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A weather resistant, ventilated case for storing and displaying messages, papers, and diverse articles in an exterior location such as a construction site. The case has a base, a cover, a hinge connecting base and cover, and a latch for securing the cover in a closed position. These components are p

A weather resistant, ventilated case for storing and displaying messages, papers, and diverse articles in an exterior location such as a construction site. The case has a base, a cover, a hinge connecting base and cover, and a latch for securing the cover in a closed position. These components are preferably fabricated as a unitary assembly by injection molding of an elastomer. The latch can thereby be formed as resilient components urging the cover into the closed position. The cover has a transparent portion for displaying objects stored within, such as notices posted on an information display such as tack board, peg board, chalk board, marker board, or the like. The interior includes a pocket disposed upon the rear surface of the cover, a pen and pencil holder, and a prismatic recess formed in the base, for storing rolled papers. A tab projecting from the base maintains the rolled papers upright. The cover forms a recess for grasping the cover. A slot located in a protected, downwardly facing surface enables insertion of papers into the case. The rear of the case has notches disposed to cooperate with a mounting post of square cut lumber. The notches are configured to accept the mounting post in either one of two orientations each perpendicular to the other, and to present a flat rear surface for enabling the case to be flush mounted on a flat environmental surface.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A display and storage case suitable for mounting outdoors, comprising:a base having a rear wall and a forwardly projecting perimetric wall joined to said rear wall, there being an interior defined forwardly of said rear wall and within said forwardly projecting perimetric wall;a cov

[ I claim:] [1.] A display and storage case suitable for mounting outdoors, comprising:a base having a rear wall and a forwardly projecting perimetric wall joined to said rear wall, there being an interior defined forwardly of said rear wall and within said forwardly projecting perimetric wall;a cover pivotally attached to said base and movable between a closed position making sealing contact with said perimetric wall and an open position affording access to said interior of said base;a hinge pivotally connecting said cover to said base;a closure holding means formed integrally with one of said base and said cover and disposed to releasably engage the other of said base and said cover;wherein said base has a rear surface having first and second pairs of ribs formed integrally on the rear surface, each pair of ribs extending perpendicular to and intersecting the other pair, said pairs of ribs both having distal flat surfaces coplanar with each other;first notches formed in said distal flat surface of said first pair of ribs so as to form a vertical channel to cooperate with and partially surround a post adapted to be disposed at a first predetermined orientation relative to said base; andsecond notches formed in said distal flat surface of said second pair of ribs so as to form a horizontal channel to cooperate with and partially surround a post adapted to be disposed at a second predetermined orientation relative to said base.