Handling case with incorporated foldable lid
AssigneeAllibert S.A.
InventorMichel Moret
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Abstract
Handling case with incorporated foldable lid. According to the invention, the case includes a lid made of two parts (4, 5) hinged to one another about a hinge (6) and which may be tipped against one another, hook-shaped mechanisms (12) being provided on the front part (5) of the lid which lock into slots (13) formed in a corresponding location along the edge (14) of the case when the lid is closed. The invention is applicable in particular to cases which can be stacked one inside the other when they are empty.
Claims7
A handling case entailing a lid hinged to the body of the case along one of its edges along a hinge formed toward the upper edge of the case, characterized in that the said lid (3) is divided into two parts (4, 5) hinged one to the other about a second hinge (6) parallel to the first hinge (9), respectively forming a rear part (4) articulated around the said first hinge (9) on the said edge of the case, and a front part (5) hinged to the said rear part (4) of the lid about the said second hinge (6), the said front part (5) including, in the vicinity of the ends of the said second hinge (6), hook-shaped or similar parts (12) which in the tipped position of the lid are locked into slots (13) formed in corresponding positions along the edge (14) of the case, the said front part (5) also including conventional locking mechanisms (21, 22) to lock the lid onto the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.