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WO2008011327A2 - Bagages et procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

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WO2008011327A2
WO2008011327A2 PCT/US2007/073347 US2007073347W WO2008011327A2 WO 2008011327 A2 WO2008011327 A2 WO 2008011327A2 US 2007073347 W US2007073347 W US 2007073347W WO 2008011327 A2 WO2008011327 A2 WO 2008011327A2
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Martin R. Beebe
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C3/00—Flexible luggage; Handbags
    • A45C3/001—Flexible materials therefor

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  • luggage shall mean any container adapted to hold solid objects that may be lifted and carried by a single adult human being, and is intend to include, for example, attache cases, brief cases, hand bags, suit cases, tote bags, etc.
  • Style and design are important factors that consumers consider when purchasing luggage. Strength and ruggedness is also important. Ideally, a line of luggage having unique style and design characteristics that also imparts strength and ruggedness to the luggage is highly desirable.
  • architectural laminates are employed as an exterior finish for luggage.
  • Such architectural laminates impart both style and strength to the luggage and give a designer a vast number of decorative surfaces to choose from in designing fashionable luggage.
  • Such laminates which are commonly used in the construction industry, comprise a substantially rigid sheet material that provides a decorative veneer.
  • a laminate may simply be thin a sheet of a metal having an exterior surface shaped, finished, stamped, or otherwise treated to provide a decorative or aesthetic look to the exterior surface.
  • a laminate has a thickness that is no greater than 0.10 inch, for example, having a thickness substantially from 0.025 to 0.10 inch. Any form of art or graphic or pictorial treatment may be displayed as a decorative surface.
  • Such laminates may also comprise multi-layers of sheet material or a paper impregnated with a resin such as, for example, described in U. S. Patent No. 4,473,613.
  • a common characteristic of architectural laminates is that the laminate sheet may be bent or otherwise formed into a desired shape and it will retain this shape after being so formed.
  • a flat, planar metal laminate sheet may be bent into a curved sheet, or a flat, planar resin impregnated laminate sheet may be heated so that it may be reshaped while at an elevated temperature, and upon cooling, remain in the reshaped configuration.
  • Other architectural laminates are disclosed in U. S. Patent Nos. 5,418,034 and 6,472,083.
  • This invention has one or more features as discussed subsequently herein. After reading the following section entitled “DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SOME EMBODIMENTS OF THIS INVENTION,” one will understand how the features of this invention provide its benefits.
  • the benefits of this invention include, but are not limited to: enabling a designer to use architectural laminates in new ways to improve both the appearance and ruggedness of luggage.
  • the luggage of this invention has a body formed by walls, at least one of which comprises at least in part a sheet of architectural laminate with an exterior decorative surface providing at least in part an exterior surface of a portion of the luggage.
  • the architectural laminate may be fastened directly to a wall of the luggage, and a layer of backing material may be underneath the architectural laminate.
  • the backing material may comprise an open or closed cell foam plastic sheet, a polymer sheet of, for example, styrene or ABS, a woven /non- woven textile material, Neoprene rubber, etc.
  • the walls of the luggage body form an interior adapted to hold objects and is accessible through an opening in the body.
  • the opening may or may not be covered; it may or may not be closed by a zipper or other type of opening and closing device.
  • the body may have a first wall segment comprising a pliable sheet material, and a second wall segment comprising an architectural laminate.
  • the sheet of architectural laminate initially may be planar and at least a portion thereof may be formed into a predetermined non-planar shape that maintains this predetermined wall shape after being so formed or reshaped. This formed sheet of architectural laminate may be included in the body of the luggage.
  • an edge portion of the pliable sheet material of the wall segment and an edge portion of the sheet of architectural laminate may be attached together.
  • the edge portions may be attached together by sewing or by an adhesive.
  • the edge portions may have a piping therebetween.
  • This invention also includes a method of manufacturing luggage.
  • a luggage body is formed including at least one portion thereof comprising a pliable sheet and another portion thereof comprising a sheet of architectural laminate with an exterior decorative surface providing at least in part an exterior surface of said luggage.
  • An edge portion of the wall comprising the pliable sheet material may be attached to an edge portion of the sheet of architectural laminate.
  • the sheet of architectural laminate initially may be planar and at least a portion thereof may be reshaped into a predetermined non-planar shape that maintains this predetermined wall shape after being so reshaped and included in the luggage body.
  • the edge portions may have a piping positioned therebetween.
  • Sewing & stitching may be fastened this way by forming laminate panel or panels in a particular style of luggage and sewing and stitching a 'pocket' or 'frame' around a substrate carrying the to hold it in place.
  • the laminate panel or panels can be fabricated with holes therein trough which a thread passes during sewing.
  • Architectural laminates may be bonded with an adhesive or tape to a surface structure of luggage or edges of adjoining laminate pieces may be fastened together in this manner.
