Case with slide closure
View Patent ↗A case for holding elongate objects, in particular, a case for holding drills or other elongate tools, comprising a housing shell with a lid hinged pivotably to the rear part thereof via a horizontal pivoting axis, wherein a closure device is disposed on the pivotable frontal part of the lid between the lid and the housing shell, wherein the closure device comprises a slide closure with at least one removable safety nub disposed in its slide path.
1. A case for holding elongate objects, said case comprising:
a housing shell;
a lid that is pivotably hinged to the rear part of said housing shell by a horizontal pivoting axis;
a rail that is connected to one of said pivotable lid or said housing shell;
a slide closure that has a c-shaped cross section and that engages the rail such that the slide closure is held on said rail and is displaceable along the rail to define a slide path along said rail;
a retaining strip that is connected to the other of said pivotable lid or said housing shell from said rail, said retaining strip being oriented with said rail such that said retaining strip is in the slide path defined by said slide closure when said slide closure is in a first position along said rail where said slide closure engages both of said rail and said retaining strip, said slide closure locking said lid and said housing shell together at times when said slide closure is in said first position, said slide closure also engaging said rail but not said retaining strip at times when said slide closure is displaced away from said first position such that said lid and said housing shell are not locked together; and
a removable safety nub that is bonded to both said rail and to said slide closure with said slide closure in said first position, said safety nub being located in the slide path of the slide closure to secure the slide closure in said first position.
2. A case according to claim 1 wherein the safety nub is removeable with the aid of a cutting tool, said safety nub blocking movement of said slide closure away from said first position unless said safety nub is removed from said rail.
3. A case according to claim 2 wherein the safety nub is a plastic part that is comprised of the same material as the slide closure.
4. A case according to claims 2 wherein the safety nub is a plastic part that is comprised of the same material as the housing shell.
5. A case according to one of claims 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 wherein the slide closure is a plastic part that is disposed on the front part of the pivotable lid between the lid and the housing shell, and wherein said rail is a double-T-shaped profiled guide rail that is connected to the housing shell.
6. A case according to claim 1 wherein said safety nub is bonded to said slide closure and to said rail by spraying said safety nub onto said slide closure and said rail.