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Hard-shell luggage system having a front accessible recessed pouch

  • US 10,624,431 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2017
  • Issued: 04/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hard-shell luggage system, comprising:

  • a front hard-shell housing portion defining an edge surface that is recessed inwardly from a front surface of the front hard-shell housing portion, the edge surface defining a storage region recessed within the front hard-shell housing portion;

    a front panel attached along a length of a bottom edge of the front panel to a bottom region of the front hard-shell housing portion in a manner permitting the front panel to move between;

    i) an open configuration in which the storage region is accessible, and ii) a closed configuration in which an inner surface of the front panel is at least partially disposed within the storage region, wherein an outer perimeter of the front panel is pliant;

    a rear hard-shell housing portion hingedly connected to the front hard-shell housing portion, and having a telescoping handle assembly;

    a set of indented wheel-wells formed in the corners of the bottom portion of the front and rear hard-shell housing portions, for mounting a set of wheels; and

    a closure structure configured to hold the front panel to the front hard-shell housing portion in the closed configuration.

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