Modular equipment case
AssigneeBecklin Holdings, Inc.
InventorDennis M. Becklin
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Abstract
A container includes a sealing system coupled to an interior surface of the container's lid or cover. The sealing system includes a rotatable latch that, when rotated, cooperates with a number of gears to and a cam assembly formed in the lid to actuate a number of arms or links. In one embodiment, some of the arms extend approximately radially from a driven gear and operate to move an engagement member of the sealing assembly into contact with a complementary engagement member coupled to a base portion of the container. This engagement, in turn, compresses a seal or gasket located between the lid portion and the base portion of the container.
Claims13
An equipment container comprising:
- a base portion forming a containment space to receive equipment, the base portion defining one or more projecting portions;
- a lid configured to secure to the base portion, the lid including a center portion;
- one or more deformable tangs each having a first end portion, an arcuate-shaped slider and an engagement portion on a second end portion, the arcuate-shaped slider being between the first and second end portions;
- one or more curved pathways each defined by an interior surface of the lid and a bracket secured to the lid, each of the one or more deformable tangs passing between a curved pathway of the one or more curved pathways, the one or more deformable tangs being slidable within the one or more curved pathways, the one or more curved pathways causing the first end portion and the second end portions to be perpendicular to one another;
- and a latch coupled to the first end portions of the one or more deformable tangs and defining a closed position wherein the latch urges first end portions inwardly parallel to the center portion thereby urging the one or more engagement portions into engagement with the one or more projecting portions and an open position wherein the latch urges the first end portions outwardly thereby urging the engagement portions out of engagement with the one or more projecting portions.
A method comprising:
- providing a base portion forming a containment space to receive equipment, the base portion defining one or more projecting portions;
- placing a lid over the base portion, the lid including a center portion;
- providing one or more deformable tangs each having a first end portion, an arcuate-shaped slider and an engagement portion on a second end portion, the arcuate-shaped slider being between the first and second end portions;
- one or more brackets coupled to the lid, each bracket defining a curved pathway between the each bracket and an interior surface of the lid, each of the one or more deformable tangs passing through the curved pathway defined by one of the one or more brackets;
- and urging the first end portions in an inward direction thereby drawing the arcuate-shaped slider through the curved pathway, resulting in the second end portions being urged in an upward direction perpendicular to the inward direction thereby urging the one or more engagement portions into engagement with the one or more projecting portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.