Packing case also usable for clothes-hanging and drawing purposes

Claim 1

A packing case comprising: a plastic case body including an elongated lower housing which has an open top side, and an elongated upper housing which has an open bottom side and seals said top side of said lower housing, said upper and lower housings together defining a chamber therebetween, said lower housing including a hollow lower cylinder secured to an end thereof at a side of said lower cylinder, said lower cylinder having a generally circular bottom wall, a vertical wall extending upward from a circumference of said bottom wall, an end hole formed through an opposite side of said lower cylinder, and two diametrically opposed positioning holes formed through said vertical wall on two sides of said end hole, said upper housing including a hollow upper cylinder secured to an end thereof at a side of said upper cylinder, said upper cylinder having a generally circular top wall, a vertical wall extending downward from a circumference of said top wall to enclose said vertical wall of said lower cylinder, an end notch formed in a lower side of said vertical wall of said upper cylinder in alignment with said end hole, and two diametrically opposed positioning notches formed in said lower side of said vertical wall of said upper cylinder in two horizontal positions angularly symmetrical to those of said positioning holes, each of said top and bottom walls having a central hole formed therethrough; a generally U-shaped plastic pivot coupler including a vertical plate having a retaining hole formed therethrough, and two generally horizontal plates extending from said vertical plate to clamp said upper and lower cylinders therebetween, each of said horizontal plates including an inner surface, and a pivot post extending from said inner surface, said pivot posts of said horizontal plates respectively extending through said central holes of said top wall of said upper cylinder and said bottom wall of said lower cylinder; and a plastic swivel hook including a curved hanging portion and a generally cylindrical coupling portion connected securely to said hanging portion, said coupling portion having an end surface, an opened slot formed in said end surface defining two easily bendable portions on two sides of said slot, a circumferential surface, and an annular groove formed in said circumferential surface, said vertical plate being sleeved removably on said coupling portion within said annular groove.