Patent · US Expired

Boxed traveling item

US5497875A · kind A · utility

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4References
3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 3, 1995
Grant dateMar 12, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 3, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04B37/0481
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A boxed traveling item including a casing, a cover hinged to one side of the casing and having a transverse sliding groove and a retaining hole at one end of the transverse sliding groove, a traveling item hinged to the casing by a hinge and received in a storage chamber inside the casing, and torsional springs mounted on the hinge between the casing and the traveling item to automatically lift the traveling item from the storage chamber when the cover is opened, the traveling item having a hooked retainer rod at the free end, which is moved along the transverse sliding groove and hooked into the retaining hole when the cover is opened.

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