SOLO Will Help Passengers CheckFast and Speed Past Airport Security

August 13, 2008– SOLO, a leader in lifestyle-focused collections of laptop and business cases, is developing an innovative new assortment of checkpoint friendly laptop cases called CheckFast. CheckFast bags will allow airline passengers to quickly travel through airport security without removing laptops from their cases. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has recently given manufacturers guidelines to manufacture and market checkpoint friendly bags. The new CheckFast cases from SOLO have been independently tested at test centers by SOLO. In addition Travel Sentry, a longtime partner with SOLO, has approved the new cases as meeting all current checkpoint security guidelines.

Travel Sentry has released its standards for laptop-friendly bags. SOLO is the first laptop case company to have fulfilled the design and testing requirements to be Travel Sentry Approved. Travel Sentry creates and manages standards which improve travel security in cooperation with government security agencies, airlines, airports and the travel goods industry.

By the Fall, SOLO plans to provide consumers with several CheckFast options within its various collections to meet the needs of the marketplace:

• A Tech Collection mesh-covered removable laptop sleeve for 15.4” laptops that features cut-out windows for easy identification by airport security.
  
• A Tech Collection clamshell “Mini Instant Messenger” that holds an 11” netbook.
  
• A Classic Collection clamshell portfolio for 15.4” laptops that will lay flat across the x-ray belt during screening.
  

SOLO is also marketing a patent pending “AlwaysOn” CheckFast sleeve, which will securely hug the laptop while also featuring vented openings in the back for cord pass-through. This will allow the user to utilize their laptop while it is still in the sleeve. The dual functionality not only protects laptops, but acts as a portable workstation. The “AlwaysOn” sleeve will be available to accommodate various sized laptops among several collection styles.

All of the products will be extremely affordable, priced from $30 to $60 and available at major office and consumer electronics stores.

Leticia Vargas, Director of Marketing at SOLO states, “SOLO has been working to create checkpoint-friendly cases for a number of reasons: to speed up airport security clearance, make traveling more convenient, and also to radically reduce the risk of lost or damaged laptops. The TSA reports that more than 25% of travelers are now traveling with notebooks, and studies show many laptops are damaged or lost due to chaotic removal of items at security checkpoints. Our consumers are road warriors! We are excited to offer additional innovative, consumer-focused solutions that aid in the protection of laptops and makes traveling faster and more convenient.”

For more information please visit www.solocases.com.

SOURCE SOLO