Patent ID: 6012786
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A47F,G09F

Abstract:
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.