ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,915, issued on July 1.
"Snap-fit suitcase" was invented by Jerry Moon (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snap-fit suitcase includes two shell structures respectively having a case member removably snap-fitted onto a frame member; two lining structures respectively being removably snap-fitted onto the frame members and located in the case members; and a zipper structure having two zipper tapes and a slider. The zipper tapes respectively include a plurality of embedding teeth, which are embedded in the frame members; and the slider is used to close a plurality of closure teeth on one zipper tape to a plurality of closure t...