Container for life jackets and the like

Claim 1

A CONTAINER FOR LIFE JACKETS AND LIKE INSTRUMENTALITIES COMPRISING A CASE FORMED OF INTERIORLY IDENTICAL HALVES PROVIDED WITH COMPLEMENTARY MEETING FACES AND ONE OF SAID HALVES CARRYING A RESILIENT GASKET ON THE MEETING FACE PORTION THEREOF EFFECTIVE TO COOPERATE WITH THE MEETING FACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID HALVES TO PROVIDE A SEAL FOR THE JOIN FORMED BY SAID MEETING FACES AND SAID GASKET, AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID HALVES TOGETHER TO FORM SAID CASE; SAID MEANS COMPRISING A STRAP HAVING A PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING IN A FIRST RUN ABOUT SAID HALVES IN ONE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID CASE AND A SECOND PORTION EXTENDING IN A SECOND RUN ABOUT A CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID CASE DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID FIRST NAMED CIRCUMFERENCE; SAID STRAP HAVING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID PORTIONS MANUALLY OPERABLE SEPARATELY TO SEPARATLEY SECURE EACH OF SAID RUNS IN DESIRED DEGREES OF TIGHTNESS ABOUT SAID CASE, AND ALSO HAVING MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASING BOTH OF SAID SECURING MEANS.