Is this the future of hands-free luggage?
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Ever thought your life could be improved by having a short, inflexible tail?
Then My Hitch — a new hands-free travel accessory — could be the gadget for you.
The concept’s simple: Hook one end of the 22-centimeter piece of curved plastic into your waistband or belt and rest the extended handle of your wheeled suitcase in the other.
Then stroll off — chatting on your phone, gesticulating wildly or playing double-handed accordion — with your suitcase rolling merrily behind.
Think of it like a caravan vacation, except you’re the car and there’s a tow bar at the top of your buttocks.
How does it work?
There are a few obvious hitches to My Hitch, but designer Robert Lian, a 53-year-old Florida-based airline pilot, reckons he’s anticipated most of them.
1. If you start waddling around a crowded concourse like a blundering scorpion, you’re bound to take out some passersby with your luggage tail.
That’s why the My Hitch website includes the warning — underlined, in bold block capitals — that it’s not to be used with children or animals, on the street or near vehicles or in elevators or escalators.
So where exactly can you use it?
Well, Lian says it’s “designed for travelers who frequent large airports and have long walks to the gate” (although you’d better take it off before going near any stairs).
2. A question of public decency: Are my pants going to fall down?
“If you are wearing an elastic waistband, then it certainly would,” admits Lian. He says “the product works well with either a tight waistband or a belt.”
Though he does add the alarming postscript, “there is a slight tug on your waistband with each step.”
So once you get past the sensation of thinking your pants are about to fall down, you’re home free………………………….
Source : cnn