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SUPPORT FOR CARRYING CASE

  • US 3,743,147 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1970
  • Issued: 07/03/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A case and connecting structure for detachably securing the case to a belt and providing pivotal movement thereof, including in combination, a case for apparatus, wherein said case with the apparatus therein has a predetermined center of gravity, a receptacle adapted to be secured to the belt including a retainer portion having a first D-shaped opening therein, and a portion back of said retainer portion having a second opening therein larger than said first opening and forming a recess back of said retainer portion adjacent said first opening therein, said recess having a first part back of the flat side of said D-shaped opening and a second opposite part back of the curved side of said D-shaped opening, and a connector having a mounting portion secured to said case at a point above said center of gravity, said connector having a stud extending from said mounting portion and a button at the end of said stud, said button having the same configuration as said first opening and being of a size to pass through said first opening into said recess when said connector is in a first position with respect to said receptacle, said stud having a cross-section of a size smaller than said button so that said button forms a flange with a recess back of said flange, said stud being rotatable within said first opening so that said connector is pivotal with respect to said receptacle when said button is inserted through said opening, said button being of a size and shape to rotate in said recess of said receptacle and being retained by said retainer portion thereof in response to pivotal movement of said connector with respect to said receptacle to a position displaced from said first position, the weight of said case and the apparatus therein tending to hold said case in a normal position wherein said connector is pivoted substantially 180* with respect to said first position so that said button is held by said retainer Portion to prevent disengagement of said connector from said receptacle, said case being rotatable from said normal position to move said connector to said first position for engagement with, and disengagement from, said receptacle.

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