Transportable case for wet/dry environments

Abstract

A transportable carrying cases for toiletries, cosmetics and personal hygiene items, for use in both wet and dry environments is disclosed. The carrying case has a main body portion with a top opening, and a perforate floor, a bottom portion configured to receive a lower portion of the main body portion in nesting or contiguous relationship, whereby excess moisture shed from articles contained in the main body portion is drained through the perforate floor into a reservoir provided in the bottom portion spaced below the perforate floor.

1 . A carrying case comprising: 
 a main body portion having a plurality of walls defining a top opening, and a floor having a drain, the main body portion further including;    a bottom portion secured to the main body portion with at least one integral hinge to define a reservoir between the floor and the bottom portion for receiving and retaining drainage from the main body portion; and    a lid adapted to be removably affixed to the top opening of the main body portion;    further including a handle affixed for rotation to the main body portion at a pivot, a pair of hooks supported at opposite ends of the handle each hook offset from the pivot; and    a pair of engagement points provided on opposing walls of the lid, whereby when the handle is rotated about the pivot in a first direction, each hook engages a corresponding opposing one of said engaging points to lock the lid at a corresponding telescoped position relative to the main body, and when the handle is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction, each hook disengages its corresponding engagement point.    
     
     
         2 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the floor of the main body portion is perforate.  
     
     
         3 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion is spaced from the main body portion by at least one spacer.  
     
     
         4 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the floor is integrally formed with a plurality of drainage perforations and a plurality of standoffs provided between the floor and the bottom portion for spacing the main body portion from the bottom portion.  
     
     
         5 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion is affixed to the main body portion by at least one said hinge, a portion of the said hinge being integrally formed with the bottom portion.  
     
     
         6 . The carrying case of  claim 5 , wherein another portion of the said hinge is integrally formed with the main body portion.  
     
     
         7 . The carrying case of  claim 6 , wherein another portion of the said hinge integrally joining the main body to the bottom portion is a living hinge.  
     
     
         8 . The carrying case of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of the hinge portions is bifurcated for separation of the bottom portion from the main body.  
     
     
         9 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of grooves formed along a wall of the main body, a selected groove receiving in locking engagement a leading edge of the handle when the handle is fully rotated to a locked position.  
     
     
         10 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the handle is secured to a pair of hubs mounted to opposite walls of the main body portion.  
     
     
         11 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the handle includes at least one integrally formed recess for suspending the carrying case from a protrusion.  
     
     
         12 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of article or container receiving apertures formed therein.  
     
     
         13 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , further comprising a removable tray being singly and removably receivable within the main body portion, and a drain provided therein.  
     
     
         14 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the handle includes at least one suspending-arm receiving recess for suspending the carrying case.  
     
     
         15 . The carrying case of  claim 14 , wherein the suspending-arm receiving recess is adapted to receive a suspending protrusion selected from the group consisting of a door knob, handle, shower head, and clothing hook.  
     
     
         16 . The carrying case of  claim 2 , wherein the perforate floor is integrally formed in the base.  
     
     
         17 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion is secured to the main body portion with a water-tight seal.  
     
     
         18 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , further including at least one receptacle formed in the interior of the main body portion for receiving a personal article, the receptacle including a drain.  
     
     
         19 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment points are tabs.  
     
     
         20 . The carrying case of  claim 3 , wherein the spacer removably engages with a perforation of the perforate floor.