Combination carrying case and display easel

Claim 1

IN A COMBINED CARRYING CASE AND DISPLAY EASEL, A RECTANGULAR DISPLAY PANEL, HAVING VERTICAL SIDE EDGES, A TRAPEZOIDAL BACK PANEL OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME VERTICAL HEIGHT AS SAID DISPLAY PANEL HAVING ITS UPPER EDGE SUBSTANTIALLY CO-EXTENSIVE WITH AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID DISPLAY PANEL AND HAVING DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY INCLINED SIDE EDGES, SAID DISPLAY AND BACK PANELS ADAPTED IN CLOSED POSITION TO LIE IN SUBSTANTIALLY CONTACTING PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND IN AN OPEN POSITION TO LIE IN DOWNWARDLY DIVERGENT RELATION TO EACH OTHER, A PAIR OF COVER PANELS HAVING VERTICAL SIDE EDGES AT THEIR INNER ENDS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE RESPECTIVE VERTICAL SIDE EDGES OF SAID DISPLAY PANEL ADAPTED IN A CLOSED POSITION TO LIE IN OVERLAPPING RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL COVERING RELATION TO THE FORWARD SIDE OF SAID DISPLAY PANEL AND IN AN OPEN POSITION TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY FROM THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID DISPLAY PANEL, AND A PAIR OF TRIANGULAR STRUT PANELS EACH HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL LOWER EDGE AND A PAIR OF UPWARDLY CONVERGENT SIDE EDGES, HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT ONE OF THEIR SIDE EDGES TO THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID BACK PANEL AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT THE OTHER OF THEIR SIDE EDGES TO SAID COVER PANELS ALONG DIAGONAL LINES EXTENDING FROM SUBSTANTIALLY THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID VERTICAL SIDE EDGES OF SAID COVER PANELS TO THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID COVER PANELS AT POINTS SPACED FROM SAID COVER PANEL SIDE EDGES A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE RESPECTIVE LENGTHS OF THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID STRUT PANELS.