Exposed film container

A portable container for quick storage of film cartridges or other small objects, comprising:

• a pouch that is of a size that is carriable at the waist of a human being, the pouch defining a compartment and a substantially circular opening, the opening permitting access into the compartment;
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• a plurality of flaps each having an outer and an inner surface attached to the pouch so that the inner surfaces of the flaps face toward the compartment and the outer surfaces of the flaps face away from the compartment, one of the outer and inner surfaces of each flap overlapping the other of the outer and inner surfaces of an adjacent one of the other members and covering the opening so as to prevent the departure through the opening of a film cartridge or small object contained in the compartment, the flaps being made of a resilient and flexible material so that the flaps will displace away from each other when a film cartridge or other small object is pushed by hand against the outer surfaces of the flaps in order to create a dilating aperture at a common meeting point of the flaps that will admit the film cartridge or other small object directly into the compartment and then will return to their original shape in order to substantially cover the opening, thereby permitting the swift one-handed insertion of the film cartridge or other small object into the compartment and thereafter retaining the film cartridge or other small object in the compartment.

An exposed film container that is portable and quickly loaded with film cartridges while securely retaining the cartridges, comprising:

• a pouch small enough to be carried at the waist of a person and having a tubular side wall with an inner side and an outer side and first and second ends, the side wall being joined at the first end of the side wall to a bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall defining a cylindrical chamber, and the side wall having a second end of the side wall defining a circular opening through which access may be had to the chamber from outside the pouch;
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• a plurality of flaps each having an outer and an inner surface attached to the second end of the side wall and extending inwardly from the second end of the side wall so that the inner surfaces of the flaps face toward the compartment and the outer surfaces of the flaps face away from the compartment, the flaps being spaced equidistantly so as to cover overlapping sectors of the circular opening in order to prevent the departure of film cartridges contained in the chamber through the opening and arranged so that one of the outer and inner surfaces of each of the flaps overlaps the other of the outer and inner surfaces of an adjacent flap of the plurality of flaps, the flaps being made of a resilient and flexible material so that the flaps will displace away from each other when a cartridge is pushed by hand against the outer surfaces of the flaps in order to create a temporary aperture at a common meeting point of the flaps that will admit the cartridge directly into the chamber and the flaps will then return to substantially their original shape in order to cover the opening, thereby permitting the swift one-handed insertion of the cartridge into the chamber and thereafter retaining the cartridge in the chamber.