Configurable compartmented multiple-item carrying case

Abstract

A compartmented multiple-item carrying case ( 10 ) adapted for construction of configurable dividers ( 60, 62, 64, 66, 68 ) is formed with matable building elements ( 82, 84, 86 ) arranged by a user to provide interior compartments ( 40, 42, 44, 46 ) of customized shapes and sizes. User configurable interior compartments enable efficient item placement and storage because the items a user desires to carry at a given time can differ in size and shape.

1 . A configurable compartmented carrying case, comprising:
 a container part having an interior space defined by a base surface and side surfaces, the base surface including a patterned surface portion configured to support a set of container-part building elements that are configurable for mating to the patterned surface portion of the base surface and to one another so as to enable a user to build configurable dividers arranged to form configurable compartments in the interior space of the container part.   
   
   
       2 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , further comprising a cover part sized to cover the interior space of the container part, the cover part having an interior surface including a patterned surface portion configured to support a set of cover-part building elements that are configurable for mating to the patterned surface of the interior surface of the cover part to enable a user to build on the interior surface a configurable storage compartment. 
   
   
       3 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , in which the set of container-part building elements includes a subset of the building elements having first and second matable features that are matable to each other so that the building elements in the subset are configurable for mated joining to one another for assembly in stacked relationship. 
   
   
       4 . The carrying case of  claim 1 , in which the set of cover-part building elements includes a subset of the building elements having first and second matable features that are matable to each other so that the building elements in the subset are configurable for mated joining to one another for assembly in stacked relationship.