ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,209, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Phil and Teds Design Ltd. (Wellington, New Zealand).
"Multi-mode luggage apparatus and method" was invented by Philip John Bracen (Wellington, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luggage apparatus and method is described herein that introduce a separate wheeled sub-frame that mounts on the base of a luggage apparatus and which allows for dual mode use between an upright mode and a tilt mode. The geometry of the relationship between the bag frame and sub-frame of the luggage apparatus urges the beg to tilt and return upright. The luggage apparatus is securely supported about the sub-fra...