IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0187945
(2002-07-03)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
20 인용 특허 :
6 |
초록
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A durable plastic case having three compartments for storing eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dentures, respectively, of a particular person. The lid of each compartment has the name of the item for which that compartment is intended imprinted thereon in text and Braille. Each compartment opens indepen
A durable plastic case having three compartments for storing eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dentures, respectively, of a particular person. The lid of each compartment has the name of the item for which that compartment is intended imprinted thereon in text and Braille. Each compartment opens independently. An L-shaped overhang or pair of hooks is positioned on the back of the case for suspending on the bedstead of the person for whom the items are stored. The lids have hinges such that the left lid opens outwardly to the left, the center lid opens to the rear, and the right lid opens outwardly to the right.
대표청구항
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1. A personal belongings case comprising:a case body having a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, at least one interior wall parallel with said side walls and spaced therefrom so as to define a plurality of compartments, and a bottom wall, each of said compartments of such size as to receive a pers
1. A personal belongings case comprising:a case body having a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, at least one interior wall parallel with said side walls and spaced therefrom so as to define a plurality of compartments, and a bottom wall, each of said compartments of such size as to receive a personal item;a hook portion extending outward and downward from an upper portion of said rear wall; anda plurality of removable lids for removably covering each of said compartments;said case body and said at least one interior wall having a common upper edge for adjacent compartments; andeach said removable lid having a recessed flat portion defined by a surrounding frame on an upper side and having a depending ridge spaced from the periphery thereof which fits snugly within said common upper edge of each of said compartments. 2. The case of claim 1, wherein said at least one interior wall is two interior walls. 3. The case of claim 2, wherein said interior walls are so spaced as to define a first compartment of a size suitable to house a person's dentures, a second compartment of a size suitable to house a person's eyeglasses, and a third compartment of a size suitable to house a person's hearing aid. 4. The case of claim 3, wherein said first compartment is located on a first side of said case body, said second compartment is centrally located, and said third compartment is located on an opposite second side of said case body. 5. The case of claim 4, wherein said second compartment is of such length as to receive eyeglasses in a closed, lengthwise position. 6. The case of claim 1, wherein each of said removable lids is attached with a corresponding portion of said common upper edge by a hinge so as to provide for opening and closing over each of said compartments. 7. The case of claim 2, wherein each said removable lid has identifying indicia located thereon identifying the item enclosed within its corresponding compartment. 8. The case of claim 7, wherein said indicia includes Braille markers. 9. The case of claim 7 wherein said indicia includes raised lettering. 10. The case of claim 6 wherein said hinge for said lid corresponding to said first compartment is located along one of said side walls of said case body, said hinge for said lid corresponding to said second compartment is located along the rear wall of said case body, and said hinge for said lid corresponding to said third compartment is located along the other of said side walls of said case body. 11. The case of claim 10, wherein said hinges for said lids for said first compartment, said second compartment, and said third compartment are integral therewith and integral with corresponding portions of said common upper edge. 12. The case of claim 3, wherein the portion of said front wall corresponding with said second compartment includes structure for receiving an identification card parallel therewith. 13. The case of claim 12, wherein said card receiving structure comprises a lower card support wall spaced upward from said bottom wall, a card support inner wall spaced inward from said front wall, and spaced identification card receiver outer walls integral with said front wall forming side slots with said inner wall so as to receive the lateral edges of an identification card. 14. The case of claim 13, wherein said card support inner wall shares said common upper edge of said case body and includes a centrally located closure snap receiver at its upper edge, and said depending ridge of said lid corresponding with said second compartment has an inner offset therealong so as to fit within said upper edge of said second compartment having said inward spaced card support inner wall and said depending ridge has an outwardly facing closure snap integral therewith so positioned as to engage said closure snap receiver. 15. The case of claim 10, each said lid comprising at least one pull tab extending outward along said front wall of said case body, each said pull tab being lo cated at a point remote from said corresponding hinge. 16. The case of claim 15, said lid corresponding to said second compartment having two pull tabs spaced apart and extending outward along said front wall. 17. A personal belongings case, particularly for an institutionalized elderly persons comprising:an upward opening integral case body having a common upper edge and having a front wall, a rear wall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a bottom wall and first and second spaced intermediate walls parallel with said left and right sidewalls defining a first, a second, and a third compartment;said common upper edge and said bottom wall of said case body being of such depth as to fully receive horizontally disposed dentures, a pair of glasses horizontally disposed lengthwise, and a hearing aid in corresponding first, second, and third compartments;said case body having two hooks spaced along said rear wall and extending horizontally rearward from points along said upper edge, said hooks extending downward at a point spaced from said rear wall so as to engage and secure said case body at a horizontal position with a bedstead or similar furnishings;said first intermediate wall being so positioned as to form said first compartment having a horizontal length adequate to receive and store the person's dentures in a horizontal position;said second intermediate wall being so positioned relative to said first intermediate wall as to form said second compartment having a horizontal length adequate to receive and store the person's eyeglasses in a horizontal, lengthwise position;said right sidewall being so positioned relative to said second intermediate wall as to form said third compartment having a horizontal length adequate to receive and store the person's hearing aid;said case body having a first, a second, and a third removable lid for individually opening and closing corresponding said first, said second, and said third compartments and conforming therewith;said first lid having a hinge attached along said upper edge of said left sidewall;said second lid having a hinge attached along said upper edge of said rear wall; andsaid third lid having a hinge attached along said upper edge of said right sidewall;each said first, said second and said third lid having indicia thereon for identifying the item of personal belongings contained in said corresponding first, second and third compartments.
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