DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FORMED LUGGAGE WITH MOLDED INTEGRATED FRAME

摘要

A differential pressure formed piece of luggage has a lid shell (40) and base shell (80). The lid shell (40) has a lid wall member (42) which extends perpendicularly from the lid shell into the interior of the luggage. A lid flange (44) extends perpendicularly downwardly from the lid wall member (42). The base shell (80) has a base wall member (82) which extends perpendicularly into the luggage interior from the base shell (80). Extending obliquely from the base wall member (82) is a base flange (84). The lid flange (44) and base flange (84) overlap in a nonparallel fashion when the luggage is closed. The luggage is held in the closed position by a catch (39) on the lid wall member (42) mating with a latch (90) on the base wall member (82). The two shells are also aligned by the use of alignment pins (110) and recess (111) on the shells (40, 80).