| 摘要 |
Apparatus and associated methods relate to substantially cuboid-shaped wheeled luggage having a U-shaped handle telescoping from two parallel secondary faces, the U-shaped handle framing two parallel primary faces each providing substantially full-face opening to one of two complementary dynamically-separated volumes of a central cavity. In an illustrative embodiment, an interior partitioning member may adaptively partition the central cavity in response to forces present to each of two sides of the interior portioning member. In some embodiments, two wheels may have axes parallel to a rolling edge defined by an intersection of a tertiary face and one of the primary faces, the wheels providing low rolling resistance when the luggage is tilted so as to rest upon the wheels. In some embodiments, a face of each of the two wheels may be substantially flush with the secondary faces. The luggage may advantageously provide separated dynamic complementary volumes for both clean clothes and dirty clothes. |
| 主权项 |
1. An article of luggage comprising:
a luggage compartment enclosing a luggage cavity, the luggage compartment having a first luggage face and a second luggage face on opposite ends of the luggage cavity; a dynamic volume-allocation member coupled to the luggage compartment, the dynamic volume-allocation member being movable between the first luggage face and the second luggage face of the luggage compartment thereby dividing the luggage cavity into a first chamber volume and a second chamber volume, wherein the first chamber volume and the second chamber volume are non-intersecting complementary volumes; a U-shaped handle having telescoping stems, each connecting at an end to a cross-bar handle, the U-shaped handle having a retracted position and an extended position, wherein when in the retracted position, the U-shaped handle substantially frames the luggage cavity with each of the telescoping stems opposite the luggage cavity from one another and the cross-bar handle substantially proximate a handle end of the luggage compartment, wherein when in the extended position, the cross-bar handle is substantially separated from the handle end of the luggage compartment to permit a user to grasp the handle; and, a first wheel and a second wheel attached to a wheeled end of the luggage compartment, the wheeled end being opposite the handle end of the luggage compartment; wherein the first luggage face has a substantially full-faced door that provides access to the first chamber volume, wherein the second luggage face has a substantially full-faced door that provides access to the second chamber volume, the first full-faced door and the second full-face door defining cross-sections of a prism shaped path projecting through the U-shaped telescoping handle. |
