Patent ID: 6116418
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In combination with an article of equipment having a plurality of frictional members depending from its base a first distance, for non-slip contact with a supporting surface, and a carrying case for enclosing and transporting the article of equipment,at least one pair of complementary securement members laterally displaced from, and independent of said frictional members for securing the article of equipment within the carry case,a first of said pair of securement members for attachment to the base of the article of equipment at a base securement location laterally displaced from said frictional members,and a second of said pair of securement members for attachment within the volume of the carrying case, at a carrying case securement location facing said base securement location and laterally displaced from said frictional members when the article of equipment is with in the carrying case,said first securement member having a thickness greater than said first distance and sufficient to interfere with the non-slip contact between the plurality of frictional members on the base of the carrying case and a supporting surface, with said first securement member is attached to the base of the equipment, such that said frictional members while accessible on the base at their laterally displaced locations are vertically spaced from and prevented from engaging, a supporting surface for the article of equipment,said first securement member including supplemental friction members secured thereto, of a thickness greater than the thickness of the remaining portion of the first securement member, such that said supplemental frictional members project vertically beyond said remaining portion and frictional members when said first securement is attached to the base of the equipment, and that said supplemental frictional members will establish non-slip engagement with a supporting surface, while said laterally displaced and accessible frictional members depending from said base of the article of equipment are vertically spaced away a supporting surface for the article of equipment.