Patents Assigned to York Partners, L.P.
  • Patent number: 5356000
    Abstract: A garment bag has a front wall that is longitudinally divided to provide a pair of flaps that are turnable away from each other to provide access to the interior of the bag. Each flap has a hinge with a series of detents to permit the flap to be held releasably in any one of a plurality of differently angulated positions. By virtue of this arrangement, access to the interior of the bag is provided, and the flaps may be set in different positions to accommodate available space in a closet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: York Partners, L.P.
    Inventor: Paul V. Scicluna
  • Patent number: 5323887
    Abstract: A luggage case has a bottom wall supported on four swivel wheels that permit the luggage case to be turned in any direction about a vertical axis. Two of the swivel wheels are part of a leading wheel assembly, and two of the swivel wheels are part of a trailing wheel assembly. Each wheel assembly has a one-piece molded plastic base including an elongated plate extending transversely of the bottom wall of the luggage case and attached thereto, and a pair of downwardly open protective cups surrounding respective swivel wheels. A retractable handle system includes a fixed portion mounted on the top wall of the case, and a movable portion having a handle that may be extended and tilted upwardly for pulling the case along the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: York Partners, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul V. Scicluna, Marvin Schwartzstein
  • Patent number: 5307909
    Abstract: A display device for a luggage case comprises a cap in the form of a sleeve adapted to embrace a top portion of a luggage case, in which other pieces of a matched set of luggage may be nested. The sleeve has a slot in a top wall, through which a top handle of the luggage case projects, and has a retainer that extends inside the luggage case. The retainer has a stem embraced by sliders of a zipper of the case and has a cross bar positioned behind a front wall of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: York Partners, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Nitkin, Mary C. Sullivan
  • Patent number: D346953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: York Partners, L.P.
    Inventor: Paul V. Scicluna