US2849093A - Luggage carrier - Google Patents

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1958 w. c. CI -iESNUT 2,849,093

LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed Jan. 5. 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 he 27. fm? WU/iazzz C Cfieszzuz Aug. 26, 1958 w. c. CHESNUT LUGGAGE CARRIER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 5. 1956 2574 -5 IzfUT Aug. 26, 1958 Filed Jan. 5. 1956 w. c. CHESNUT LUGGAGE CARRIER 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 I l I Ilka 111%? William 6. 01651212! United States Patent 2,849,093 Patented Aug. 26, 1958 ice LUGGAGE CARRIER William (I. Chesnut, Racine, Wis, assignor to .Skyway Luggage Company, Seattle, Wash., a corporation of Washington Application January 5, 1956, Serial No. 557,536 7 Claims. (Cl. 190-43) The present invention relatesto luggage, and more particularlyto a garment carrying luggage-device.

Still more particularly, the present invention relates to a garment carrier luggage unit of the folding, center handled, garment hanging type. *While his fully appreciated that there are many luggage units and garment carrying units of this type in the art and on themarket, commercial success of these units is varied for a number of reasons not least among whichis their soft, garment crushing construction. Another difficulty which these units have suffered lies in the bulkiness of the center fold of the units when fully loaded with garments.

The foregoing as well as numerous other 'difiiculties in the subject type of luggage have been overcome by the present invention. It is, therefore, an important object and feature of this invention to ,provide a new and improved folding type garment carrying luggage unit.

One of the outstanding features of a luggage unit embodying the principles of this invention is a rigid frame construction whereby garments contained therein are fully protected from crushing etc. The rigid frame construction of these units also provides numerous additional advantages such as giving the unit suflicient rigidity for convenient handling and suchrigidity that it may be set down as any ordinary hard frame luggage without collapsing.

The'hardor rigid frame construction of the luggage unit provides still an additional frame for this invention inas much as it permits the utilization of luggage lock-s such as those utilized on ordinary hard frame luggage for more secure and positive-fixingand locking of the unit when itis in a folded position. This isv quite an importantadvantage of this invention inasmuch as all previously available luggage units of the garment carrying and garment hanging type were of such construction that they .could notbe firmly locked except by the use of straps-or the like which are insufficient to protect the user against pilferage etc.

Still another.importantadvantage and featureof this invention lies in the type of constructionand configuration of thegussett forms of this rigid frame luggage unit as well as in the configuration of the gussetts themselves which conform to the configuration of the gussett forms. In accordance with the principles of this invention the gussetts and the gussett forms are tapered to havediminishing dimensions approaching the center of theunit whereby there is little or no excess bulk wrinkling at the center of the unit when the unit is folded. Instead of wrinkling due to excess bulk, the contoured gussetts and gussett forms'readily fold into a predesignedpattern foreihcient and smooth garment holding.

Still another object, feature and advantage of the present invention lies inthe arcuate configuration of the saddle thereby providing accommodating space for the garments within the luggage unit when the'luggage unit is'foldeci and thus providing a space for the garmentssothat they will not wrinkle at the fold of the luggage unit.

Still another object, feature and-advantage of the present invention lies in the improved hinging and binding construction of the unitin the region of the-center or folding area thereof. lu'ascordance-with the-principles ofthis invention, the gussett forms are made with a saddle bar or plate secured'thereto, or as a part thereof, at the ends of the gussett forms to be juxtaposed to the saddle. The saddle plates and the saddle are overlaid with a flexible material such as any fabric which maybe canvass or a similarly strong fabric that is in turn then stitched about these members and further stitched between the members so that the fabric itselfsecures the frame together and provides a strong hinging interconnection between the parts thereof.

Still another object, feature and advantage of the present invention lies in the construction of the cover for the luggage unit to enclose'the same andsu'bstantially complete the unit except foraccessories. -One of the advantages of a coverfor a luggageunit embodying the principles of this invention lies inxit overlying flaplconstruction at the otherwise openedend thereof whereby the garments within the bag are protected not only from dust'and dirt and the like when the cover isclosed and the-bag is folded, but also protects the garmentfrom any splash or drain of shallow puddles of water or mud into'whic'h the luggage unit might beset when/folded and setdown'for whatever'reason.