  • Architectural laminates may be mechanically fastened by nut and bolt hardware, screws, nails, rivets, magnetism, trims and reveals, clips, and other mechanical fastening devices to a surface structure of luggage or edges of adjoining laminate pieces may be fastened together in this manner.
  • Stamping Architectural laminates because they come in sheet form may be easily cut into different silhouettes by stamping or other means. This lends itself to facilitating low cost manufacture of luggage.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the luggage of this invention.
  • Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the luggage shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 2A is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2A-2A of Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a wall of a conventional luggage piece.
  • Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a wall of a piece of conventional luggage.
  • Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of adjoining walls of luggage constructed in accordance with one embodiment of this invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the luggage of this invention.
  • Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of adjoining walls of luggage constructed in accordance with another embodiment of this invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of adjoining walls of luggage constructed in accordance with yet another embodiment of this invention.
  • Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view of adjoining walls of luggage constructed in accordance with still another embodiment of this invention.
  • Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view of adjoining walls of luggage constructed in accordance with one more embodiment of this invention.
  • Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view of adjoining walls of luggage constructed in accordance with another embodiment of this invention.
  • Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 13-13 of Fig. 7.
  • the luggage of this invention may have many different embodiments, and two embodiments are depicted in Figs. 1 and 7, and respectively identified by the numerals 10 and 10a.
  • a sheet of architectural laminate with an exterior decorative surface that provides at least in part the exterior surface of a portion of the luggage.
  • Suitable architectural laminates may be purchased under the trademark Formica, or from such companies as Formwwod Industries, Chemetal, Nevamar, Brookside Vaneer, Wilsonart, Pionite, Ridgewood, ABET Laminati, Braewood, ARPA USA, or Laminart.
  • the architectural laminate in addition to enhancing the appearance of the luggage provides improved strength and ruggedness.
  • the architectural laminate sheet forms a portion of some, but not all, of the walls of the luggage.
  • Other walls, or portions thereof, are formed from pliable sheet material such as, for example, leather, plastics, textile material such as fabrics, that have durability and are flexible, being capable of bending or folding, and are generally soft so they may be penetrated by a sharp object such as a knife.
  • pliable sheet material such as, for example, leather, plastics, textile material such as fabrics, that have durability and are flexible, being capable of bending or folding, and are generally soft so they may be penetrated by a sharp object such as a knife.
  • architectural laminate sheet material is very rigid, inflexible, hard, and impenetrable.
  • the architectural laminate may be fastened directly to a wall of an existing piece of luggage, for example, by gluing it to the exterior of the luggage wall.
  • a wall of a piece of luggage may be made from one sheet of architectural laminate or multiple layers of sheet material with the architectural laminate being the outer sheet with its decorative surface exposed to view.
  • a layer of backing material may or may not be positioned underneath the architectural laminate.
  • Suitable backing sheet material may comprise, for example, an open or closed cell foam plastic sheet, a polymer sheet of, for example, styrene or ABS, a woven /non- woven textile material, Neoprene rubber, etc.
  • the luggage 10 is a brief case comprising a body 12 providing an interior 14 accessible through an opening 16 in the body.
  • a pair of straps 18 with buckles 20 enable a manually moveable cover wall section 22 to be held in place in a closed position as shown in solid lines in Fig. 1 to cover the opening 16.
  • a user may place objects in the interior 14 of the luggage 10.
  • the luggage body 12 may be constructed from one or more walls that are substantially rigid and inflexible because they include a sheet of architectural laminate.
  • the architectural laminate sheets 24a, 24b, and 24c are glued by an adhesive 26 to a foam backing sheet 28 that underlies each of the laminate sheets as depicted in Fig. 2A.
  • This assembly of multiple layers of sheets is then attached, for example, typically by sewing or gluing the assembly to an exterior surface 22a (Fig. 2) of the cover wall section 22.
  • the decorative surfaces Sl of these sheets 24a, 24b, and 24c are exposed to view. These surfaces may be the same or different, displaying any form of art or graphic or pictorial treatment.
  • the luggage 10 may be constructed so some of the walls forming the body 12, or portions thereof, are made of a pliable sheet material and other walls, or portions thereof, include a sheet of architectural laminate.
  • a top wall 28 includes an internal support member 30 having a pliable sheet material 31 wrapped around the support member.
  • the support member 30 may comprises cardboard, corrugated paper, an open or closed cell foam plastic sheet, a solid polymer sheet such as styrene or ABS, textile material, Neoprene rubber, leather, and adds some rigidity to the top wall.
  • a handle 32 is mounted to the exterior of the top wall.
  • the pliable sheet material 31 has an underside portion 31a abutting a portion of the cover wall section 22, which is a pliable sheet material.
  • This is standard practice and provides the type of body construction shown in Fig. 3.
  • the architectural laminate sheet 24c is glued and /or sewn, or otherwise attached together, to the cover wall section 22 as illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • Straight, or looped, conventional stitching 25 is used in the luggage 10 to attach an edge portion EDl of the pliable sheet material of the top wall 28 and an edge portion ED2 of the substantially rigid architectural laminate sheet 24c.
