An expandable container is disclosed. The expandable container may include a frame with extendable sections, an expandable material covering the frame and protective plates secured to the expandable material.

The article of luggage includes a luggage main body having a bottom surface and a cavity formed to receive articles for packing; an expansion body having a perimeter defining a cavity; a foldable gusset joining the luggage main body to the expansion body; and an expansion and locking device disposed internally at opposite ends of the article of luggage. The expansion and locking device is configured to allow free movement of the expansion body in a compression direction towards the luggage main body and configured to allow locking movement of the expansion body in an expanding direction away from the luggage main body. One expansion and locking device is preferably attached to two or more walls of the luggage. After finishing packing, the luggage is closed and the user pushes the expanding member towards the base member, ratcheting the pawl past the ratchet teeth to collapse the luggage.

The present invention is directed to a suitcase which is made of a metal material such as aluminum or made of synthetic resin or fabric, is formed in a quadrangular shape, and is provided with a zipper or one-touch locking device along a center thereof so that a suitcase body can be selectively opened and closed, and in which a handle is installed to be retractable on the top surface of the suitcase body, wherein an auxiliary moving means configured such that auxiliary casters are rotated and deployed by the extension of a handle is installed on the suitcase body so that the suitcase body can be laid down and moved, and a loading guide is installed to be foldable on the suitcase body so that a load can be loaded thereonto in the state where the suitcase body is laid down.

A portable tennis equipment bag includes a bag body that has an internal frame that supports the shape of the body and which further provides support for a plurality of extendible legs that can extend from the bottom of the bag. The extendible legs can also collapse inside of the bag body. Each of the extendible legs can be attached, at their lower ends, to an lower shelf member at the bottom of the body of the bag, outside of the body of the bag. As a result, when the extendible legs are extended, the lower shelf portion is separated from the body of the bag and sits beneath the body of the bag, attached to the legs. Rolling mechanisms can be provided at the bottom of the lower shelf portion to allow the bag to be moved about across a surface such as a tennis court.

A piece of luggage may include a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a right side and a left side that define an enclosed space. The enclosed space may be divided into one or more compartments. The luggage may further include at least one zipper to access the enclosed space. The at least one zipper may include a zipper track, at least one zipper slider, and at least on zipper tab. At least a portion of the zipper track may be positioned within one or more recessed areas defined by at least some of the sides of the luggage. In some embodiments, the zipper track may be positioned within the one or more recessed areas along substantially the entire length of the zipper track.

A food container has a container bottom and a container lid. The container bottom has a base and walls upstanding from the base to define a container bottom interior. The container lid has a top cover and side edges, and the top cover overlies the base when the lid is in closed connection with the bottom. The top cover includes an elastically deformable portion and an inelastic portion. Each of the elastically deformable portion and the inelastic portion overlies different portions of the base when the lid is in closed connection with the bottom. The elastically deformable portion facilitates accommodation of an item within the container bottom interior that rests on the base that underlies the elastically deformable portion and that extends into contact with the elastically deformable portion as the lid is shifted into closed connection with the bottom by deforming elastically outwardly away from the base.

An adjustable bag for sports equipment includes a plurality of laterally extending folding regions provided on a first area of a surface of the bag adjacent one end A reinforcing panel is provided between each adjacent pair of folding regions such that the bag is more flexible at the folding regions and folds preferentially there.

A piece of luggage may include a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a right side and a left side that define an enclosed space. The enclosed space may be divided into one or more compartments. The luggage may further include at least one zipper to access the enclosed space. The at least one zipper may include a zipper track, at least one zipper slider, and at least on zipper tab. At least a portion of the zipper track may be positioned within one or more recessed areas defined by at least some of the sides of the luggage. In some embodiments, the zipper track may be positioned within the one or more recessed areas along substantially the entire length of the zipper track.

A food container has a container bottom and a container lid. The container bottom has a base and walls upstanding from the base to define a container bottom interior. The container lid has a top cover and side edges and the top cover overlies the base when the lid is in closed connection with the bottom. The top cover includes an elastically deformable portion and an inelastic portion. Each of the elastically deformable portion and the inelastic portion overlies different portions of the base when the lid is in closed connection with the bottom. The elastically deformable portion facilitates accommodation of an item within the container bottom interior that rests on the base that underlies the elastically deformable portion and that extends into contact with the elastically deformable portion as the lid is shifted into closed connection with the bottom by deforming elastically outwardly away from the base.

An expandable frame (15, 115) for a carrying article is disclosed. A frame (15) for an expandable article of luggage (10) includes a first frame member (16) including a first recess (54), a second frame member (16) including a second recess (64), and a gusset (22) extending between the first frame member (16) and the second frame member (18) to secure the first frame member (16) to the second frame member (18). A first edge (40) of the gusset (22) is received in the first recess (54) in the first frame member, and a second edge (60) of the gusset (22) is received in the second recess (64) in the second frame member (18). An article of luggage (10) including the expandable frame (15) is disclosed. In some embodiments, an expandable frame (115) does not include the first frame member and the gusset (122) is secured directly to a first hard shell (112) of an article of hard shell luggage (110).