Storage device for hats and/or caps

A storage device for storing at least one hat or cap, said storage device comprising:

• an outer shell having at least one bulged portion,
• wherein said storage device is capable of assuming a closed configuration and an open configuration;
• a pivotally movable closure that forms a portion of said outer shell in said closed configuration and is pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position relative to a portion of said outer shell that does not include said pivotally movable closure,
• wherein said open position of said pivotally movable closure corresponds to said open configuration of said outer shell, and wherein said closed position of said pivotally movable closure corresponding to said closed configuration of said outer shell,
• wherein said outer shell defines an enclosed space for storing the at least one hat or cap at least when said pivotally movable closure is in said closed position, and
• wherein said storage device has an interior comprising said enclosed space and said interior of said storage device is accessible when said pivotally movable closure is in said open position;
• pivot means for allowing said pivotal movement of said pivotally movable closure relative to said portion of said outer shell that does not include said pivotally movable closure;
• latch means for selectively securing said pivotally movable closure in said closed position;
• limit means for limiting said pivotal movement of said pivotally movable closure relative to said portion of said outer shell that does not include said pivotally movable closure so as to limit a size of an opening in said storage device resulting from said pivotally movable closure being in said open position;
• and
• a swivel hook secured to said outer shell.

A storage device for storing at least one hat or cap, said storage device comprising:

• a first shell having an open side;
• a second shell having an open side,
• wherein said storage device is capable of assuming a closed configuration and an open configuration,
• wherein said first shell and said second shell cooperatively define an enclosed space for storing the at least one hat or cap at least when said storage device is in said closed configuration,
• wherein said storage device has an interior comprising said enclosed space and said interior of said storage device is accessible when said storage device is in said open configuration, and
• wherein said open side of said first shell faces said open side of said second shell at least when said storage device is in said closed configuration;
• at least one pivotally movable closure that is pivotally supported for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position,
• wherein said pivotally movable closure forms at least a portion of at least one of said first shell and said second shell that is pivotally supported for pivotal movement between said open position and said closed position,
• wherein said pivotally movable closure being in said closed position at least when said storage device is in said closed configuration;
• pivot means for allowing said pivotal movement of said pivotally movable closure;
• limit means for limiting said pivotal movement of said pivotally movable closure so as to limit a size of an opening in said storage device resulting at least in part from said pivotally movable closure being in said open position;
• a first flange and a second flange,
• wherein said first flange extends along at least a portion of a perimeter of at least a portion of one of said first shell and said second shell that is not formed by said pivotally movable closure,
• wherein said second flange extends along at least a portion of a perimeter of said pivotally movable closure, and
• wherein one of said first flange and said second flange has a cutout;
• and
• a slide supported for rectilinear movement between a latched position and an unlatched position on one of said first flange and said second flange that does not have said cutout,
• wherein said slide captures portions of both said first flange and said second flange to keep said pivotally movable closure in said closed position when said slide is in said latched position,
• wherein said slide registers with said cutout so as to allow movement of said pivotally movable closure to said open position when said slide is in said unlatched position, and
• wherein latch means is comprised of said cutout, said slide, and portions of said first flange and said second flange that define said cutout and are within a range covered by said slide in said latched position and said unlatched position and as said slide moves between said latched position and said unlatched position when said pivotally movable closure is in said closed position.