality of different inserts are comprised.
  • these inserts can define organizers, beauty cases or the like.
  • these inserts which can be made of linen for example, are configured to hold various objects and are insertable according to size and extractable as needed, so that various types of inserts can be used with the same units.
  • Some inserts are also capable of sub-dividing the internal volume of space inside the units into sub-areas of predetermined sizes and shapes, in such a manner as to define volumes of space that are more capable of keeping delicate objects or objects of particular shapes, such as devices or personal effects, firmly in place.
  • the pilot case 110 can include a number of detachable inserts containing for example the items one wishes to bring along.
  • the units and the empty inserts can be transported flattened inside the pilot case 110 and then taken out for use upon reaching one's destination.
  • the supplementary units containing clothing can be unfastened and placed directly in hotel wardrobes "as is", without having to remove and hang the clothes up. This is very convenient and makes it possible to prevent clothes from being wrinkled especially in the case of trips with a number of destinations.
  • the business user upon reaching the hotel, unfastens the second units containing garments from the pilot case 110 and places them in the wardrobe just as they are; the user removes the objects that are in the pilot case 110 and the pilot case 110 can be used as a business case, or the user can remove a second unit from the pilot case 110, apply the organizer insert and the handles and bring it along as a business briefcase containing a tablet and the documents needed for a meeting with a client.
  • the user can for example take one of the third units 130, remove the beauty case, apply the shoulder belt to the unit and then wear it as a normal bag for personal effects to go out and visit the city in his/her free time.
  • the same can be done with one of the second units 120, for example by attaching the shoulder belt, so as to bring along not only one's personal effects, but also documents and other objects in a more casual manner, compared to a business briefcase, or the backpack-type straps can be attached in the event that one needs to get about using a motocycle rather than by car, or more simply because one prefers it to a shoulder bag.
  • the user will be able for example to use the luggage piece constituting the object of the present invention as luggage for air travel, by detaching a supplementary unit 120, 130, which can conveniently become a hand bag that can be brought into the passenger cabin, and then reassembling the same luggage piece at the end of the flight. Therefore, at the end of the flight, the luggage piece becomes a single overall unit again and the user will not have to carry a number of separate bags.
  • the modular luggage system constituting the object of the present invention can function as a backpack, as a briefcase (with one or two units), as a carry-on trolley case or a trolley case for storage in the hold of the aircraft or as another known type of luggage, without the drawbacks found with luggage of a non-modular type.
  • the luggage piece constituting the object of the present invention can be advantageously utilized by users who constitute a heterogeneous group in terms of their transport needs, as the luggage piece offers the advantage that it can be disassembled in such a manner that each user can take a luggage unit or units from the overall assembly at a later point in time and thus give it its own independent life.
  • each unit presents at least one substantial rigid element on a plane (supplementary unit 120, 130) or is substantially rigid in its entirety (base unit 110), and this advantageously makes it possible to avoid wrinkling of the garments contained therein and more in general, it makes it possible to keep the items or goods contained therein more protected from impacts or jolts, compared to what would happen with soft types of luggage.
  • the second units 120 can be stowed in a limited space.
  • the base material for the realization the units is also ecologically sustainable and ecological. Therefore, even in the case of disposal at the end of its life cycle, the modular luggage system constituting the object of the present invention causes less pollution compared to that which would occur with conventional types of luggage made entirely of a plastic or in any case, synthetic material.

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US20230129925A1 (en) * 2021-10-26 2023-04-27 Justine Yu-Fen Huang Top-and-front accessible luggage stroller

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US5547052A (en) * 1994-12-09 1996-08-20 Purdy Neat Things Company, Inc. Modular wheeled luggage system, wheeled luggage, garment bag and connector for same
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US20070241157A1 (en) * 2006-04-14 2007-10-18 Travel Caddy, Inc. D/B/A Travelon All terrain vehicle (ATV) cargo bag construction
US20130175129A1 (en) * 2012-01-09 2013-07-11 Travelpro International Inc. System for Attaching Bags
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FR661006A (fr) * 1928-09-24 1929-07-19 Perfectionnements aux malles, valises et articles analogues
FR1197176A (fr) * 1958-05-28 1959-11-27 Manuf Mafoma Châssis-poche à usage multiple, pour valise
US5547052A (en) * 1994-12-09 1996-08-20 Purdy Neat Things Company, Inc. Modular wheeled luggage system, wheeled luggage, garment bag and connector for same
WO2005002383A1 (fr) * 2003-07-04 2005-01-13 More B.V. Dispositif servant a contenir des objets et procede pour assembler liberable des compartiments
US20070241157A1 (en) * 2006-04-14 2007-10-18 Travel Caddy, Inc. D/B/A Travelon All terrain vehicle (ATV) cargo bag construction
US20130175129A1 (en) * 2012-01-09 2013-07-11 Travelpro International Inc. System for Attaching Bags
FR2990602A1 (fr) * 2012-05-16 2013-11-22 Delsey Soc Bagage, valise, sac ou autre conteneur

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WO2021181216A1 (fr) * 2020-03-09 2021-09-16 Lynch Jane Moyen de fixation de bagage
US20230129925A1 (en) * 2021-10-26 2023-04-27 Justine Yu-Fen Huang Top-and-front accessible luggage stroller

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