Patent ID: 7434685
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
1. A storage case for protective goggles for aircraft flight personnel, said case comprising a case bottom, and two doors each having closure means designed to hold the goggles in said case, between said case bottom and said doors, said doors being articulated on said case bottom between two end positions a first of which is a closed position in which said doors at least partially cover the goggles, and a second of which is an open position in which said doors are spaced apart from one another to allow the goggles to be removed from said case, wherein said two doors are symmetrical with respect to a center plane of said case, each door having a closure edge which, in said closed position of said doors, approaches said center plane, each closure edge having at least one indentation allowing the goggles to be gripped when the goggles are placed in said case, and wherein said doors are articulated on said case bottom by means of bi-stable hinges having a first stable position corresponding to said closed position of said doors and designed to hold the goggles in said case even if the goggles are not held by said case bottom, and a second stable position corresponding to said open position of said doors and designed to avoid said doors from closing by themselves.