  • an initially planar architectural laminate sheet, or at least a portion thereof, is reshaped into a predetermined non-planar shape that maintains this predetermined, non-planar wall shape after being reshaped.
  • This reconfigured laminate sheet may be included in the body of the luggage.
  • the ends of the laminate sheets 24a, 24b, and 24c are reconfigured into a curved segment S2 that overlaps the cover wall section 22 where this section joins the top wall 28 as depicted in Fig. 4.
  • simply bending the appropriate end forms the curved segment S2.
  • Fig. 5 depicts a conventional luggage piece having adjoining walls A and B attached by stitches 17.
  • a stiffening member 11 is lodged between pliable sheets 13 and 15, forming the wall A to enhance the rigidity of this one wall A.
  • a stiffening member 11 and the sheet 13 are eliminated when a planar architectural laminate sheet, for example, the sheet C is used.
  • This sheet C may use a foam backing sheet 28 beneath the architectural laminate sheet C, which is bonded thereto by an adhesive 26.
  • the luggage 10a illustrated in Fig. 7 is a suitcase where substantially flat wall segments are covered with planar architectural laminate sheets 40 and 42.
  • adjacent parallel walls 44 and 46 are, respectively, covered by or formed from the laminate sheets 40 and 42.
  • the wall 46 and a top wall 47 are connected along a junction J and these walls are substantially at a right angle with respect to each other.
  • the top wall 47 which has a handle 49 attached thereto, comprises a pliable sheet, for example, a woven nylon fabric or leather or a vinyl plastic.
  • the wall 44 is rectangular and it includes the rectangular, substantially planar sheet 40 with its decorative surface S3 exposed to view.
  • the wall 46 provides a frame for the wall 44, and it includes the planar sheet 42 with its decorative surface S4 exposed to view.
  • the planar architectural laminate sheets 40 and 42 retain their planar configuration and are not reformed to alter their shape.
  • the architectural laminate sheet 42 may be stamped from a sheet with the unused cutout central portion salvaged and used in another luggage piece.
  • a conventional piping 50 is sewn by stitches 52 along the rectangular edges ED3 and ED4 respectively of the laminate sheets 40 and 42.
  • This piping 50 is positioned along the junction between the laminate sheets 40 or 42, as the case may be, and an adjacent pliable sheet, for example the top wall 47.
  • a foam backing sheet 28 is beneath the laminate sheet 42, which is attached by an adhesive 26 to the foam backing sheet.
  • Figs. 8 through 12 illustrate different ways to attach a pliable wall segment to a wall segment employing an architectural laminate sheet, whether or not reshaped.
  • an edge portion ED5 of an architectural laminate sheet 60 is inserted into a pocket 62 formed in the end of a wall segment 64 comprising the pliable sheet material. Only the architectural laminate sheet 60 is used to form an adjoining wall segment, thereby eliminating any cost associated with the foam backing sheet 28.
  • Some rigidity is imparted to the pliable wall segment 64 by an internal support member 3O 7 which lies approximately in the same plane as the architectural laminate sheet 60. Stitches 52 and adhesive 26 hold the pliable wall segment 64 to the architectural laminate sheet 60.
  • the wall construction shown in Fig. 9 is almost identical to that illustrated in Fig.
  • a foam backing sheet 28 is bonded to the architectural laminate sheet 60 with the adhesive 26 and a pliable sheet 64a projects outward from the wall segment 64 to extend beneath the laminate sheet 6O 7 providing a space 61 between the pliable sheet 64a and the foam backing sheet 28.
  • the pliable sheet 64a may be a fabric lining for the interior of the luggage, for example, silk.
  • Figs. 10 11, and 12 show slightly different connection systems than discussed above for attaching a pliable wall segment to a wall segment employing an architectural laminate sheet.
  • Fig. 10 depicts a pliable wall segment 70 that includes overlying pliable sheets 70a and 70b with an internal support member 30 between these sheets.
  • the sheet 70b extends under a laminate sheet 74 and forms a part of a wall segment 72.
  • the portion P of the sheet 70b extending under the laminate sheet 74 has the laminate sheet 74 bonded to it as discussed above using an adhesive 26 and stitches 52.
  • Fig. 11 shows essentially the same connection system as Fig. 10, except the internal support member 30 is eliminated.
  • connection system illustrated in Fig. 12 is like that depicted in Fig. 13, except the wall segments E and F.
  • the wall segment E (the segment including the architectural laminate sheet 24) and the wall segment F (the pliable wall segment) instead of being at a right angle with respect to each other are approximately in the same plane.

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L'invention concerne un bagage présentant un corps formé par des parois. Au moins une des parois étant au moins partiellement constituée d'une feuille de stratifié architectural pourvue d'une surface extérieure décorative formant au moins partiellement la surface extérieure d'une partie du bagage.
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