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1. A CASE COMPRISING A BOTTOM PART OPEN AT ONE END AND HAVING A PAIR OF EARS EXTENDING FROM ONE EDGE OF THE BOTTOM PART AT THE OPEN END THEREOF AND A CLOSURE PART FOR CLOSING THE BOTTOM PART AND HAVING A PAIR OF EARS EXTENDING FROM A CORRESPONDING EDGE OF THE CLOSURE PART, THE TWO EARS OF ONE PAIR BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TWO EARS OF THE OTHER PAIR IN ALIGNMENT THEREWITH AND SPACED THEREFROM, A PINTLE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID EARS TO PROVIDE A HINGE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS ALLOWING FOR RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT THEREOF IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID PINTLE, A POSITIONING COIL SPRING DISPOSED BETWEEN EACH EAR OF ONE PAIR AND THE ADJACENT EAR OF THE OTHER PAIR, SAID SPRINGS BIASING THE TWO PARTS INTO PREDETERMINED POSITIONS IN REFERENCE TO EACH OTHER, FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID PINTLE TO THE PAIR OF OUTER EARS TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF THE PINTLE IN REFERENCE TO SAID OUTER EARS, LATCH MEANS ON THE BOTTOM PART AND THE CLOSURE PART ENGAGEABLE WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SAID TWO PARTS ARE IN SAID PREDETERMINED POSITIONS AND DISENGAGEABLE WHEN THE PARTS ARE DISPLACED OUT OF SAID POSITION, AND A CASE-OPENING COIL SPRING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TWO INTERMEDIATE EARS, SAID OPENING SPRING ENCOMPASSING THE PINTLE AND ABUTTING AGAINST THE BOTTOM PART AND THE CLOSURE PART TO BIAS THE LATTER INTO AN OPEN POSITION, WHEREBY UPON CLOSING OF THE CLOSURE PART AGAINST THE ACTION OF SAID OPENING SPRING, SAID LATCH MEANS MAINTAIN THE CLOSURE PART IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, AND UPON DISPLACEMENT OF THE CLOSURE PART IN REFERENCE TO THE BOTTOM PART IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PINTLE AGAINST THE ACTION OF SAID POSITIONING SPRING, THE LATCH MEANS ARE RELEASED AND SAID OPENING SPRING OPENS SAID CLOSURE PART.
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1. A CASE COMPRISING A BOTTOM PART OPEN AT ONE END AND HAVING A PAIR OF EARS EXTENDING FROM ONE EDGE OF THE BOTTOM PART AT THE OPEN END THEREOF AND A CLOSURE PART FOR CLOSING THE BOTTOM PART AND HAVING A PAIR OF EARS EXTENDING FROM A CORRESPONDING EDGE OF THE CLOSURE PART, THE TWO EARS OF ONE PAIR BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TWO EARS OF THE OTHER PAIR IN ALIGNMENT THEREWITH AND SPACED THEREFROM, A PINTLE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID EARS TO PROVIDE A HINGE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS ALLOWING FOR RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT THEREOF IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID PINTLE, A POSITIONING COIL SPRING DISPOSED BETWEEN EACH EAR OF ONE PAIR AND THE ADJACENT EAR OF THE OTHER PAIR, SAID SPRINGS BIASING THE TWO PARTS INTO PREDETERMINED POSITIONS IN REFERENCE TO EACH OTHER, FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID PINTLE TO THE PAIR OF OUTER EARS TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF THE PINTLE IN REFERENCE TO SAID OUTER EARS, LATCH MEANS ON THE BOTTOM PART AND THE CLOSURE PART ENGAGEABLE WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SAID TWO PARTS ARE IN SAID PREDETERMINED POSITIONS AND DISENGAGEABLE WHEN THE PARTS ARE DISPLACED OUT OF SAID POSITION, AND A CASE-OPENING COIL SPRING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TWO INTERMEDIATE EARS, SAID OPENING SPRING ENCOMPASSING THE PINTLE AND ABUTTING AGAINST THE BOTTOM PART AND THE CLOSURE PART TO BIAS THE LATTER INTO AN OPEN POSITION, WHEREBY UPON CLOSING OF THE CLOSURE PART AGAINST THE ACTION OF SAID OPENING SPRING, SAID LATCH MEANS MAINTAIN THE CLOSURE PART IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, AND UPON DISPLACEMENT OF THE CLOSURE PART IN REFERENCE TO THE BOTTOM PART IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PINTLE AGAINST THE ACTION OF SAID POSITIONING SPRING, THE LATCH MEANS ARE RELEASED AND SAID OPENING SPRING OPENS SAID CLOSURE PART.
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Current AssigneeGeorg Reitzel
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Original AssigneeGeorg Reitzel
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InventorsGEORG REITZEL
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Application NumberUS04/268,249Time in Patent Office657 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current220/324CPC Class CodesE05C 19/006 by displacement of the wing...
