Patent ID: 7469785
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A storage case comprising: a case body having a case body base end; a case cover; a supporting plate whose one surface is provided with a holding segment for holding at least one portion of an object to be stored, the holding segment being disposed in a section of said one surface proximate a base end of the supporting plate, the object being inserted into and taken out from the holding segment from a free end side of the supporting plate, the supporting plate having a supporting plate cutout formed therethough; and a four-link mechanism including a first hinge pivotally supporting the case body and the case cover at the case body base end in an openable/closeable manner; a second hinge via which the base end of the supporting plate is pivotally supported by the case body at the case body base end in an openable/closeable manner such that the holding segment of the supporting plate faces the case body; and a third hinge and a fourth hinge via which opposite ends of an arm segment disposed between the supporting plate and the case cover are pivotally supported by the supporting plate and the case cover in an openable/closeable manner such that, upon opening or closing the case cover relative to the case body, the supporting plate and the case cover move simultaneously with one another, wherein when the case cover is being closed over the case body in a state in which said at least one portion of the object to be stored is held by the holding segment of the supporting plate, the object to be stored is rotated so as to be positioned below the supporting plate, whereby the object to be stored and the supporting plate become stored in a storing position of the case body, and wherein when the case cover is being opened from the case body, the stored object is rotated so as to be positioned above the supporting plate, whereby the stored object and the supporting plate are drawn out from the case body and, upon closing the case cover relative to the case body, the support plate, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge are enclosed within the case cover and the case body and the supporting plate cutout receives the arm segment, the arm segment being totally received within the supporting plate cutout.