Portable combination luggage case, ironing board and table

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE UNITARY LUGGAGE CASE, IRONING BOARD AND TABLE COMBINATION, COMPRISING: (A) A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BASE PANEL WITH FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE PANELS AND FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITELY DISPOSED END PANELS RIGIDLY MOUNTED THEREON AND CONNECTED SO AS TO FORM A NON-COLLAPSIBLE BOX-LIKE CASE HAVING AN OPEN TOP OPPOSITE SAID BASE PANEL AND BEING ADAPTED TO SERVE AS A STORAGE OR CARRYING CASE, SAID FIRST END PANEL BEING APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF AS WIDE AS SAID SECOND END PANEL AND SAID SIDE PANELS; (B) AN IRONING BOARD NOSE PANEL HAVING A TRUNCATED V-SHAPE WITH A LENGTH EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID BASE PANEL, WIDE END OF SAID NOSE PANEL HAVING A WIDTH EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID FIRST END PANEL, SAID WIDE END OF SAID NOSE PANEL HAVING A MOUNTING PANEL CONNECTED PERPENDICULAR THERETO, SAID MOUNTING PANEL BEING EQUAL IN SIZE TO SAID FIRST END PANEL, SAID NOSE PANEL IN A CLOSED POSITION BEING MOUNTED TO ACT AS A PARTIAL COVER FOR SAID OPEN CASE WITH SAID MOUNTING PANEL LYING ADJACENT TO AND IN THE SAME PLANE AS SAID FIRST END PANEL AND A NARROW END OF SAID NOSE PANEL LYING ADJACENT SAID SECOND END PANEL; (C) MEANS INCLUDING FIRST HINGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST END PANEL AND SAID MOUNTING PANEL SO THAT SAID NOSE PANEL CAN BE ROTATED FROM SAID CLOSED POSITION TO AN OPEN POSITION IN WHICH SAID NOSE PANEL LIES IN THE SAME PLANE AS SAID BASE PANEL TO DEFINE A FLAT CONTINUOUS SURFACE SUITABLE FOR USE AS AN IRONING BOARD; (D) COLLAPSIBLE SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTED ON THE INSIDE OF SAID NOSE PANEL ADAPTED TO FOLD OUT AND SUPPORT SAID NOSE PANEL END OF THE IRONING BOARD; (E) A PAIR OF PARTIAL COVER MEMBERS FOR SAID OPEN CASE MOUNTED ADJACENT OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID NOSE PANEL TO COMPLETELY COVER SAID OPEN CASE IN COOPERATION WITH SAID NOSE PANEL, SAID PARTIAL COVER MEMBERS HAVING A GENERALLY RIGHT TRIANGULAR SHAPE WITH THE BASES THEREOF BEING HINGED TO SAID SECOND END PANEL SO THAT SAID PARTIAL COVER MEMBERS CAN BE ROTATED TO A POSITION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BASE PANEL TO ACT AS SUPPORT MEMBERS FOR SAID IRONING BOARD; (F) A LOCKABLE BRACE MEMBER MOUNTED BETWEEN EACH OF SAID PARTIAL COVER MEMBERS AND SAID CASE TO LOCK SAID COVER MEMBERS IN SAID PERPENDICULAR POSITION; AND (G) MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID NOSE PANEL IN A POSITION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BASE PANEL TO ACT AS A SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SAID CASE WHEN USED AS A TABLE.