Transport, storage and display case and system
OwnerCarmel Paul Storaceinventor
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Abstract
A transport, storage and display case (10) and a transport storage and display case system of stacking compartments that can be interconnected and formed into multiple orientations according to the user's needs. The system is convertible between a display configuration and a stacked transport/storage configuration. Each case has rabbet ledges (62, 64) at its upper and lower edges for cooperating with adjacent cases. The outer surface of each case has one or more magnets provided to facilitate secure interaction between adjacent cases arranged in the display configuration.
Claims8
(canceled)
A case suitable for use in a transport, storage and display case system convertible between a display configuration and a stacked transport/storage configuration, the case comprising:
- a frame portion comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion;
- a first side portion;
- a second side portion;
- and
- an inwardly oriented flange extending at least partially around the inner lower perimeter of the frame portion;
- each of the first end portion, the second end portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion having a lower edge having an outwardly oriented first rabbet ledge and an upper edge having an inwardly oriented second rabbet ledge,
- a bottom portion configured to engage the inwardly oriented flange of the frame portion;
- and
- a plurality of upper magnets located around an upper periphery of the frame portion and a plurality of lower magnets located around a lower periphery of the frame portion,
- wherein the upper magnets and the lower magnets are located to provide secure interaction between adjacent cases when two or more of said cases are in the stacked transport/storage configuration, and
- wherein the outwardly oriented first rabbet ledge and the inwardly oriented second rabbet ledge of the frame portion are configured to fittingly engage when two or more of said cases are in the stacked transport/storage configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.