Abstract: An item of luggage includes a rigid, generally rectangular luggage body having rounded corners, and a pair of generally rectangular, flexible walls which engage opposite sides of the luggage body to define the luggage interior. The corners of the flexible walls are cut to form notches, and a section of flexible, resilient material is sewn into the notches in a manner causing the section of material to form a three-dimensional, contoured shape having an edge which can be placed against and sewn to an adjacent rounded edge of the luggage body. PVC piping is sewn between the flexible walls and the luggage body and section of flexible, resilient material to give the luggage a pleasing appearance and to help strengthen the corner construction.

Abstract: A multiple compartment suitcase defining an interior region has parallel rectangular panels, an interior side wall defined by coextensive spaced apart sides normal to the panels, a rectangular base parallel to a rectangular top and normal to the base. Intermediate the panels, a pad dividing the interior space into two compartments and a pad encompassing skirt is joined to the interior side walls. The skirt has a width greater than the normal distance from the pad extremities to the side wall. The pad is movable from a first position providing approximately similar volume compartments, to a second position in which the pad is substantially flush with the one of the panels to enable nesting of similar, yet smaller suitcases therein.