Carrying case for storing a computer and a printer operatively connected thereto

A carrying case for storing a computer and a printer operatively connected thereto for use thereof in the carrying case, comprising:

• a case formed in two parts which are pivotally connected together along one side of said case;
• closure means disposed on the other side of said case for removably securing said two parts together;
• handle means disposed on said case for single-handed portability of said case;
• insert means for removably supporting a computer and a printer discrete from the computer in said case so that the computer and printer can be operatively connected together and used without removal thereof from said case, and
• paper storage means discrete from the printer disposed in said case for receiving folded paper and guiding the folded paper as it is unfolded and withdrawn by said printer during a printing operation while the printer is supported in said case, said paper storage means comprising a space positioned beneath said computer when the computer is supported in the case which accommodates a stack of folded paper and guides a continuous sheet of the folded paper such that the continuous sheet forms a loop which passes through said space as it is unfolded and withdrawn by said printer during a printing operation when the printer is supported in the case, said insert means comprising at least one foam insert which defines said space and positions said computer and said printer in said case.

A carrying case for storing a computer and a printer operatively connected thereto for use thereof in the carrying case, comprising:

• a case formed in two parts which are pivotally connected together along one side of said case;
• closure means disposed on the other side of said case for removably securing said two parts together;
• handle means disposed on said case for single-handed portability of said case;
• insert means for removably supporting a computer and a printer discrete from the computer in said case so that the computer and the printer can be operatively connected together and used without removal thereof from said case;
• paper storage means disposed in said case for receiving folded paper and guiding the folded paper as it is unfolded and withdrawn by the printer during a printing operation while the printer is supported in said case, said insert means comprising a plurality of foam inserts which cooperate to define said paper storage means and position the computer and the printer in said case, said inserts including a pair of spaced-apart computer support members disposed adjacent opposite inner walls of said case, said computer support members defining therebetween said paper storage means, a printer support member disposed between said opposite inner walls of said case, a separator member along said opposite inner walls of said case and along opposite inner end walls of said case, said separator member being disposed between each of said computer support members and said opposite inner walls of said case and having a height in a direction perpendicular to a bottom surface of said case greater than the height in said direction of said computer support members, said separator member also being disposed between said printer support member and at least one of said inner end walls of said case, said separator member having an upper surface thereof separated from said bottom surface of said case by a distance greater than the distance between the upper surface of said printer support member and said bottom surface of said case.