Carrying case with removable accessory modules

Abstract

A carrying case comprises an enclosure defining an accessible interior and an organizing assembly. The organizing assembly includes an organizing panel disposed in the interior and a plurality of accessory modules removably attachable on the organizing panel. The accessory modules are configured to hold objects to be carried in the carrying case and are removably attachable on the organizing panel at various selected positions. A method of using the carrying case involves transporting the carrying case while the removably attached accessory modules are fixed on the organizing panel in the selected positions, detaching a selected accessory module from the organizing panel and removing the detached accessory module from the interior to permit use of the object held thereby.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A carrying case comprising 
 an enclosure defining an accessible interior; and    an organizing assembly comprising an organizing panel in said interior and a plurality of accessory modules removably attachable on said organizing panel, each of said accessory modules being configured to hold an object to be carried in said interior, said accessory modules being removably attachable on said organizing panel in various adjustable positions on said organizing panel.    
     
     
         2 . The carrying case recited in  claim 1  wherein each of said accessory modules has a configuration representative of the corresponding object held therein.  
     
     
         3 . The carrying case recited in  claim 1  wherein said plurality of accessory modules comprise a business card holder, a pen holder, a disk holder and a universal pouch.  
     
     
         4 . The carrying case recited in  claim 3  wherein said plurality of accessory modules further comprise a holder for headphones, a power adapter holder, a hand-held computer holder, a wireless card holder, and a portable keyboard holder.  
     
     
         5 . The carrying case recited in  claim 1  wherein said organizing panel has a height and width and said accessory modules are removably attachable on said organizing panel in various positions along said height and said width.  
     
     
         6 . The carrying case recited in  claim 1  wherein said interior is defined between opposed external walls of said enclosure and said organizing panel is disposed along an interior surface of one of said external walls.  
     
     
         7 . The carrying case recited in  claim 1  wherein said interior is defined between opposed external walls of said enclosure and wherein said organizing panel is disposed between said external walls.  
     
     
         8 . The carrying case recited in  claim 1  and further including one or more additional accessory modules interchangeable with one or more of said plurality of accessory modules.  
     
     
         9 . The carrying case recited in  claim 1  wherein each of said accessory modules is configured to removably hold the corresponding object therein.  
     
     
         10 . The carrying case recited in  claim 1  wherein said accessory modules are removably attachable on said organizing panel in various user-selected positions in which said accessory modules are fixed to said organizing panel.  
     
     
         11 . The carrying case recited in  claim 10  wherein said organizing panel comprises a first organizing panel in said interior and further including a second organizing panel in said interior and wherein said accessory modules are removably attachable on said second organizing panel in various user-selected positions in which said accessory modules are fixed to said second organizing panel.  
     
     
         12 . A carrying case comprising 
 an enclosure defining an accessible interior;    an organizing panel in said interior comprising one or more attachment devices; and    a plurality of accessory modules each adapted to hold an object to be carried in said interior, each of said accessory modules comprising an attachment element releasably engageable with at least one of said one or more attachment devices for removably attaching said accessory modules to said organizing panel.    
     
     
         13 . The carrying case recited in  claim 12  wherein at least one of said one or more attachment devices is adapted to releasably engage said attachment elements of more than one of said accessory modules simultaneously.  
     
     
         14 . The carrying case recited in  claim 12  wherein said one or more attachment devices comprises a plurality of attachment devices and said attachment element of a single one of said accessory modules is adapted to releasably engage more than one of said attachment devices simultaneously.  
     
     
         15 . The carrying case recited in  claim 12  wherein said one or more attachment devices are made of an adherent material and said attachment elements are made of a material removably adherable to said adherent material.  
     
     
         16 . The carrying case recited in  claim 15  wherein said adherent material is Nylex.  
     
     
         17 . The carrying case recited in  claim 15  wherein said adherent material is Velcro.  
     
     
         18 . The carrying case recited in  claim 15  wherein said one or more attachment devices comprises a plurality of attachment devices each including a strip of said adherent material secured on a surface of said organizing panel.  
     
     
         19 . The carrying case recited in  claim 18  wherein said organizing panel has a height and width and said strips are secured on said surface at spaced locations along said height and extend parallel to one another along said width.  
     
     
         20 . The carrying case recited in  claim 19  wherein said attachment element of a single one of said accessory modules is adapted to releasably engage a pair of said strips simultaneously.  
     
     
         21 . A method of using a carrying case comprising the steps of 
 selecting accessory modules for a plurality of objects to be carried in an interior of a carrying case;    inserting the objects in the accessory modules, respectively;    removably attaching the accessory modules at selected positions on an organizing panel disposed within the interior of the carrying case;    transporting the carrying case while the removably attached accessory modules are fixed on the organizing panel in the selected positions;    detaching a selected accessory module from the organizing panel; and    removing the detached accessory module from the interior to permit use of the object held thereby.    
     
     
         22 . The method recited in  claim 21  wherein said step of selecting includes selecting accessory modules indicative of the corresponding objects held therein.  
     
     
         23 . The method recited in  claim 21  wherein said step of removably attaching includes engaging attachment elements on the accessory modules with one or more attachment devices on the organizing panel.  
     
     
         24 . The method recited in  claim 21  wherein said step of removably attaching includes contacting the accessory modules with the organizing panel and said step of detaching includes moving the selected accessory module away from the organizing panel.  
     
     
         25 . The method recited in  claim 21  and further including the step of rearranging the accessory modules on the organizing panel.  
     
     
         26 . The method recited in  claim 21  and further including the steps of detaching one or more of the accessory modules from the organizing panel, removing the detached one or more accessory modules from the interior, selecting one or more other accessory modules for one or more other objects to be carried in the interior, inserting the one or more other objects in the one or more other accessory modules, removably attaching the one or more other accessory modules at selected positions on the organizing panel, transporting the carrying case while the removably attached one or more other accessory modules are fixed on the organizing panel in the selected positions for the one or more other accessory modules.