Patent ID: 8453835
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water-proof container for holding a mobile device, comprising: a base adapted to support a mobile device; said base including a flat, imperforate bottom wall of generally rectangular configuration having upstanding sidewalls integrally formed therewith, said upstanding sidewalls including a transversely disposed leading base wall and a transversely disposed trailing base wall; each sidewall of said upstanding sidewalls having a flat to surface; a cover that overlies said base, said cover including a frame-like rectangular structure including a top wall having depending sidewalls integrally formed therewith, said depending sidewalls including a transversely disposed leading cover wall and a transversely disposed trailing cover wall; each sidewall of said depending sidewalls having a flat bottom surface that abuts said flat top surface of said upstanding sidewalls of said base when said cover overlies said base; a hinge that interconnects said transversely disposed trailing base wall and said transversely disposed trailing cover wall; lock housing for locking said cover to said base; a groove formed in said flat bottom surfaces of said depending sidewalls of said cover; a thin, transparent sheet of plastic; a bead formed in a peripheral edge of said sheet of plastic, said bead being press fit into said groove so that said thin, transparent sheet of plastic closely overlies an operative face of said mobile device when said cover is locked to said base; a protuberance formed in said transversely disposed leading cover wall; a pivot pin mounted to and extending from said transversely disposed leading base wall, said pivot pin being centrally disposed relative to said transversely disposed leading base wall; a detent mounted to and extending from said transversely disposed leading base wall, said detent being laterally spaced apart from said pivot pin; said lock housing being rotatably mounted to said pivot pin; said protuberance being captured within said lock housing when said lock housing is in a first, locked position, thereby preventing separation of said transversely disposed leading cover wall from said transversely disposed leading base wall and hence preventing separation of said cover from said base; an opening formed in said lock housing, said opening being in open communication with said protuberance when said lock housing is in a second, unlocked configuration where said lock housing is rotated one hundred eighty degrees (180°) about said pivot pin relative to said first, locked configuration and said opening having a width and depth greater than a width and depth of said protuberance so that said protuberance is not captured by said lock housing when said lock housing is in said second, unlocked configuration and so that said cover may be rotated about said hinge to enable a mobile device to be removed from said container or inserted into said container when said lock housing is in said second, unlocked configuration; said lock housing having a hollow interior; a lock insert housing formed in the hollow interior of said lock housing; a lock insert disposed within and secured to said lock insert housing; a groove formed in said lock insert, said groove receiving said detent and constraining the travel of said detent so that a step formed in said groove blocks travel of said detent when said lock housing is in said unlocked configuration and so that a stop wall of said groove blocks travel of said detent when said lock housing is in said locked configuration; and said groove having an open end in open communication with said opening formed in said lock housing when said lock housing is in said unlocked configuration so that rotation of said lock housing from said unlocked configuration to said locked configuration causes said protuberance to enter into said groove, thereby preventing separation of said cover from said base.