Patent ID: 7036659

Claim:
A case comprising: a box having an opening through which a commodity is to be inserted and extracted, said box having a wall that defines part of said opening; a lid attached to said box via at least one hinge so as to open and close said opening, said lid having a wall; a passage in one of said wall of said box and said wall of said lid, said passage being constructed and arranged to allow a key member to pass therethrough in an extractable manner; a collision prevention portion on the other of said wall of said box and said wall of said lid so as to allow for said opening to be closed by said lid, while the key member is received within said passage, without said other of said wall of said box and said wall of said lid impacting the key member; a bolt hooking portion having a bolt insertion portion, said bolt hooking portion provided along an inner edge of said box and an inner edge of said lid when said opening is closed by said lid, said inner edge of said box and said inner edge of said lid defining a side of the case that is opposite to a side of the case where said at least one hinge is located; and another bolt hooking portion having a bolt insertion portion, wherein the key member has a latch member at one end thereof for establishing a latched relationship between the key member and said box and lid, when said opening is closed by said lid and the key member is received within said passage, so as to prevent said lid from opening said opening, wherein the key member includes a bolt member that is to pass through said bolt insertion portion, when the key member is received within said passage, so as to latch the key member to said box and said lid, wherein said wall of said box and said wall of said lid overlap one another when said opening is closed by said lid, wherein said wall of said box and said wall of said lid are positioned between the side of the case where said at least one hinge is located and the side of the case defined by said inner edge of said box and said inner edge of said lid along which said bolt hooking portion is provided, when said opening is closed by said lid, and wherein said another bolt hooking portion is provided along said inner edge of said box when said opening is not closed by said lid, and said bolt hooking portion is provided along said inner edge of said lid when said opening is not closed by said lid, such that when said opening is closed by said lid, said bolt hooking portion and said another bolt hooking portion are arranged in series along said inner edge of said box and said inner edge of said lid, whereby the bolt member is to pass through said bolt insertion portion of said bolt hooking portion and said bolt insertion portion of said another bolt hooking portion when the key member is received within said passage, so as to latch the key member to said box and said lid.