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A case for feminine hygiene products has a bottom compartment and a top compartment configured to receive a variety of feminine hygiene products. A lower retaining plate fits over the bottom compartment and an upper retaining plate fits over the top compartment to help maintain the position of produ

A case for feminine hygiene products has a bottom compartment and a top compartment configured to receive a variety of feminine hygiene products. A lower retaining plate fits over the bottom compartment and an upper retaining plate fits over the top compartment to help maintain the position of products placed in the compartments. The case is rigid, streamlined, compact, aesthetically pleasing and protects enclosed products from damage and contamination or sullying.

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A case for feminine hygiene products comprising: a substantially open, box-like bottom compartment having a bottom wall, a bottom-compartment front wall, a bottom-compartment rear wall, and bottom compartment end walls, said bottom wall, said bottom-compartment front wall, and said bottom-compartmen

A case for feminine hygiene products comprising: a substantially open, box-like bottom compartment having a bottom wall, a bottom-compartment front wall, a bottom-compartment rear wall, and bottom compartment end walls, said bottom wall, said bottom-compartment front wall, and said bottom-compartment rear wall extending to said bottom-compartment end walls forming ends of said substantially-open, box-like bottom compartment, said substantially-open, box-like bottom compartment also having a box-like cover extending above each said end, respectively, said bottom-compartment front wall, said bottom-compartment rear wall, and said box-like covers defining a bottom-compartment opening; a box-like top compartment having a top wall, a top-compartment front wall, a top-compartment rear wall, and a top-compartment end wall at each end thereof, said top-compartment front wall, said top-compartment rear wall and said top-compartment end walls defining a top-compartment opening slightly longitudinally shorter than but otherwise equal to said bottom-compartment opening, said top compartment having a depth equal to the distance which said box-like covers of said bottom compartment extend above said bottom-compartment front wall and said bottom-compartment rear wall; a lower retaining plate; an upper retaining plate; means for removably positioning said upper retaining plate over said top-compartment opening; means for removably positioning said lower retaining plate over said bottom-compartment opening; and means for selectively positioning said top compartment over said bottom compartment with said top-compartment opening and said bottom-compartment opening facing each other. A case for feminine hygiene products according to claim 2, further comprising: at least one locking lip member integrally formed with and protruding from an edge of said lower retaining plate, which said edge is proximate said bottom-compartment front wall when said lower retaining plate is positioned over said bottom compartment; and at least one groove defined by an inside surface of said bottom-compartment front wall, corresponding respectively to said at least one locking lip member of said lower retaining plate; whereby when said lower retaining plate is forcefully pivoted to a closed position over said bottom-compartment opening said at least one locking lip member is impelled respectively into said at least one groove and cooperates respectively with said at least one groove to maintain said lower retaining plate in position over said bottom-compartment opening, and when said lower retaining plate is forcefully pivoted away from said bottom-compartment opening, said at least one locking lip member and said at least one groove cooperate respectively to release said at least one locking lip member from said at least one groove.