US Patent Issued to HERMES SELLIER on Oct. 20 for "Luggage-type baggage article" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,654, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HERMES SELLIER (Paris).

"Luggage-type baggage article" was invented by Franck Couvidat (Saint Molf, France), Mickael Lepine (Le Luart, France) and Vincent Le Men (La Ferte-Bernard, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An item of luggage includes an extendable and retractable handle mechanism having a handle axle to which a grip portion is mechanically connected. An elongate member is mounted to be movable in translation relative to a fixed sheath. A locking/unlocking system is mechanically connected to elongate member and at least partly housed in the sheath. An interface system includes a cam...