Collapsible luggage carrier

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A collapsible luggage carrier comprising a handle having portions adjacent its lower end adapted to provide support for an article in a first plane; a base having a pair of leg members joined to the handle for pivotal movement between an extended position in which portions of the base provide support for an article in a second plane disposed substantially orthogonally to the first plane and a collapsed position in which said base is substantially parallel with the first plane; a pair of transversely spaced-apart wheeled carriages attached to the lower end of the handle portion for pivotal movement between an extended position in which the axes of rotation of the wheels are in parallel relation to the first plane and a collapsed position in which the wheeled carriages are retraced and the axes of rotation of the wheels are disposed orthogonally to the first plane, and cam means including an S-shaped cam slot located in each wheeled carriage through which a respective leg member of said base extends, said cam means moving the wheeled carriages between their extended and collapsed positions in response to movement of the base between its extended and collapsed positions respectively.
2.
A collapsible luggage carrier according to claim 1 wherein the handle includes spaced-apart parallel shaft portions at its lower end disposed substantially in the first plane and each carriage includes a socket portion pivotably received by a corresponding shaft portion of the handle.
3.
A collapsible luggage carrier according to claim 2 wherein each leg member of the base is coupled to a corresponding shaft portion of the handle for articulation by a pivot pin, and wherein the socket portion has a slot through which the pivot pin extends, the slot enabling pivoting of the carriage about the corresponding shaft portion.
4.
A collapsible luggage carrier according to claim 3 wherein each carriage is generally U-shaped in plan and includes a base portion having the socket and the cam slot and a pair of leg portions extending from the base portion and supporting an axle and straddling a wheel mounted on the axle