This garment carrier luggage unit is provided with a hook construction especially adaptable for hanging the unit fromldoors as wellras closet hanger rods and hooks etc. The hook endof the red as well as the stern of the-hook rod are receivable through'apertures in the cover and the gussett frame. The stem portion of the hook rod has a securinginut on the end thereof of sufiicient strength to support theunit when fully lo-aded and the entire rod portion of'the hook rod (alloftthe hook-rod except the hook portion thereon), .is receivable into the unit in a sheath disposed withinthe unit. The-aperturetin the unit for receiving the end of the hook end of the "hook rod has a spring catch secured adjacent:thereto to .catch and hold the entire hook rod inJplace by catchingonto the end of the hook endiof the red when -it is inserted through the aperture therefor.

.The sheath for receiving the rrod portion or stem portion-of the hooloof arod also forms "another feature of .this invention inasmuch as it may have seeured'thereto, at spaced intervalsthereon, a strip of material or various hooking devices, whereby the strip orlhooking devices will cooperate :with the sheath *to form zgarment hanger .carrierunitsso that garments may 'behung in the luggage unit without removing the same from their normal closet hangers.

Numerous :other objects, features and advantages of this invention-will become readily .apparentto those skilled in the art and others, from the following detailed description of the invention and :an embodiment thereof, from the claims, andfrorn .the accompanying drawings in which :each and every :detail shown is fully and com- .pletely disclosed as apart of this specification, in which like reference numerals refer ;to like parts, and in which:

Figure 1 is an isometric illustration of afolded luggage unit embodying the principles of this "invention;

Figure 2 is anielevational view-o'f-the unfolded luggage :unit with a portion thereof :hroken :away to better illus- .trate other' parts .thereof;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view Figure 4 -:is .an isometric view 'of the frame structure;

Figure 5 is :an-enlargedfragmentalsectional illustration of the unit viewed as taken-along the line V V=of Figure .2;

Figure 6 .is anenlarged fragmental sectional view of the unit viewed as taken substantiallyzalong the line VIVI of EigureZ; and

Figure 7 .is a fragmental sectional illustration viewed as taken substantially along the :line VIIVI I of Figure .6.

Figure is a fragmentary side elevational view of a hanger hook assembled upon a hanger device. 9

:of the luggage unit;

, desired.

Figures 1, 2 and 3 illustrate a complete luggage unit of the garment carrier type which is efiective to be hung from a door, a closet clothes bar, or hooks or the like so that coats, suits, dresses etc. may be hung therein at full length without prefolding after which the bag may be closed and thence folded and locked in a folded position as shown in Figure 1 thereafter to be handled as an ordinary and usual hard frame luggage unit.

In accordance with the principles of this invention, the luggage unit 10 is actually provided with a rigid frame so as to permit handling and utilization of the luggage unit as a hard frame unit and to protect garments within the unit as well as numerous other advantages attending thereto.

The frame for this luggage unit 10 is illustrated in assembled form and in detail in Figure 4. There it is shown that the frame is assembled from three primary units including a pair of gussett forms 11 and 12 and a saddle 13. The gussett forms are constructed preferably from a relatively rigid sheet material such as sheet metal, plastic fibre, or plywood formed in strips and each bent into the more or less rectangular U-shaped configuration so as to be provided with a pair of right angle bends 14 and 15 in each thereof which bends may be slightly rounded as The arms 16 and 17 of each of the gussett forms are of the same length and extend toward the saddle 13 while the bight portions 18 of the gussett forms provide the frames for the upper and lower ends of the luggage unit when fully opened as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

The arms 16 and 17 of the gussett forms 11 and 12 cooperate to form the frame portions for the sides of the luggage unit 10 and at the tips thereof have secured thereto brackets 19 and 20 fixed thereon by any convenient means such as rivets or the like. These brackets 19 and 20 secured on each of the gussett forms carry saddle plates or bars 21 and 22 therebetween so that the saddle plate or bar 21 is secured between the brackets 19 and 20 of the gussett form 11 or the bar or plate 22 is secured between the brackets 19 and 20 of the gussett form 12. These are secured onto the brackets also by rivets or the like as desired. It should be understood that each entire gussett form with its assembled bar or plate and brackets may be formed integrally from a single strip. The construction described hereinabove has been utilized in this embodiment of the invention to provide a more efficiently utilizable luggage unit since the complex bends that would have to be formed at the juncture of the saddle plates and the arms of the gussett forms would detract from the garment storage space within the unit and would leave exposed or protruding edges.

