Extendable luggage

Abstract

Luggage in which the main storage compartment is extendable. The compartment cover is also extendable, comprising material that covers the opening of the main storage compartment through which the compartment is packed with items.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An extendable luggage device comprising:
 a bottom section having a bottom, a plurality of sidewalls, a top opening and a side opening, the plurality of sidewalls coupled to the bottom;   a top section having a top, a plurality of sidewalls a bottom opening, and a side opening, the plurality of sidewalls coupled to the top;   the top section slidably coupled to the bottom section with the side opening of the top section and the side opening of the bottom section defining a front opening;   a cover designed to cover the front opening;   wherein the bottom section, the top section, and the cover define an interior volume.   
     
     
         2 . The extendable luggage device of  claim 1 , further comprising a cover storage device coupled to a bottom surface of the bottom. 
     
     
         3 . The extendable luggage device of  claim 1 , wherein the cover is designed to slidably cover the front opening. 
     
     
         4 . The extendable luggage device of  claim 1 , further comprising a cover locking mechanism coupled to at least one of the cover and the top of the top section. 
     
     
         5 . The extendable luggage device of  claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a flexible material. 
     
     
         6 . The extendable luggage device of  claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a plurality of rigid horizontal slats. 
     
     
         7 . An extendable luggage system comprising:
 a bottom section having a bottom, a plurality of sidewalls, a top opening and a side opening, the plurality of sidewalls coupled to the bottom;   a top section having a top, a plurality of sidewalls a bottom opening, and a side opening, the plurality of sidewalls coupled to the top;   the top section slidably coupled to the bottom section with the side opening of the top section and the side opening of the bottom section defining a front opening;   a cover storage device coupled to a bottom surface of the bottom; and   a cover coupled to the cover storage device, the cover designed to slidably cover the front opening;   wherein the bottom section, the top section, and the cover define an interior volume.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the top section is smaller than the bottom section. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the bottom section is smaller than the top section. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the cover comprises a flexible material. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the cover is designed to roll up in the cover storage device. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the cover comprises a plurality of rigid horizontal slats. 
     
     
         13 . An extendable luggage system comprising:
 a bottom section having a bottom, a left side, a right side, and a back side, the back side permanently coupled at right angles to the left side and the right side, and the bottom permanently coupled at right angles to the back side, the left side, and the right side;   a top section having a top, a left side, a right side, and a back side, the back side permanently coupled at right angles to the left side and the right side, and the top permanently coupled at right angles to the back side, the left side, and the right side;   the top section slidably coupled to the bottom section with the left sides disposed in parallel planes adjacent to each other, the right sides disposed in parallel planes adjacent to each other, and the back sides disposed in parallel planes adjacent to each other, wherein a free edge of each of the left sides, the right sides, the top, and the bottom define an opening;   a cover storage device permanently coupled to a bottom surface of the bottom; and   a cover permanently coupled at a bottom end to the cover storage device and slidably coupled to the left and right sides of the bottom section and the top section;   wherein the bottom section and the top section when slidably coupled together and with the cover extended from the free edge of the bottom to the free edge of the top defining an interior volume as a luggage storage compartment.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13  further comprising:
 a plurality of sliding member pairs permanently coupled to the back, left, and right sides of the top section and the bottom section, or permanently coupled to the edges of the top section and the bottom section where the back, left, and right sides meet, or a combination of both, slidably coupling each of the sliding members permanently coupled to the top section to a corresponding sliding member of the bottom section. 
 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 an extension device permanently coupled to the bottom section and operatively coupled to the sliding members permanently coupled to the top section.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13  further comprising:
 a plurality of casters permanently coupled to the bottom side of the bottom; and 
 a cover locking mechanism permanently coupled to at least one of the cover and the free edge of the top.