Patents by Inventor James E. Armstrong, IV

James E. Armstrong, IV has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Expandable luggage combining hardside and softside materials
    Patent number: 5358082
    Abstract: An expandable article of luggage of softside and hardside material construction, consisting of a top section, a bottom section, and a center section that can be added or removed readily for different luggage capacities, is constructed of a design such that the luggage expands like softside luggage when overfilled, but retains its frame shape like hardside luggage. Its design also allows for a center section that may be collapsed and folded and inserted in the unexpanded luggage. In addition, the material combination allows for an improved wheel construction, consisting of large disk shaped wheels mounted in wheel wells at the base of the luggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Inventor: James E. Armstrong, IV