The saddle to which the gussett forms are secured is hereinafter described as a part of the complete frame, is formed as an elongated laterally bowed or arcuate plate 23 having a length substantially the same as the Width of the gussett forms and having fixed at the ends thereof saddle caps 24-24 which have a circular segmental configuration proper to conform to the arcuate shape of the saddle and be secantal across its outer edges, and are secured onto the plate 23 by any convenient means such as rivets or the like as indicated at 25-25.

These three units are then assembled together in a hinging relation to each other so that the gussett forms 11 and 12 will form the luggage unit sides while the saddle 13 will form the center or handle bearing portions of the unit. For assembly of the three frame units together (note Figure 5) they are wrapped or overlaid fully by a length of flexible material such as a fabric an example which may be canvass, having suflicient strength and durability to meet the requirements placed thereon. The sheet of flexible material is wrapped entirely around the three parts including the plate 23 of the saddle 13, and the saddle plates 21 and 22 as indicated by the inside layer 26 of the fabric and the outside layer 27 thereof. This flexible material of fabric may then be stitched down firmly to hold these three plates in closely assembled relation as they are viewed in Figures 4 and 5 and the two layers are further secured to each other between the saddle plate 21 and the saddle 13 as indicated at 28 be stitched when the material is canvass or other fabric, and between the saddle plate 22 and the saddle 13 as indicated at 29. These securings of the fabric layers 26 and 27 to each other extend for the entire length of the saddle 13 and sufficiently space the saddle from the saddle plates 21 and 22 to act as hinges therebetween to permit folding of the luggage unit from the opened position as shown in Figures 2 and 3 to the closed position shown in Figure 1. Thus, with the fabric covering over the saddle and the saddle plates, the three units of the frame are fully assembled to form a rigid yet hingable frame for the luggage unit.

The frame, at this stage, is then covered with a full luggage cover of a size proper to overlie the frame and closely fit thereon. The cover may be formed of any particular desired materials such as plastic or fabric or even such a natural material such as leather or any combination of materials as desired. This cover, indicated generally at 30, is secured to the frame by a plurality of accessories which are secured over the cover and onto the frame as made up from several pieces of fabric or other material including a full outside panel 31 sized to fit from the bight portion 18 of the gussett form 11 to the bight portion 18 of the gussett form 12 and over the arcuate saddle 13. Gussetts 32 and 33 are secured to the outer peripheral edge of the back panel 31 and together at their meeting edges as indicated at 34 generally centrally of the luggage unit, in the region of the saddle 13. These gussetts are of the length sufiicient to overlie the outer surfaces of the entire gussett forms 11. and 12 and are configurated substantially identically with the gussett forms to closely fit thereon and for other purposes as hereinafter described. The ends of the gussetts 32 and 33 are slightly longer than the gussett forms so that they may be secured together at 34 whereas the gussett forms end at the edge of the saddle 13. Saddle gussetts 35 are also secured to the gussetts 32 and 33 and to the back cover 31 to overlie the saddle caps 24 and complete the gussett assembly on the luggage cover 30.

A front panel 36 is then secured onto the front peripheral edges of the gussetts 32 and 33 for finishing the cover 30. This front panel is a multipiece unit including lateral side edge panels 37 and 38 which extend from the top of the cover as it is viewed in Figures 2 and 3 to a position spaced somewhat from the bottom thereof or about centrally of the lower gussett frame 12 and the lower gussett 33. Therebelow, the front cover 36 includes a cover pocket unit 39 which extends from the end of the side panels 37 and 38 to the bottom of the luggage unit and across the entire width thereof. This pocket cover portion 39 has a small items pocket affixed thereto with a slide fastener 40 thereon.

