Carrying case
OwnerRobert L. Messmoreinventor
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Abstract
A carrying case for transporting an article in an upright condition is described including a deep box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of side walls, a bottom, and defining an upwardly opening chamber therein. Advantageously, the case includes a laterally positionable holding apparatus which is secured to the box within the chamber for engagement with the opposite edges of the article and for holding it in spaced relation away from the front and rear walls. The case also includes a handle for carrying it and supporting it as a working surface, and a removable cover that serves as a tray.
Claims6
A carrying case comprising:
- an upwardly opening box having a bottom, a first pair of facing walls connected rigidly to said bottom, a second pair of facing walls connected rigidly to said bottom, a top edge, and a bottom edge;
- a removable member;
- first means for releasably connecting said removable member to said box substantially at said top edge, said removable member being of a construction sufficient for serving as a cover to said box thereat, said first means including first and second hinge elements and a hinge pin, said first hinge element being connected to said removable member, said second hinge element being connected to said box substantially at said top edge, said hinge pin being of a construction sufficient for pivotally interconnecting said first and second hinge elements;
- second means for releasably connecting said removable member to said box substantially at said bottom edge, said removable member being of a construction sufficient for serving as a tray thereat, said second means including a third hinge element connected to said box substantially at said bottom edge, said hinge pin being of a construction sufficient for pivotally interconnecting said first and third hinge elements.
A carrying case comprising:
- an upwardly opening box having a bottom, a first pair of facing walls, a second pair of facing walls, a top edge, and a bottom edge;
- a removable member;
- first means for releasably connecting said removable member to said box substantially at said top edge, said removable member being of a construction sufficient for serving as a cover to said box thereat;
- second means for releasably connecting said removable member to said box substantially at said bottom edge, said removable member being of a construction sufficient for serving as a tray thereat;
- a handle pivotally connected to said box, said handle being of a construction sufficient for frictional retaining engagement with said removable member when said removable member serves as a cover;
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- means for selectively bracing said handle at a position sufficient for supporting said box at a preselected angle of inclination relative to a vertical plane.
A carrying case, for transporting an article in an upright condition, comprising:
- an upwardly opening box including a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of side walls, a bottom, a top edge on said rear wall and a bottom edge on said rear wall;
- holding means for carrying the article in spaced relation away from said front and rear walls;
- a removable cover;
- first means for releasably and pivotally connecting said removable cover to said top edge of said box, said first means including a first bracket connected to said rear wall;
- second means for releasably and pivotally connecting said removable cover to said bottom edge of said box in an inverted position serving as a tray, said second means including a second bracket connected to said rear wall;
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- a third bracket connected to said removable cover, said brackets being of a construction sufficient for releasably receiving a hinge pin and being pivotally interconnected thereby.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.