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Document transportation case
OwnerCarroll E. Russellinventor
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A document transportation case is provided for transporting computer data cards, checks, other data documents (hereinafter "data card" or "data cards") and computer printouts, said document transportation case includes a cover having a recessed upper surface for receiving the bottom of a second document transportation case stacked thereon, said cover having recessed front and back edges which protect closure means fixed within the recesses of the front and back edges, a case container having sidewalls which fit inside the case cover and interlock therewith to strengthen the case and protect the data cards and printouts contained therein, said case container having recessed front and rear edges similar to the case cover for protecting a case handle and complementary closure means which cooperate with the closure means on the case cover to retain the cover on the container, said case container having a downwardly projection storage recess in the bottom thereof which fits in the recess of an adjacent case cover when the cases are stacked and provides a storage compartment for the computer printouts, and data card carrying trays which fit within the compartment formed by the case cover and the case container, said carrying trays have handles to simplify removal from the case container and said trays rest on a lip formed between the storage recess and the sidewalls of the case container.
A document transportation case for carrying and storing computer data cards, computer printouts and the like, said case comprising at least one elongated tray in which the computer cards may be carried, a case container of open-topped box configuration to receive the tray, said case container having a bottom surface with a printout storage recess projecting outwardly from said bottom surface, a support surface on the inside of the case container adjacent the printout-storage recess to support the card tray above the printout-storage recess when the tray is placed in the case container, a case cover of open-topped box configuration having a top surface and an inwardly directed recess in said top surface which is complementary to said printout-storage recess in the case container, thereby permitting transportation cases to be stacked with the recesses of adjacent cases interlocking to prevent any sliding between adjacent cases, and locking means for retaining the case cover on the case container.
A document transportation case for carrying and storing computer data cards, computer printouts, and the like, said case comprising two elongated card-carrying trays having sidewalls and endwalls to form an upwardly opening box and a bottom with upwardly opening channels adjacent the sidewalls and a central channel, a guide rod extending over the length of the central channel and through the endwalls of the tray, a compression plate having an upper portion and a downwardly projecting central portion with a slide hole in the central portion for mounting over the guide rod to provide a compression plate for compressing data cards carried in the card trays, a case container having sidewalls and a bottom to form an upwardly opening box, said bottom having a downwardly projecting printout storage recess and a tray-supporting surface between the storage recess and the sidewall of the case container, said sidewalls dimensioned to retain the two card trays in a horizontal side-by-side position, two opposite sidewalls of the case container having latch recesses in the sidewalls extending to the upper edges of the sidewalls, a case cover forming a downwardly opening box and having a top surface and sidewalls with an outwardly displaced lip extending around the lower edge thereof which overlaps the sidewalls of the case container when the case cover is installed over the open end of the case container, said case cover having an inwardly directed recess in said top surface which is complementary to the printout storage recess in the case container thereby permitting transportation cases to be stacked with the recesses interlocking to prevent any sliding between adjacent cases during storing and transporting and said case cover being sized to fit closely over the card tray when it is positioned on the support surface in the case container, toggle-action latches mounted in the latch recesses on the case container and latch posts mounted in similar latch recesses on the case cover to interact with the toggle-action latches to lock the case cover on the case container during storing and transporting and a carrying handle pivotally mounted in one of the latch recesses on the case container.
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