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A case assembly is provided including a pair of closely juxtaposed open-sided case halves opening toward each other and defining remote pairs of opposing marginal edge portions. Hinge structure pivotally interconnects one pair of the edge portions for relative angular displacement of the case halves

A case assembly is provided including a pair of closely juxtaposed open-sided case halves opening toward each other and defining remote pairs of opposing marginal edge portions. Hinge structure pivotally interconnects one pair of the edge portions for relative angular displacement of the case halves about an axis extending along the one pair of edge portions and swinging of the other pair of marginal edge portions away and toward each other. The hinge structure includes adjustment structure operative to adjustably laterally displace the axis of relative angular displacement of the case halves outwardly from and back toward the open side of one of the case halves while maintaining the axis stationary relative to the other case half. In this manner, the case assembly may be disposed in horizontal position upon a horizontal table to be used as a podium, with the marginal edge portions of the case halves swingable toward and away from each other facing a person disposed adjacent the table and the top surface of the horizontally disposed case, when the case is closed, facing rearwardly and upwardly toward the aforementioned person while still enabling that person to gain access to the interior of the case from the adjacent side thereof merely by upwardly swinging the adjacent edge of the upper case half away from the corresponding edge of the lower case half.

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An adjustable hinge assembly, said hinge assembly including a pair of hinge leaves pivotally joined together for relative angular displacement about a predetermined axis of oscillation, one of said hinge leaves being elongated in a direction extending generally radially of said axis and being in the

An adjustable hinge assembly, said hinge assembly including a pair of hinge leaves pivotally joined together for relative angular displacement about a predetermined axis of oscillation, one of said hinge leaves being elongated in a direction extending generally radially of said axis and being in the form of a plate member whose medial plane parallels said axis, the other of said hinge leaves including means for anchoring said other hinge leaf to a first object, a housing, said housing including means for attaching said housing to a second object relative to which said first object is to be pivotally mounted, said housing including a rectangular cross section through passage extending therethrough, said one hinge leaf being slidingly and guidingly received through said passage, said housing including a combined guide and limit pin extending centrally and transversely across the minor width dimension of said passage centrally intermediate the opposite ends thereof, said one hinge leaf including a central longitudinally extending closed ended slot formed therein through which said pin is slidingly and guidingly received with the closed ends of said slot defining abutments engageable with opposite sides of said pin defining limit positions of longitudinal shifting of said one hinge leaf relative to said housing in opposite directions, said housing being elongated in a direction transverse to the direction in which said passage extends, one longitudinal side edge of said one hinge leaf including a pair of longitudinally spaced edgewise outwardly opening notches formed therein, an internal latch member guidingly reciprocally mounted within said housing on one side of said one hinge leaf for linear shifting toward and away from the latter and including a tongue projecting toward the longitudinal edge of said leaf in which said notches are formed and with which the latter are registered when said one hinge leaf is in its limit positions of shifting relative to said housing, spring means disposed within said housing yieldingly biasing said latch toward said one longitudinal side edge or keyed engagement of said tongue within one said notches, said latch including a clamping and operating knob threadedly mounted therefrom, disposed externally of said housing and operative to selectively releasably clamp said latch in adjusted shifted position relative to said housing.