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Granted Patent B2
US 9,756,919 · App. 14/809,255 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Method for attaching a carrier to a piece of rolling luggage

Inventors: Douglas Harland Murdoch (Santa Rosa, CA); Michael Allen Sturm (Redding, CA)
Assignee: Think Tank Photo, Inc.
A45C13/30A45C5/14A45F3/02A45C2009/007A45C2013/026A45C2013/306A45F3/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,756,919
App. No.
14/809,255
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for attaching a carrier to a piece of rolling luggage employs a strap having an opening defined in the strap for receiving a handle assembly of the piece of rolling luggage in order for the carrier to be supported by the piece of rolling luggage.

Claims (14)

1. A method for attaching a carrier to a piece of rolling luggage, wherein the piece of rolling luggage comprises a receiver comprising an extendible handle assembly and wheels whereby the piece of rolling luggage may be drawn by a person across a surface by pulling on the handle assembly, comprising:

providing a shoulder strap for connection to two separated points on the carrier, the shoulder strap comprising a central section comprising two portions attached to each other at their respective ends thereby defining an opening between the two portions;

inserting the handle assembly of the piece of rolling luggage through the opening in the shoulder strap by inserting the handle assembly between the two portions of the central section of the shoulder strap; and

suspending the carrier so that the carrier is supported by the strap.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the length of the shoulder strap is adjustable in length.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the shoulder strap comprises straps passing through slider buckles for adjustment of the length of the shoulder strap.

4. The method according to claim 2 wherein the length of the shoulder strap is adjustable in length so that the carrier may be suspended so that the carrier is supported in contact with a front wall of the piece of rolling luggage opposed to a back wall of the piece of rolling luggage adjacent the handle assembly and wheels of the piece of rolling luggage.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the portions is padded.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein both portions are padded.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the two portions are sewn to each other at their respective ends.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the two portions are sewn at their respective ends to two opposed straps.

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein at least one of the straps is provided with a buckle for adjusting the length of the strap.

10. The method according to claim 8 wherein each of both straps is provided with a buckle for adjusting the length of the strap.

11. The method according to claim 8 wherein the straps are provided with snap hooks for attachment to the two separated points on the carrier.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 11, 2016
From: MURDOCH, DOUGLAS H; STURM, MICHAEL
To: THINK TANK PHOTO, INC.
Reel/Frame 038555/0218 →
Continuity (3)
Division 13914606 · Jun 10, 2013
Provisional Application 61657884 · Jun 10, 2012
Related Publication 20160022003A1 · Jan 28, 2016