ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,899, issued on June 23, was assigned to LOJEL MANUFACTURING Co. LTD (Taichung City, Taiwan).
"Side-opening type suitcase" was invented by Hsi-Wu Chiang (Taichung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side-opening type suitcase includes a shell having a side opening and an accommodation space, a lid disposed to the side opening, an outer zipper provided between the side opening of the shell and the lid, a partition having a fixing portion and a bending portion connected with the fixing portion and configured to be bent relative to the fixing portion, and an inner zipper provided between an outer edge of the fixing portion and ...