A front opening flap 41A, having a length substan tially the same as the side panels 37 and 38 and a width sufficient to extend between the side panels 37 and 38, is secured along its bottom edge to the top edge of the pocket panel 39 and is equipped cooperatively with the side panels 37 and 38 with slide fastener units 41 and 42. The slide fastener units 41 and 42 have slide elcments 43 and 44 respectively for fastening the side edges of the flap panel 41 to the side panels 37 and 38 when raised to their uppermost position to thereby close the luggage unit with the flap 41-A assembled in position to give the front cover a completed appearance,

The free transverse edge 45 will then underlie a protective flap 46 secured to the top outer peripheral edge of the gussett 32 for a distance sufficiently small to provide no inconvenience to the user of the luggage unit and at a distance sufliciently large to provide improved protection to the garments carried by the luggage unit against dust and dirt and puddle water and the like into which the luggage unit may accidently be set when closed in a folded position as shown in Figure 1.

The luggage unit thus far described may be hung for loading and the placement of garments therein such as suits and coats and dresses and the like at full length, by a hanger hook arrangement embodying the principles of this invention and shown in detail in Figures 2, 3, 6 and 7 with maximum detail be shown in the enlarged views of Figures 6 and 7 to which attention is now directed.

Thus, there is provided at the top of the unfolded luggage unit a hook member 47 formed from a length of the rod to have a hook end 48 and a stem 49. The stem 49 passes through the axial hollow or aperture in a grommet 56 provided at the lateral center and near the back edge of the gussett form 11 of the frame and a congruent aperture in the gussett 32. The inner end 51 of the stem 49 on the hook unit 47 has aflixed thereon flange means such as a nut or the like. There is illustrated here a push nut 52 fixed onto threads on the end 51 of the stem 49 which is available commercially, requires very little force to push the same onto the threads and requires great force to dislodge the same from the threads. The primary requirements of the nut 52 are that it have a radial dimension greater than that of the aperture in the grommet 50 and that it be capable of withstanding the forces tending to pull the same from the stem 49 at least as great as the maximum weight of the luggage unit fully loaded.

The hook end 48 of the hook unit is more or less rectangularly bent so that the end 53 thereof is substantially parallel to the stem 49 and the spacing between the end 53 of the hook end 48 and the stem 49 is at least as great as the thickness of the average door so that the hook may be placed over a door for hanging the luggage unit in an open condition, or even in a closed condition, but preferably open, for loading and unloading the same.

When the luggage unit is folded as shown in Figure 1, it is desirable that the hook unit 47 be recessed as far as possible into the luggage unit and that it be retained in that recessed position until pulled out for hanging. To this end, another grommet 54 is secured through an aperture in each of the gussett form 11 and the gussett 32 spaced appropriately from the grommet 50 to receive the free end 53 of the hook end 48. By so providing the grommets and apertures etc. as described, the hook unit 47 may be recessed into the luggage unit with only the connecting portion of the rod between the stem 49 and the free end 53 being exposed outside of the luggage unit. To retain the hook within the luggage unit as described, the free end 53 of the hook end 48 is slightly inverse S-curved and a small strip spring 55 is riveted or otherwise secured as at 5656 to the innerface of the bight portion 18 on the gussett form 11 adjacent to the grommet 54 to be engaged by the free end 53 of the hook end 48 to act as a snap spring catch for the hook unit 47. This snap spring catch acting spring cooperating with the inverse S-cur ve on the free end 53 of the hook will retain the hook in place recessed within the luggage unit and will also serve to readily release the hook for hanging the luggage unit with the stem 49 pulled its maximum distance through the grommet 50 as shown in its extended position in Figures 2 and 3.

Within the luggage unit and depending from the grommet 50 is a sheath to receive the stem 49 of the hook 47. This sheath may be formed of any desirable suitable material such as the material from which the cover is made or any other desired material and is closed at the bottom end thereof as indicated at 57. This sheath 58 is open at its upper end as indicated at 59 and is secured to the luggage unit either by having a portion thereof secured to the cover as indicated at 60 where the gussett 32 is secured to the upper edge of the back cover 31 or is secured under the inner flange of the grommet 50, or may be secured by both of the foregoing means. In any event the aperture in the grommet 50 opens into the hollow interior of the sheath 58 so as to provide a receiving sheath for the stem 49 and the nut 52 on the end 51 of the stem of the hook 47.

