Patent ID: 8061492

Claim:
A suitcase for transport of tools, which includes a box-shaped bottom ( 1 ), a corresponding lid ( 2 ) and a flip-up handle ( 3 ) on the side of the bottom ( 1 ), where the bottom ( 1 ) and the lid ( 2 ) are connected with each other by one or more hinges, and where there is a lock for locking the lid ( 2 ) to the bottom ( 1 ), characterized in that the lock includes a latch device ( 4 ), which is turnably mounted on the bottom ( 1 ) on the same side of the suitcase as the handle ( 3 ), and which is adapted so that by turning, it engages with the lid ( 2 ) and fixes the lid in its closed position, and in that the latch device ( 4 ) and the handle ( 3 ) have interacting cam means ( 22 , 23 ), which effect turning of the latch device ( 4 ) into the locked position when the handle ( 3 ) is turned to flipped-up position.