# US 5,348,383 A · Two way opening display case

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- Number: US 5,348,383 A
- Document ID: US5348383A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/969,118
- Filed: 1992-10-30
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1992-10-30
- Inventors: K. Thomas Ritt
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5348383A

## CPC

- E05D 15/52: for opening about a vertical as well as a horizontal axis
- A47F 3/005: {with glass panels}
- E05Y 2900/20: for furniture, e.g. cabinets
- E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00)
- A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF

## Abstract

A display case with a lid or door being capable of opening in two directions about an axes perpendicular to each opening direction. The lid or door is attached to a subframe with a pivotal means, such as a hinge, and the subframe is attached to a main frame with a pivotal means perpendicular to the pivotal means attached between the lid and the subframe. The lid or door can be opened in one direction by pivoting the pivotal means attached between the lid and subframe or can be opened the position perpendicular to that by pivoting the pivotal means between the subframe and main frame, thus pivoting the lid and subframe together.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A two way opening display case which includes;
a main frame, consisting of a planar bottom and a plurality of walls, each having an inner side facing the inside of the frame and an outer side facing the outside of the frame and each wall extending upwardly from said bottom wherein the inner sides of the walls define and inner perimeter and wherein an opening is defined at the top of the main frame sides, a subframe having an opening in the top is fittedly positioned inside the main frame wherein the subframe has subframe walls which are correspondingly sized and shaped to permit the subframe to fit inside and adjacent the inner perimeter of the main frame along the inner side of each of the main frame walls
a lid,
wherein the first hinge means is positioned along a wall of the main frame and connected thereto and is also connected to a first edge of the lid such that the lid may pivot along the axis of the hinge on its first edge, and wherein the second hinge means is positioned along a subframe wall of the subframe and connected thereto and is also connected to an adjacent second edge of the lid wherein the first edge and second edge are perpendicular to one another, such that the lid may pivot along the axis of the second hinge on its second edge.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display case defined in claim 1 made of non-ferrous metal such as aluminum.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display case defined in claim 1 made of ferrous metal such as steel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The display case defined in claim 1 made of petroleum by-products such as plastic.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The display case defined in claim 1 made of wood or wood by-products.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The display case defined in claim 1 with said main frame walls made of non-ferrous metal such as aluminum, and the bottom made of a wood by-product such as chipboard and the said lid made from non-ferrous metal such as aluminum and a translucent material such as glass or plastic.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The display cabinet of claim 1 wherein there are four main frame walls and four subframe walls and four external edges on the lid and wherein the walls of each of the main frame and subframe from a rectangular storage area.