IP Library Granted Patent US 10,058,151
Granted Patent B2
US 10,058,151 · App. 14/777,809 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Storage device with three-dimensional protrusions

Inventor: Dieter Morszeck (Cologne, DE)
Assignee: RIMOWA GmbH
A45C5/02A45C1/06A45C5/03A45C13/08B32B3/30B32B9/025B32B9/04A45C2005/037B32B2439/00B32B2439/40
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Patent No.
US 10,058,151
App. No.
14/777,809
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a storage device, in particular a piece of baggage or a wallet, having at least one outer surface, it is provided that an additional outer layer is provided on the outer surface, said layer having at least one three-dimensional protrusion formed therein by a thermoforming process and protruding from the outer surface.

Claims (8)

1. A suitcase comprising:

at least one outer surface, wherein an additional layer is arranged on said outer surface, said additional layer having the same outer dimensions as the outer surface, said additional layer having at least one three-dimensional protrusion pre-formed therein by a thermoforming process, wherein the outer surface has at least one raised portion provided thereon which matches the shape of the at least one three-dimensional protrusion pre-formed in the additional layer, the additional layer being arranged on the outer surface such that the at least one three-dimensional raised portion arranged on the outer surface is situated beneath the at least one three-dimensional protrusion of the additional layer,

wherein the at least one raised portion of the outer surface comprises at least two stacked and joined layers having varying widths matching the shape of a corresponding pre-formed protrusion in the additional layer, and

wherein the additional layer is adhered to the outer surface and the raised portion of the outer surface comprising at least two stacked and joined layers.

2. The suitcase of claim 1 , wherein the at least one three-dimensional protrusion is rib-shaped.

3. The suitcase of claim 1 , wherein the additional layer is applied on the outer surface of an adhesive layer.

4. The suitcase of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional protrusion has a triangular cross-sectional shape.

5. The suitcase of claim 1 , wherein the at least two stacked and joined layers are printed on the outer surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2015
From: MORSZECK, DIETER
To: RIMOWA GMBH
Reel/Frame 036883/0144 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2013 002 981 U · Mar 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160278492A1 · Sep 29, 2016
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