Hatbox with a concealable storage box
OwnerKenneth A. Fombyinventor
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Abstract
A hatbox including sidewalls, a bottom, and a lid, a hat stand secured on the bottom in the hatbox formed by a top and joining sidewalls opening through the bottom of the hatbox defining a storage vault within the hatbox opening through the hatbox bottom, and a storage box having a bottom, sidewalls, and a lid adapted to be latched in place concealed in the storage vault and to be mounted in the hatbox on the hat stand for containing and concealing jewelry and the like when traveling with a hat stored in the hatbox and accessible when the storage box is mounted on the hat stand and the hatbox lid is opened.
Claims10
A hatbox in with a concealable storage box comprising:
- a receptacle having a bottom, side walls, and a lid adapted to open and close defining a hat compartment;
- a hat stand secured in the hat compartment on the bottom thereof including an enclosure wall and top for supporting a hat spaced from the bottom of the compartment, the interior of the hat stand defining a storage vault opening through the bottom of the compartment;
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- a storage box having side walls, a bottom, and a lid;
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- latch structure for securing the storage box at a first concealed mode in the storage vault and in a second mode on the hat stand in the hat compartment with the bottom of the storage box secured with the hat stand for holding the box in place and permitting access into the box.
A hatbox with a concealable storage box comprising:
- a hatbox having a bottom, sidewalls, a hinged lid, and buckle assemblies for releasably locking the lid closed;
- a hollow hat stand in the hatbox secured with the bottom of the hatbox including longitudinally adjustable hat support brackets mounted on the hat stand, the interior of the hat stand forming a storage vault opening through the bottom of the hatbox;
- a storage box having sidewalls, a bottom, and a hinged lid sized and shaped to fit within the vault in the hat stand;
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- latch means in the top of the hat stand and in the bottom of the storage box for releasably locking the storage box at a first concealed position within the vault and at a second accessible position on the top of the hat stand at which the bottom of the storage box is releasably latched to the top of the hat stand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.