Make the wheels retractable into wheer the current briggs riley outside handles are.... so that it doens't take up anymore room. this alone should create about 1 3/8 by 3/4 by 14 inch space. Yet, most lugguge manufacturers aren't of average intelligence to figure this out. It's like: Yes, I got straight As in college for mechanical engineering. Let me go work at this luggage company for a promising career!!!