In 1987, pilot Robert Plath built a two-wheeled suitcase in his garage, helping create the modern carry-on

Forget the 1997 myth! The rolling suitcase wasn't a sudden airport invention. Its journey began decades earlier with Bernard ...
CNN

The Aer Carry-On’s wheel-braking system is the most useful luggage innovation I’ve seen in years

The Aer Carry-On is the smartest hard-shell carry-on I’ve tested, and you can’t convince me otherwise. Look, we’ve all been there — you’re standing on a slope trying to figure out where your Airbnb is ...
The New York Times

This New Sleek Suitcase Intrigued Our Luggage Expert. So We Tried It.

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In 1970, a traveler struggling with heavy luggage imagined wheels on a suitcase, and airport life suddenly got easier

Some inventions are celebrated because they introduce entirely new technologies, while others become successful because they remove a frustration that millions of people had quietly accepted as ...