Luggage Coupling Assembly

Abstract

A luggage coupling assembly for attaching a plurality of articles of luggage together to facilitate the plurality of articles of luggage to be transported on rollers of a single article of luggage includes a plurality of engagements that is each coupled to an outer wall of a respective one of a plurality of articles of luggage. Each of the engagements releasably engages one another to couple the articles of luggage together. In this way the plurality of articles of luggage can be transported on rollers of a single one of the articles of luggage.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A luggage coupling assembly for attaching two or more articles of luggage together for enhancing transporting the articles of luggage, said assembly comprising:
 a plurality of engagements, each of said engagements being coupled to an outer wall of a respective one of a plurality of articles of luggage, each of said engagements releasably engaging one another to couple the articles of luggage together thereby facilitating the plurality of articles of luggage to be transported on rollers of a single one of the articles of luggage, said plurality of engagements including an upward engagement and a downward engagement, each of said upward engagements being positioned on a first lateral side of the respective article of luggage, each of said downward engagements being positioned on a second lateral side of the receptive article of luggage, each of said upward engagements being releasably attachable to said downward engagement on a respective article of luggage.   
     
     
         2 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of engagements comprises a panel being coupled to an outer surface of the outer wall of the respective article of luggage, said panel being positioned on the first lateral side of the outer wall, said panel having an exposed surface with respect to the outer surface of the outer wall of the respective article of luggage. 
     
     
         3 . The assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein each of said engagements comprises a leg being coupled to and extending away from said exposed surface of said panel, said leg being oriented to extend along a line being oriented parallel to a top side of the outer wall of the article of luggage. 
     
     
         4 . The assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein said leg of said downward engagement is positioned closer to the top end of the outer wall than a bottom end of the outer wall of the article of luggage. 
     
     
         5 . The assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein said leg of said upward engagement is positioned closer to the bottom end of the outer wall than the top end of the outer wall of the article of luggage. 
     
     
         6 . The assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein said leg of said upward engagements has a depth being greater than a depth of said leg of said downward engagements. 
     
     
         7 . The assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein each of said engagements includes a foot being coupled to and extending perpendicularly away from said leg, said foot being spaced from said panel having said foot lying on a plane being coplanar with said exposed surface of said panel, said foot defining a space between said foot and said panel. 
     
     
         8 . The assembly according to  claim 7 , wherein said foot has a distal end with respect to said leg, said foot having and a first surface and a second surface, said first surface being directed toward said exposed surface of said panel, said distal end sloping downwardly between said second surface and said first surface. 
     
     
         9 . The assembly according to  claim 7 , wherein said foot on said upward engagements is directed toward the top end of the outer wall of the article of luggage. 
     
     
         10 . The assembly according to  claim 7 , wherein said foot on said downward engagements is directed toward the bottom end of the outer wall of the article of luggage. 
     
     
         11 . The assembly according to  claim 7 , wherein said foot of said downward engagement on one of the articles of luggage slides into said space between said foot and said panel of said upward engagement on an adjacent one of the articles of luggage to attach the articles of luggage together. 
     
     
         12 . A luggage coupling assembly for attaching two or more articles of luggage together for enhancing transporting the articles of luggage, said assembly comprising:
 a plurality of engagements, each of said engagements being coupled to an outer wall of a respective one of a plurality of articles of luggage, each of said engagements releasably engaging one another to couple the articles of luggage together thereby facilitating the plurality of articles of luggage to be transported on rollers of a single one of the articles of luggage, said plurality of engagements including an upward engagement and a downward engagement, each of said upward engagements being positioned on a first lateral side of the respective article of luggage, each of said downward engagements being positioned on a second lateral side of the receptive article of luggage, each of said upward engagements being releasably attachable to said downward engagement on a respective article of luggage, each of said plurality of engagements comprising:
 a panel being coupled to an outer surface of the outer wall of the respective article of luggage, said panel being positioned on the first lateral side of the outer wall, said panel having an exposed surface with respect to the outer surface of the outer wall of the respective article of luggage; 
 a leg being coupled to and extending away from said exposed surface of said panel, said leg being oriented to extend along a line being oriented parallel to a top side of the outer wall of the article of luggage, said leg of said downward engagement being positioned closer to the top end of the outer wall than a bottom end of the outer wall of the article of luggage, said leg of said upward engagement being positioned closer to the bottom end of the outer wall than the top end of the outer wall of the article of luggage, said leg of said upward engagements having a depth being greater than a depth of said leg of said downward engagements; and 
 a foot being coupled to and extending perpendicularly away from said leg, said foot being spaced from said panel having said foot lying on a plane being coplanar with said exposed surface of said panel, said foot defining a space between said foot and said panel, said foot having a distal end with respect to said leg, said foot having and a first surface and a second surface, said first surface being directed toward said exposed surface of said panel, said distal end sloping downwardly between said second surface and said first surface, said foot on said upward engagements being directed toward the top end of the outer wall of the article of luggage, said foot on said downward engagements being directed toward the bottom end of the outer wall of the article of luggage, said foot of said downward engagement on one of the articles of luggage sliding into said space between said foot and said panel of said upward engagement on an adjacent one of the articles of luggage to attach the articles of luggage together.