Case structure with two openable sides
OwnerHsien-Chang Wuinventor
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Abstract
A case structure with two openable sides including an upper casing, a lower casing, a series of hingedly connected holding plates disposed between the upper and lower casings, and a plurality of hinge/latch blocks. The upper casing is provided with hinge/latch blocks at both a front end and a rear end thereof at corresponding positions, such that the case may be openable from the front end or the rear end with the hinge/latch blocks at either end as pivots. Each holding plate is double-sided so that it may contain objects on both of its sides to effective use the space available in the case. The holding plates may hold compact disks, magnetic disks, cosmetics, and the like.
Claims6
A case structure with two openable sides, comprising:
- an upper casing having front and rear sides;
- a lower casing having front and rear sides;
- a series of hingedly connected holding plates which are disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing so as to be containable within the case structure;
- a first pair of hinge/latch blocks connected to the front side of the upper casing, the first pair of hinge/latch blocks being laterally movable between a latched position and an unlatched position;
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- a second pair of hinge/latch blocks connected to the rear side of the upper casing, the second pair of hinge/latch blocks also being laterally movable between the latched position and the unlatched position, the latched position being a position in which the respective pair of hinge/latch blocks engage the lower casing and form a hinge between the upper and lower casings, the unlatched position being a position in which the respective pair of hinge/latch blocks disengage the lower casing and allow the respective side of the upper casing to be opened, whereby the case is openable from both the front side and the rear side by laterally moving the first pair of hinge/latch blocks into the unlatched position with the second pair of hinge/latch blocks in the latched position or moving the second pair of hinge/latch blocks into the unlatched position with the first pair of hinge/latch blocks in the latched position, respectively.
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