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Stackable interlocking carrying case for a portable computer

US6585090B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 2001
Grant dateJul 1, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 26, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45C2013/025
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A shock resistant carrying case in which to transport fragile equipment (e.g. a portable computer) having a body that is configured to facilitate a stable, close together stacking of a plurality of such carrying cases side-by-side and one above the other in an array of rows and columns that is suitable for storage and/or shipment. The carrying case has a pair of wheels located at one end of a base thereof and a pair of locking feet projecting from the opposite end of the base. The carrying case also has a first pair of interlocking cavities formed in one end of a lid thereof and a second pair of interlocking cavities formed in the opposite end of the lid. The pair of wheels and the pair of locking feet from the base of a first carrying case are received within respective ones of the first and second pairs of interlocking cavities formed in the lid of an adjacently positioned carrying case, whereby the first and adjacent carrying cases are held in face-to-face interlocking engagement with one another.

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