Expendable luggage

Abstract

An expandable luggage includes a compartment and a cover. The cover is swingly attached to the compartment to close and open the compartment. The compartment includes a bottom surface and a peripheral wall vertically extending from a periphery of the bottom surface, defining the compartment with a closable opening. Further, the cover includes a top surface and a protrusion vertically extending from a periphery of the top surface so that the protrusion coordinates with the compartment when the cover closes the closable opening. The expandable luggage includes a horizontally expandable gusseted arrangement configured along the entire peripheral wall of the compartment to horizontally expand a size of the compartment from all sides thereof and accessible from the closable opening.

What s claimed is: 
     
         1 . An expandable luggage, comprising:
 a compartment and a cover attached to the compartment to close and open the compartment, the compartment having a bottom surface and a peripheral wall vertically extending from a periphery of the bottom surface, defining the compartment with a closable opening, and the cover having a top surface and a protrusion vertically extending from a periphery of the top surface so that the protrusion coordinates with the compartment when the cover closes the closable opening; and   a horizontally expandable gusseted arrangement configured along the entire peripheral wall of the compartment to horizontally expand a size of the compartment from all sides thereof and accessible from the closable opening.   
     
     
         2 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a zipper arrangement coupled to the compartment and the cover to close and open the expandable luggage, wherein the zipper arrangement comprises a first zip member coupled across an entire periphery wall of the compartment, and a second zip member coupled to an entire periphery of the protrusion of the cover. 
     
     
         3 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 2  further comprising a strap member coupled to the zipper arrangement along it entire periphery, wherein the strap member extends from the first zip member across its entire periphery. 
     
     
         4 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the horizontally expandable gusseted arrangement comprises:
 a bottom gusset coupled to a bottom edge of the entire peripheral wall and the bottom surface of the compartment such that the bottom gusset foldably lies between the peripheral wall and the bottom surface of the compartment; and   a top gusset coupled to a top edge of the entire peripheral wall and to the zipper arrangement such that the top gusset lies between the peripheral wall and the zipper arrangement.   
     
     
         5 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the top gusset is coupled to the strap member to be foldably accommodated between the peripheral wall and the zipper arrangement. 
     
     
         6 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 4  further comprising top and bottom attaching arrangements along the peripheral wall. 
     
     
         7 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the top and bottom attaching arrangements along the peripheral wall are zip arrangements. 
     
     
         8 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 7  further comprising bands coupled along the top and bottom gussets to hold the expansion. 
     
     
         9 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the top and bottom attaching arrangements along the peripheral wall are a plurality of clip arrangements to clip and unclip the horizontally expandable gusseted arrangement. 
     
     
         10 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of clip arrangement comprises complementary engagements and elastically stretchable bands engaged between the complementary engagements to support the expanded top and bottom gussets during expansion. 
     
     
         11 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the top and bottom gussets are one of a flexible fabric material or a hard fabric material of combination thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a vertically expandable gusseted arrangement configured along the periphery of the top surface of the cover to expand a height of the cover to vertically increase the size of the compartment at a closed position of the compartment when the cover closes the closable opening, wherein the vertically expandable gusseted arrangement comprises a gusset coupled to an edge of the entire periphery of the top surface and to a top edge of the protrusion such that the gusset foldably lies between the top surface and the protrusion. 
     
     
         13 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 12  further comprising an attaching arrangement coupled along the periphery of the top surface of the cover. 
     
     
         14 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the attaching arrangement is a zip arrangement to zip the vertically expandable gusseted arrangement. 
     
     
         15 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 14  further comprising bands coupled along the gussets to hold the expansion. 
     
     
         16 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the attaching arrangement is a plurality of clip arrangement to clip and unclip the vertically expandable gusseted arrangement. 
     
     
         17 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of clip arrangement comprises complementary engagements and elastically stretchable bands engaged between the complementary engagements to support the expanded gussets during expansion. 
     
     
         18 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the gusset is one of a flexible fabric material or a hard fabric material of combination thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising:
 a handle arrangement having a telescopic handle, wherein the telescopic handle at its extended position supports one side of the horizontally expandable gusseted arrangement. 
 
     
     
         20 . The expandable luggage as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the handle arrangement further comprises a plurality of telescopic support elements coupled to the telescopic handle, wherein the plurality of telescopic support elements at their extended position supports from other three sides of the horizontally expandable gusseted arrangement.