Dry box with movable protective cover

• US 7,464,814 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2005
• Issued: 12/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey D Carnevali
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey D Carnevali
• Inventors: Carnevali, Jeffrey D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gehman; Bryon P
• Application Number:
  US11/105,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20060169608A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• Field of Search: 206/305, 206/320, 361679-686, 361/724, 361/727, 379446-454, 455/90.3, 455/575.1, 455/575.4, 455/575.8, 3122231-2236
• US Class Current: 206/320
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/027 including magnifying means

Abstract

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 viewing port positioned for viewing an interior portion of the first cover there through; a latch mechanism for securing the second cover relative to the opening in the first cover with the viewing port in a viewing relationship with the opening in the first cover; and a protective cover arranged in a movable covering relationship with the viewing port.

Claims

1. A storage box comprising:

first and second hinged together mating covers;

a substantially fluid impermeable viewing structure in one of the first and second mating covers for viewing there through an interior cavity enclosed by the first and second mating covers; and

a protective cover positioned external of the viewing structure and arranged in a movable relationship with only the mating cover having the viewing structure therein, the protective cover being moveably secured in a covering relationship with the viewing structure.

2. The storage box of claim 1 wherein the viewing structure further comprises a flexible membrane.

3. The storage box of claim 1 wherein the protective cover is further arranged in a hinged relationship with the mating cover having the viewing structure therein.

4. The storage box of claim 1 wherein the protective cover further comprises a substantially optically transparent window panel.

5. The storage box of claim 1 wherein the protective cover further comprises a substantially optically opaque window panel.

6. A storage box comprising:

first and second mating box covers coupled in a mutually hinged relationship;

a viewing port formed in one of the first and second box covers for viewing there through an interior cavity enclosed by the first and second box covers and having a fluid impermeable membrane positioned therein;

a protective cover movably coupled only to the box cover having the viewing port formed therein, the protective cover being positioned external of the viewing port and arranged in a movable covering relationship therewith; and

a latch mechanism for securing together the first and second box covers.

7. The storage box of claim 6 wherein the membrane positioned in the viewing port further comprises one of an optical magnifying lens and an optically transparent resiliently pliable membrane.

8. The storage box of claim 6, further comprising a slide mechanism arranged between the protective cover and the box cover having the viewing port formed therein.

9. The storage box of claim 6, further comprising a hinge mechanism arranged between the protective cover and the box cover having the viewing port formed therein.

10. The storage box of claim 6 wherein the protective cover further comprises a substantially optically transparent portion.

11. The storage box of claim 6 wherein the protective cover further comprises a substantially optically opaque portion.

12. A storage box comprising:

first and second mating box covers structured for forming an interior cavity therebetween;

a hinge mechanism coupled between the first and second box covers;

a latch mechanism for securing together the first and second box covers;

a viewing port formed in a floor portion of one of the first and second box covers and having a fluid impermeable membrane coupled therein; and

an external protective cover movably coupled only to the box cover having the viewing port formed therein, the protective cover being arranged in a movable covering relationship with the viewing port externally thereof.

13. The storage box of claim 12 wherein the fluid impermeable membrane coupled in the viewing port further comprises one of an optical magnifying lens and an optically transparent resiliently pliable membrane.

14. The storage box of claim 12, further comprising a slide mechanism arranged between the protective cover and the box cover having the viewing port formed therein.

15. The storage box of claim 12 wherein the protective cover is hinged relative to the box cover having the viewing port formed therein.

16. The storage box of claim 12 wherein the protective cover further comprises a substantially optically transparent window panel.

17. The storage box of claim 12 wherein the protective cover further comprises a substantially optically opaque window panel.