Carrying case

Claim 1

A CARRYING CASE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED WALLS DEFINING A HOLLOW BODY HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING THEREIN, A LID MEMBER HINGEDLY MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE WALLS ADJACENT TO THE OPENING AND BEING SWINGABLE FROM A CLOSED POSITION OVERLYING THE OPENING TO AN OPEN POSITION IN WHICH THE LID MEMBER IS OUT OF THE POSITION OVERLYING SAID OPENING, AND MEANS FOR RETAINING THE LID MEMBER IN THE OPEN POSITION, SAID MEANS COMPRISING AN ARTICULATED ARM HAVING RESILIENT MEANS, SAID ARM HAVING ONE PART PIVOTALLY SECURED TO A WALL WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE WALL UPON WHICH THE LID IS MOUNTED AND SAID ARM ALSO HAVING AN ADDITIONAL PART PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID ONE PART, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID ADDITIONAL PART TO THE LID MEMBER, THE PIVOT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS OF THE ARM LYING ON ONE SIDE OF THE LINE BETWEEN THE PIVOT CONNECTIONS TO THE LID AND WALL WHEN THE LID IS IN CLOSED POSITION, AND A PAIR OF STOPS MOUNTED ON SAID LAST-MENTIONED WALL AND BETWEEN WHICH THE ADDITIONAL PART OF THE ARM IS LENGTHWISE MOVABLE, SAID STOPS BEING SPACED APART A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE SO THAT WHEN THE LID APPROACHES THE FULLY OPENED POSITION, THE PIVOT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS OF THE ARM MOVES PAST THE DEAD CENTER POSITION AND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID LINE AND THE ADDITIONAL ARM PART ABUTS BOTH OF THE STOPS, THE RESILIENT MEANS IN SAID FULLY OPENED POSITION RESISTING THE TENDENCY OF THE LID MEMBER TO SHIFT BY ITSELF TO THE CLOSED POSITION.