This sheath 58 also serves another very important purpose in accordance with this invention, in addition to protecting garments within the luggage unit from the nut 52 and the stem 49, in that the outer front face of a sheath may have secured thereto a strip 61 of material operatively arranged to receive one or a plurality of garment hangers. In the embodiment shown the strip 61 is formed of a fabric stitched to the outer front face of the sheath 53 and at a plurality of spaced locations 62-62. The strip 61 and the securing stitches 62 therein are so placed and so formed that a plurality of spaced loops 63 are formed in the strip to provide receiving loops for the common forms of garment hangers. The garment hangers may also be received between the strip 61 and the front face of the sheath 5S and be retained by hanging against the stitching 62 if desired.

Further, the last mentioned hanging technique by resting the hangers against the stitching 62 may be so utilized in this hanger carrier that the loops 63 and the strip 61 may be omitted without departing from the scope of this invention. A form of hanger carrier utilizing this principle is illustrated in Figure 6 wherein a strip 64 is folded about a ring 65 and has its ends secured together as at 66. A plurality of spaced across stitches 67-67 are then provided between the two thicknesses of the fabric strip 64 and garment hangers may be hung therefrom by inserting the hook ends thereof between the folds of the strip 64 and hanging the same from the stitching 67. The ring 65 is supported from a well known form of garment carrier case hanger device indicated generally at 68 and having an inverted T-shaped slot in the hanger portion 69 thereof to be received onto a hanger bracket 70 secured to the upper central portion of the gussett form 11. A hanger hook 711 is pivotally arranged on the hanger device 68 with a supplemental hook end 72 effective to lock the hanger end assembly with the hanger bracket 70.

After the garments have been placed in the luggage unit they are secured therein by a cradle arm 73 shown in Figure 2. In this embodiment of the invention the cradle arm 73 is a fabric covered bar flexibly connected to the saddle at one end thereof and at the other end thereof flexibly carrying a hook 74 to cooperate with a hook receiving ring 75 which is flexibly connected to the saddle 13 and at the end thereof opposite to which the flexible end of the cradle arm 73 is connected. The cradle arm holds the garments in the luggage unit between itself and the saddle 13 after completion of loading of the luggage unit whereupon slide fasteners 41 and 42 may be closed for closing the luggage unit.

Thereupon, the luggage unit may be disengaged from the door or other supporting means and the hook 47 recessed into the unit as described hereinabove. The luggage unit is then ready for folding into the position shown therefor in Figure 1.

To facilitate folding of the luggage unit withoutwrinkling of the garments contained therein and without wrinkling or bulky force folding of the same about the hinges of the saddle, the arms of the gussett forms and the gussetts themselves are tapered with diminishing dimensions as they approach the region of the saddle 13. This tapering of the gussetts and the arms of the gussett forms does not diminish the capacity of this luggage unit, however, in that the curvature of the saddle sufficiently displaces the center thereof from the line of the back edges of the gussetts and the gussett form arms to accommodate that area of all of the garments disposed within the luggage unit. These diminishing dimensions of the gussetts and the gussett form arms do, however, permit easy, convenient and neat folding of the luggage unit to the position shown therefor in Figure 1.

Since the maximum problem of bulkiness, wrinkling and improper folding of the luggage unit occurs in the 7 hinging area thereof the taper of the gussetts and the gussett forms is increased for more rapidly diminishing dimensions close to the saddle so that the taper of the gussetts and the gussett forms is of two gradings having a relatively shallow slope as indicated at 7676 for a major portion of the length of the arms 16 and 17 in the gussett forms as the arms extend away from the bight portions 18 thereof, and a relatively greater slope is indicated at 77 in the region of the ends thereof secured to the brackets 19 and 20.

In accordance with this invention, the luggage unit may be securely and positively locked closed in its folded position by readily available and usual forms of luggage locks 78 and 79, each of the locks being formed in two parts in the usual manner. The utilization of this type of lock is permitted with this luggage unit at the sides of the gussetts and on the arms of the gussett forms by virtue of the hard frame construction of the luggage unit. Each of the lock portions are fixedly secured to the gussetts and the arms of the gussett forms and thus provides side locking for the luggage unit as shown.

For convenient handling of the luggage unit the handle 8% is secured to the center portion of the saddle 13 by any convenient handle pivotal holding means desired and indicated generally at 81.

Additionally, to support the luggage unit ofi the floor or ground, etc. into which it may be set, the small feet 82-82 may be secured onto the gussets and onto the bight portions 18 and the gussett forms 11 and 12 thereby providing bottom foot rests for the luggage unit when folded into the position wherein it is closed as shown in Figure 1.

