Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Hand luggage – Compartmented
Patent
1985-07-17
1987-09-15
Marcus, Stephen
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Hand luggage
Compartmented
190112, 190121, 190122, 190127, 190900, 292DIG42, A45C 504, A45C 1310
Patent
active
046933468
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a case.
Known cases comprise each a box with a cover. The contents are accessible for an important part only after part of the contents has been removed from the case.
The invention has for its object to improve the accessibility to the contents of a case. The case embodying the invention is characterized by at least three case elements, to wit a middle element and at least two side elements arranged one on each side of the former and being pivotable to said middle element.
The aforesaid and further features of the invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to a drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dismounted case embodying the invention,
FIGS. 2 and 3 show on an enlarged scale the fragmentary detail II and III respectively of FIG. 1,
FIG. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary, perspective view of detail IV of FIG. 1 in a different position,
FIG. 5 is an exploded, perspective view of detail V of FIG. 1,
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary plan view taken on the line VI--VI of FIG. 7 of the case shown in FIG. 1,
FIG. 7 a fragmentary elevational view of the case of FIG. 1 taken on the line VII--VII,
FIG. 8 is an exploded, perspective view of detail VIII of FIG. 7 relating to a variant of the case of FIG. 1,
FIG. 9 an enlarged, exploded, perspective view of detail IX of FIG. 7,
FIG. 10 is an exploded, perspective view of detail X of FIG. 9,
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a variant of detail X of FIG. 9,
FIGS. 12 and 13 are perspective views of detail II of FIG. 1 with different contents,
FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the case of FIG. 1 enlarged by two additional elements,
FIGS. 15 to 18 show the case of FIG. 1 with four different kinds of carrying means, and
FIG. 19 shows on a reduced scale a perspective view of a variant of FIG. 3.
With reference to FIG. 1, the carrying case of the invention will be seen to include a central section or middle element 2 and the opposite side sections or side elements 3, 3. The central section is formed of two complementary parts 14, 14 which are of generally U-shape in cross section and have reinforcing or rigidifying ribs 15 therein. These two parts or molded frame pieces 14, 14 are joined along their proximal edges 16 to form a substantially hollow, box-like rigid main frame of generally rectangular plan view extending circumferentially of and thereby enclosing an open-sided carrying space S. As illustrated in FIG. 2, a carrier 100 for valuable equipment such as a personal computer may be hingedly mounted within the carrying space S and, as will also be evident from FIG. 2, the central section or main frame may be completely separated from the side elements 3,3. The separate side carrying sections 3, 3 are of dished, molded form as will be evident from FIGS. 1 and 3 in particular. The peripheral walls of these sections 3, 3 are also of hollow, generally box-like form to lend rigidity thereto. The hollow, box-like forms of the peripheral walls of the sections 3, 3 and of the main frame comprising the central section 2 are used, interiorally thereof, to mount various entities which serve to connect the several sections together for pivotal movements therebetween and for separation and/or locking or latching therebetween, as will be described later. These various entities are carried or mounted within the box-like constructions and, in certain cases, slidable or movably therewithin and in cooperation with reinforcing or rigidifying ribs within the box-like structures.
The case 1 embodying the invention mainly comprises three releasable elements relatively pivotable about a common axis 4, to wit a middle element 2 and two side element 3 arranged one on each side of the former. The case 1 has two common hinges 5 in line with the common axis 4 (FIGS. 3, 4 and 5), each having an anchor-shaped hinge vane 6 embedded in the middle element 2. The hinge vane 6 has two cheeks 80, in which a pin 7 is journalled. About the pin 7 can turn two hinge vanes 8, each having a hook-shaped engaging element 9, which co-operates in a locking manner wi
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Marcus Stephen
Snyder John P.
Weaver Sue A.
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