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Foldable glasses case

US8596448B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

15Claims

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Assignee

Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique) · FR

Inventor

Inga Sempe · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 2011
Grant date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA45C7/0036
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention concerns a glasses case including a bottom panel, a frame and four side walls, which case has a folded configuration in which a first panel and a second panel of each wall of a first pair of side walls are inclined towards each other pointing outwardly whereas a first panel and a second panel of each wall of a second pair of side walls are inclined towards each other pointing inwardly, and a deployed configuration in which a first panel and a second panel of each side wall are inclined towards each other pointing inwardly, and a first panel and a second panel of each wall of the first pair of side walls bear on the remaining sides of the panels of the second pair of side walls.

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