Although numerous variations and modifications of luggage units may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts and principles of this invention, I intend to cover all thereof that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts and principles of this invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a garment carrier luggage device, a frame comprising a pair of generally U-shaped gussett forms, a saddle plate secured to the ends of the arms of each of said gussett forms, a saddle disposed between the gussett forrns adjacent the saddle plates, and a flexible material covering overlying said saddle plates and said saddle and secured thereabout and therebetween thereby forming a flexible hinge connection between said saddle and said gussett forms.

2. In a garment carrier luggage device, a frame comprising a pair of generally U-shaped gussett forms, a saddle plate secured to the ends of the arms of each of said gussett forms, a saddle disposed between the gussett forms adjacent the saddle plates, and a flexible material covering overlying said saddle plates and said saddle and secured thereabout and therebetween thereby forming a flexible hinge connection between said saddle and said gussett forms, said gussett forms having a tapered configuration of diminishing dimensions toward said sadtile and said saddle plates to facilitate superposition of said gussett forms.

3. In a garment carrier luggage device, a frame comprising a pair of generally U-shaped gussett forms, a saddle plate secured to the ends of the arms of each of said gussett forms, a saddle disposed between the gussett forms adjacent the saddle plates, and a flexible material covering overlying said saddle plates and said saddle and secured thereabont and therebetween thereby forming a flexible hinge connection between said saddle and said gussett forms, said gussett forms having a tapered configuration of diminishing dimensions toward said saddle and said saddle plates to facilitate superposition of said gussett forms, and a flexible material cover overlying said saddle and said gussett forms and including an outside back cover and gussetts.

4. In a garment carrier luggage device, a frame comprising a pair of generally U-shaped gussett forms, a saddle plate secured to the ends of the arms of each of said gussett forms, a saddle disposed between the gussett forms adjacent the saddle plates, and a flexible material covering overlying said saddle plates and said saddle and secured therabout and therebetween thereby forming a flexible hinge connection between said saddle and said gussett forms, said gussett forms having a tapered configuration of diminishing dimensions towards said saddle and said saddle plates to facilitate superposition of said gussett forms, a flexible material cover overlying said saddle and said gussett forms, means for cradling garments said luggage device adjacent said saddle when said device is folded, an dmeans for supporting said device in an open position, said cover having gussetts thereon patterned to conform to the configuration of said gussett forms and luggage locks secured to said gussett forms and said cover to lock said luggage device in a folded position.

5. A garment carrier device, including an opposed pair of gussett forms, a saddle between said forms, a saddle plate secured to each of said forms and disposed contiguous and parallel to said saddle, a flexible material covering overlying said plates and said saddle, and stitching joining said flexible material covering between said saddle and saddle plates to provide a hinged connection therebetween.

6. A garment carrier device, comprising a pair of opposed gussett forms, a saddle plate secured to each of said gussett forms, a saddle disposed between the gussett forms adjacent the saddle plates, a flexible cover overlying said saddle plates and saddle, stitching between said saddle and saddle plates to secure said flexible cover thereabout and hingedly connect said saddle to said gussett forms, said saddle and gussett forms together forming a rigid foldable frame, an outer flexible material covering around said frame, an inner covering having a flap secured to said frame, means for cradling garments in said luggage device adjacent said saddle when said luggage device is folded, and means for supporting said garment carrier device in an open position.

7. In a luggage carrier, a frame comprising a pair of generally U-shaped gussett forms, a saddle plate secured to the ends of the arms of each said gussett forms, a saddle disposed between the gussett forms adjacent the saddle plates, and a flexible material covering overlying and saddle plates and said saddle and secured thereabout and therebetween by stitching thereby forming flexible hinge connections between said saddle and said saddle plates, said U-shaped gussett forms having arms of tapered configuration of diminishing dimensions towards said saddle and said saddle plates to facilitate superposition of said gussett forms, a flexible material cover overlying said saddle and gussett forms, means for cradling garmnets in said luggage carrier adjacent said saddle when said luggage carrier is folded, and means for supporting said luggage carrier in an open position, said cover having gussetts thereon patterned to conform to the configuration of said gussett forms to protect garments within the luggage carrier when the luggage carrier is folded about the flexible hinge connections between said saddle and said saddle plates.

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