Patent ID: 6822166
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B60R,H02G

Abstract:
A sheath for receiving and protecting elongated items, said sheath comprising:first and second elongated substrates each having opposite edges defining a width thereof, the edges of one substrate being paired with the edges of the other substrate, one of said pairs of edges being flexibly joined lengthwise of said substrates by a hinge, said hinge being pivotally movable between an open position wherein said first and second substrates are angularly oriented with respect to one another, and a closed position wherein said first and second substrates are overlying one another in substantially parallel relationship; said first substrate having corrugations extending transversely of said sheath between said opposite edges of said first substrate; said second substrate having corrugations extending transversely of said sheath between said opposite edges of said second substrate; said corrugations of said first and second substrates comprising a plurality of crests and troughs arranged one behind another, said crests of said first substrate being substantially aligned with said troughs of said second substrate, thereby permitting said crests on said first substrate to nest within said troughs of said second substrate when said substrates are in said closed position; and means for securing said first and second substrates in said closed position mounted along said other pair of edges, the elongated items being receivable between said substrates when in said open position and captured between said substrates when in said closed position.