Patent ID: 7350641

Claim:
A blank for use in the manufacture of a case, the blank comprising: a first panel connected to a second panel by a first hinge; a third panel connected to the second panel such that the third panel can be folded over the second panel to form a protected region; a carriage panel connected to a pocket panel which is smaller than the carriage panel such that the pocket panel can be folded over the carriage panel to form a pocket on a carriage; and an intermediate panel connected to the carriage panel by a second hinge, and wherein the intermediate panel joins the first panel along a boundary that is at right angles to the first hinge and the second hinge is parallel to and laterally offset from the first hinge such that when a case is made by the steps of: a. folding the intermediate panel about its boundary with the first panel such that the intermediate panel overlies the first panel and the carriage panel overlies the second panel; b. folding the pocket panel and the third panel over such that the protected region is formed between the second and third panels, and the pocket on a carriage is within a projected region; a case is formed by the carriage panel and the pocket panel in which in use the pocket translates with respect to the second panel when the case is moved between open and closed configurations by folding the first panel around the first hinge.