Transportable case for wet/dry environments
OwnerJeffrey S. Shaefferinventor
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Abstract
A transportable carrying cases for toiletries, cosmetics and personal hygiene items, for use in both wet and dry environments is disclosed. The carrying case has a main body portion with a top opening, and a perforate floor, a bottom portion configured to receive a lower portion of the main body portion in nesting or contiguous relationship, whereby excess moisture shed from articles contained in the main body portion is drained through the perforate floor into a reservoir provided in the bottom portion spaced below the perforate floor. A lid is secured in one of a plurality of telescoped positions to close the top opening of the main body portion, by a handle portion locking the lid in a closed configuration in one of a plurality of telescoped positions adjacent to the main body portion.
Claims31
A carrying case comprising:
- a main body portion having a plurality of walls defining a top opening, and a floor having a drain, the main body portion further including;
- a bottom portion adapted to be removably affixed to but spaced from the main body portion to define a reservoir between the floor and the bottom portion for receiving and retaining drainage from the main body portion;
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- a lid adapted to be removably affixed to the top opening of the main body portion;
- further including a handle affixed for rotation to the main body portion at a pivot, and a hook supported by the handle offset from the pivot;
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- a plurality of tabs spaced along a wall of the lid, whereby when the handle is rotated about the pivot in a first direction, the hook engages one of said tabs to lock the lid at a corresponding telescoped position relative to the main body, and when the handle is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction, the hook disengages the tab.
A carrying case comprising:
- a main body portion having a top opening, and a perforate floor;
- a bottom portion adapted to be affixed to the main body portion for receiving drainage through the perforate floor, the bottom portion spaced from the perforate floor to define a reservoir therebetween;
- a lid adapted to be removably affixed to the top opening of the main body portion;
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- a handle for securing the lid in a closed configuration in one of a plurality of telescoped positions adjacent to the main body portion;
- wherein the handle is affixed for rotation to the main body portion at a pivot the handle having a hook supported by the handle offset from the pivot;
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- a plurality of tabs spaced along a wall of the lid each tab defining a telescoped position of the lid relative to the opening to the main body portion whereby when the handle is rotated in a first direction, the hook engages one of said tabs to lock the lid at a corresponding telescoped position, and when the handle is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction, the hook disengages the tab to enable removal of the lid from the main body portion.
A carrying case comprising:
- a main body portion having a wall defining a top opening and supporting a base, and a perforate floor provided in the base;
- a bottom portion having an imperforate floor adapted to receive in nesting relationship the base of the main body portion, the perforate floor spaced above the imperforate floor to define a reservoir therebetween for receiving drainage through the perforate floor;
- a lid removably affixed to the top opening of the main body portion;
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- a handle secured for articulation to the main body portion, the handle including a gripping device for gripping one of a plurality of securement points provided on the lid, for securing the lid in a closed configuration in one of a plurality of telescoped positions relative to the top opening when the handle is articulated to a secured position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.