US Patent Issued to Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. on Jan. 27 for "Luggage article including a burst resistant rim" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,948, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. (Luxembourg).

"Luggage article including a burst resistant rim" was invented by Rik Hillaert (Oudenaarde, Belgium) and Wim De Vos (Zingem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a luggage article 100 that includes two opposing shells 110, 120 hingedly connected together along one edge, and having peripheral rims 210, 250 that abut together in a closed configuration. One of the shells may have a peripheral rim with a recess 220. The other shell may have a peripheral rim with a projecting flange 230, 260 that is engagable within the recess 220 whe...