Thermometer case

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED CLINICAL THERMOMETER AND CASING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CLINICAL THERMOMETER MADE OF A FRANGIBLE MATERIAL AND A CASE FOR PROTECTING AND DISPLAYING THE THERMOMETER INCLUDING A SUPPORTING BASE MEMBER MADE IN ONE PIECE OF A RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE RESILIENT OPAQUE PLASTIC MATERIAL AND A COMPLEMENTARY COVER MADE IN ONE PIECE OF A RELATIVELY MORE RIGID TRANSPARENT PLASTIC MATERIAL, AND REMOVABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE BASE MEMBER TO FORM AN ENCLOSED CASE, SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING A TRANSVERSELY CONVEX OUTER SURFACE WITH AN ELONGATED DISPLAY PLATFORM OUTWARDLY OFFSET FROM THE OUTER SURFACE AT AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND INTEGRALLY CONNECTED THERETO BY SAID AND END EDGES DISPOSED AT A STEP ANGLE TO THE PLATFORM, AND BEING FORMED WITH OUTWARDLY PROJECTING GUIDE AND SUPPORTING FLANGES, TAPERED IN WIDTH AND DISPOSED AT ANGLES SLANTING TOWARD EACH OTHER AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE PLATFORM TO ENGAGE AND HELP GUIDE AND SUPPORT THE COVER MEMBER, AND SAID BASE MEMBER ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF RESILIENT CLIPS MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM IN LONGITTUDINALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP, EACH CLIP HAVING A BASE PORTION AND A PAIR OF CLAMPING JAWS SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM THE PLATFORM, SAID CLIPS HAVING A CLAMPING ZONE BETWEEN THE JAWS AND BEING ARRANGED WITH THE CLAMPING ZONES IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE CLAMPING JAWS POSITIONED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AXIS OF ALIGNMENT, SAID CLIPS ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING SAID CLINICAL THERMOMETER IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM THE PLATFORM SO THAT IT CAN BE READILY GRASPED BETWEEN THE FINGERS FOR REMOVAL AND INSERTION, AND SAID COVER MEMBER HAVING A TOP PORTION AND OUTWARDLY FLARED INTEGRAL SIDE AND END WALLS ENGAGING THE GUIDE AND SUPPORTING FLANGES AND SIDE EDGES OF THE PLATFORM.