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A DUAL PURPOSE CARRYING CASE FOR CARRYING PAPERS AND ARTICLES OF APPAREL COMPRISING A BOTTOM SECTION HAVING AN OPEN TOP, SAID BOTTOM SECTION INCLUDING A BOTTOM PANEL AND RIGID UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS CONNECTED TO THE PERIPHERAL EDGES OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL; A LID SECTION HAVING A TOP PANEL AND RIGID DEPENDING SIDE WALLS CONNECTED TO THE PERIPHERAL EDGES OF SAID TOP PANEL; MEANS CONNECTING SAID LID SECTION TO SAID BOTTOM SECTION FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A BOTTOM CLOSED POSITION AND A BOTTOM OPEN POSITION; A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID PARTITION PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID CARRYING CASE; AND RELEASABLE MOUNTING MEANS IN ONE OF SAID SECTIONS FOR SUPPORTING SAID RIGID PARTITION IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION FROM THE PANEL ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ONE OF SAID SECTION, WHEREBY SAID PANEL ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID SECTIONS, AND SAID PARTITION DEFINE A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID COMPARTMENT THEREBETWEEN TO RECEIVE ARTICLES OF APPAREL THEREIN; AND FLAP MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID PARTITION ALONG THE LATERAL EDGES THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO BE SUPERPOSED OVER PORTIONS OF SAID PARTITION, AND PANEL MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID PARTITION ADJACENT THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID PARTITION TO SAID CASE AND ADAPTED TO BE SUPERPOSED OVER SAID FLAP MEANS, AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID PANEL IN PLACE, WHEREBY SAID PANEL AND FLAP MEANS MAY BE PIVOTED TO EXPOSE SAID PARTITION TO RECEIVE ARTICLES OF APPAREL THEREON AND SAID FLAP MEANS AND PANEL MAY BE PIVOTED TO BE SUPERPOSED ON SAID PARTITION AND AFFIXED IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN SAID ARTICLES OF APPAREL IN PLACE ON SAID PARTITION.