Luggage table

摘要

A luggage table adapted to couple to a suitcase and provide a conveniently located, relatively stable platform on which to place personal effects, is described. The luggage table typically rests securely on top of the suitcase, with an aperture in the residing in the middle of the luggage table and a suitcase handle protruding therethrough. In some embodiments, the luggage table includes a surface having a relatively high coefficient of friction, in order to reduce the chances of an item stored thereupon from sliding. In some embodiments, the luggage table includes vessel holders adapted to receive beverage containers such as coffee cups, drinking glasses, or beverage bottles.

主权项

1. A luggage table comprising:
a platform section including (i) an upwardly oriented platform surface having an area of at least 18 square inches, (ii) a platform underside and (iii) at least a pair of support flaps, each support flap being pivotally coupled to the platform underside movable between a first position substantially projecting away from the platform underside and a second position substantially lying flat against the underside, each support flap having a vertical height when in the first position; a vessel section, the vessel section and the platform section meeting at a hinged junction, the vessel section including (i) a vessel aperture, (ii) an upwardly orientated vessel surface, (iii) a vessel underside and (iv) at least one stability flap pivotally coupled to the vessel underside along a line substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the hinged junction movable between a first position substantially projecting away from the platform underside and a second position substantially lying flat against the vessel underside, the stability flap including a linear edge closest to the hinged junction that is generally vertically-orientated when the stability flap is in the first position and having a vertical height when in the first position, the at least one stability flap further defines a vessel receptacle underneath the vessel aperture when in the first position, the vessel receptacle is configured to hold and receive a vessel bottom when the vessel is received through the vessel aperture; and a handle aperture, the handle aperture located at the hinged junction with a portion of the handle aperture being located in the platform section and another portion of the handle aperture being located in the vessel section, the handle aperture being adapted to receive a suitcase handle therethrough; wherein the vertical height of the support flaps is substantially less than the vertical height of the stability flap when each are in the first position.