Modular equipment case
AssigneeBecklin Holdings, Inc.
InventorDennis M. Becklin
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Abstract
A container includes a sealing system coupled to an interior surface of the container's lid or cover. The sealing system includes a rotatable latch that, when rotated, cooperates with a number of gears to and a cam assembly formed in the lid to actuate a number of arms or links. In one embodiment, some of the arms extend approximately radially from a driven gear and operate to move an engagement member of the sealing assembly into contact with a complementary engagement member coupled to a base portion of the container. This engagement, in turn, compresses a seal or gasket located between the lid portion and the base portion of the container.
Claims16
1-20. (canceled)
An equipment container comprising:
- a base portion forming a containment space to receive equipment, the base portion defining one or more lip portions;
- a lid configured to secure to the base portion, the lid including a center portion and a rim portion surrounding at a perimeter of the center portion;
- one or more deformable tangs each having a first end portion, a curved portion extending over the rim portion and an engagement portion on a second end portion, the curved portion being between the first and second end portions;
- one or more guides coupled to the lid and each defining a path between the guide and the rim portion, each of the one or more deformable tangs passing between a guide of the one or more guides and the rim portion;
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- a latch coupled to the first end portions of the one or more deformable tangs and defining a closed position wherein the latch urges the one or more engagement portions into engagement with the one or more lip portions and an open position wherein the latch urges the deformable tangs out of engagement with the one or more lip portions.
A method comprising:
- providing a base portion forming a containment space to receive equipment, the base portion defining one or more lip portions;
- placing a lid over the base portion, the lid including a center portion and a rim portion surrounding at a perimeter of the center portion;
- providing one or more deformable tangs each having a first end portion, a curved portion extending over the rim portion and an engagement portion on a second end portion, the curved portion being between the first and second end portions;
- one or more guides coupled to the lid and each defining a path between the guide and the rim portion, each of the one or more deformable tangs passing between a guide of the one or more guides and the rim portion;
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- urging the deformable tangs inwardly effective to urge the one or more engagement portions into engagement with the one or more lip portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.