Claims
- 1. A travel case comprising:
- a case unit defining an interior space formed by a rear main side (7), a front main side (9) parallel to said rear main side (7) and four narrow sidewalls extending between said rear and said front main side;
- said interior space having a plurality of chambers holding a plurality of removable articles, all articles being accessible at a unique location on said sidewalls and along a single axis of the travel case, the parallel construction of said rear main side and said front main side defining a gripping surface which does not interfere with the removal of any of said articles from said travel case, whereby said gripping surface is held in one hand and all of said articles can be removed from said travel case by the other hand without changing the users grasp; and
- a portion of at least one of said sidewalls being formed integrally with at least one said removable articles, said portion completing a continuous closed outer surface for said sidewalls.
- 2. A travel case of claim 1, including at least one additional case unit defining an interior space formed by a plurality of side walls and means for detachably retaining said additional case unit to at least one sidewall of said travel case, forming additional chambers to retain additional articles.
- 3. A travel case of claim 2 where one of said additional case units has an open end and is adapted to snap on to one of said side walls of said travel case, forming a common wall therebetween, said common wall operating to close off said open end of said additional case unit.
- 4. A travel case of claim 1 wherein said travel case has at least one liquid-tight, openable flap for retaining one of said articles in said chamber.
- 5. A travel case of claim 1 further including a sliding plate fastened to an article and projecting through a slot in the case, allowing the article to be pushed out of the chamber by applying sliding pressure to said plate.
- 6. A travel case of claim 1, wherein an article may be slid telescopically out of a chamber in the travel case.
- 7. A travel case of claim 1 including a clip-on bracket fitted to at least one sidewall of said travel case.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 426,317, filed Oct. 23, 1989, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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