Storage case

Claim 1

IN A STORAGE CASE FOR A MULTIPLICITY OF SMALL ITEMS OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES, SUCH AS KNITING NEEDLES AND THE LIKE, THE COMBINATION OF: (A) BACKING SHEET MEANS OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL INCLUDING CENTRAL, TRANSVERSELY-EXTENDING HINGE STRIP MEANS, THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID BACKING SHEET MEANS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID HINGE STRIP MEANS PROVIDING COMPLEMENTARY TRAY-SUPPORTING SECTIONS, THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BACKING SHEET MEANS PROVIDING THE OUTSIDE COVER FOR SAID CASE, (B) A RELATIVELY RIGID TRAY MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SECTIONS WITH THE BOTTOMS THEREOF SECURELY ATTACHED TO SAID BACKING SHEET MEANS, SAID TRAYS HAVING FLAT TOP SURFACES AND SIDE WALLS AND LYING SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH SAID TOP SURFACES FACING UPWARDLY WHEN SAID CASE IS OPEN, SAID TRAYS BEING POSITIONABLE IN OPPOSED RELATION WITH SAID TOP SURFACES IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SAID CASE IS CLOSED BY FLEXING OF SAID HINGE SECTION MEANS, EACH OF SAID TRAYS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART STORAGE CAVITIES EXTENDING THEREIN FROM ITS TOP SURFACE TOWARD SAID BACKING SHEET MEANS, SAID CAVITIES ALSO EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL WITH SAID TOP SURFACES, SOME OF SAID CAVITIES BEING CURVED TO EXTEND IN DIRECTIONS PARALLEL WITH AT LEAST TWO OF THE SIDE WALLS OF A TRAY, WHEREBY AN ELONGATED, FLEXIBLE ITEM HAVING A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID TRAY-SUPPORTING SECTIONS MAY BE STORED IN SAID TRAY, THE CAVITIES OF EACH OF SAID TRAYS HAVING INTERVENING AREAS OF THE RESPECTIVE TOP SURFACE EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN, SAID CAVITIES BEING SHAPED TO RECEIVE AND HOLD BELOW SAID TOP SURFACES THE RESPECTIVE ITEMS TO BE STORED, THE CAVITIES PROVIDED BY EACH OF SAID TRAYS BEING DIFFERENT AND BEING ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO THE CAVITIES OF THE OTHER TRAY SO THAT AT LEAST PART OF EACH CAVITY IS CLOSED BY ONE OF SAID INTERVENING SURFACE AREAS OF THE OPPOSING TOP SURFACE WHEN SAID CASE IS CLOSED, (C) RELEASABLE FASTENER MEANS FOR SECURING SAID CASE IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, AND (D) A POSITIONING BUTTON PROJECTING OUT FROM THE TOP SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID TRAYS AWAY FROM SAID BACKING SHEET MEANS, THE OTHER OF SAID TRAYS HAVING A GUIDE RECESS EXTENDING FROM ITS TOP SURFACE TOWARD SAID BACKING SHEET MEANS AND BEING POSITIONED AND SIZED TO SNUGLY RECEIVE SAID BUTTON AS SAID CASE IS CLOSED.