Dry box with magnification window and punch-out
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1. An electronic device storage box, the storage box comprising:
- a first cover having structure for securing a normally handheld portable electronic device therein and oriented with a display and a control key pad portions of the electronic device facing toward an opening in the first cover;
a second cover having a first window aperture positioned in viewing relationship with an interior portion of the second cover, and further comprising an optical magnification mechanism positioned in viewing relationship to the first window aperture for viewing the interior portion of the second cover there through;
an aperture in one of the first and second covers and communicating with the interior portion of the second cover and further comprising a knock-out plug formed therein; and
a latch mechanism for securing the second cover relative to the opening in the first cover with the magnification mechanism arranged in a viewing relationship with the opening in the first cover.
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A dry storage box formed of a pair of covers, a first one of the covers having structure for securing a normally handheld portable electronic device therein with a display and a control key pad of the electronic device facing toward an opening in the first cover; and a second one of the covers having an optical magnification mechanism positioned for viewing an interior portion of the first cover there through; and a latch mechanism for securing the second cover relative to the opening in the first cover with the magnification mechanism in a viewing relationship with the opening in the first cover.
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1. An electronic device storage box, the storage box comprising:
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a first cover having structure for securing a normally handheld portable electronic device therein and oriented with a display and a control key pad portions of the electronic device facing toward an opening in the first cover; a second cover having a first window aperture positioned in viewing relationship with an interior portion of the second cover, and further comprising an optical magnification mechanism positioned in viewing relationship to the first window aperture for viewing the interior portion of the second cover there through; an aperture in one of the first and second covers and communicating with the interior portion of the second cover and further comprising a knock-out plug formed therein; and a latch mechanism for securing the second cover relative to the opening in the first cover with the magnification mechanism arranged in a viewing relationship with the opening in the first cover. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic device storage box, the storage box comprising:
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first and second mating covers mutually rotatable along corresponding edges and forming a cavity structured to contain a normally handheld portable electronic device therein, one of the first and second covers being formed with a first window aperture positioned for viewing the cavity formed by the first and second covers, and one of the first and second covers being formed with a second electrical connection aperture through a floor portion thereof and communicating with the cavity and further comprising a knock-out plug formed therein in a substantially sealed relationship therewith and with a groove formed peripherally thereof; an optical magnifying lens coupled in viewing relationship with the window aperture; and a latch mechanism structured for securing the first and second covers in a substantially sealed relationship. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An electronic device storage box, the storage box comprising:
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first and second mating covers mutually hinged along corresponding edges and forming a cavity structured to contain a normally handheld portable electronic device therein, each of the first and second covers being formed with a lip portion peripheral to an opening thereinto, the first cover being formed with a window aperture formed in a floor portion thereof and positioned for viewing the cavity formed by the first and second covers, and the second cover further comprising a floor portion being formed with a receiver structure on an external surface thereof and an aperture communicating with the cavity therethrough with a knock-out plug formed therein; an optical magnifier coupled to an external surface of the cover that is formed with the window aperture formed in a floor portion thereof, the optical magnifier being positionable relative to the window aperture for optically magnifying a view of the cavity; a latch mechanism structured for clamping together the respective peripheral lip portions of the first and second covers; and a substantially water-resistant circumferential seal mechanism positioned between respective peripheral lip portions of the first and second covers. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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