Patent ID: 8668111

Claim:
A case for discrete articles, comprising: a) a tray; b) a closing lid including a main panel bounded by opposite side edges and opposite end edges, wherein the closing lid supports a first receiving pocket formed from a pattern of raised ribs extending upwardly from an upper surface of the main panel; and c) a first latching handle assembled to the tray and comprising first and second handle sides extending from opposed distal handle side portions to respective first and second free ends pivotably connected to the tray with an intermediate handle gripping portion disposed between the first and second handle sides, wherein at least one of the first and second free ends of the first handle is constructed and arranged with an intermediate first curved surface meeting a first flattened surface and a spaced apart second flattened surface; d) a first end plate; e) a first spring clip secured to the first end plate; f) a first handle cover cooperating with the first spring clip to capture the at least one of the first and second free ends of the first handle therebetween, g) wherein the first handle is movable to cause the first spring clip to bear against the first flattened surface to thereby retain the first handle in an unlatched position with the handle gripping portion extending away from the tray and wherein the first handle is further movable to cause the first spring clip to bear against the second flattened surface to thereby retain the first handle in a latched position with a portion of the first handle extending over a portion of the lid main panel with the spring clip remaining in contact with at least a portion of the first curved surface regardless whether the first handle is in the latched or unlatched position, and h) wherein, in the latched position, the handle gripping portion and at least a first portion of the first and second handle sides are nested in the first receiving pocket supported on the upper surface of the closing lid to thereby latch the closing lid to the tray.