Patent ID: 9668557
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A45C

Claim:
1. A protective case for transporting and storing a planar-shaped object, the protective case comprising: a body including a first side wall, a second side wall spaced apart from the first side wall, a front wall, a rear wall spaced apart from the front wall, and a bottom wall coupled to the first and second side walls, front wall, and rear wall at edges thereof to define a parallelepiped-shaped housing having a cavity therein configured to receive the planar-shaped object; an opening at an end of the body oppositely-disposed from the bottom wall and defined by uppermost edges of the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, and the rear wall; and a lid secured to at least one of the uppermost edges of the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, or the rear wall and configured to close the opening and secure the planar-shaped object within the cavity of the protective case; wherein the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, the rear wall, the bottom wall, and the lid each comprise a multilayer construction including an exterior layer, an interior layer, and at least one protective layer enclosed therebetween, each of the protective layers comprises at least one impact-absorbing layer configured to cushion the planar-shaped object, the protective layers of the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, the rear wall, and the bottom wall comprising a rigid layer configured to increase the rigidity of the protective case; wherein the exterior layer and the interior layer of each of the first side wall, the second side wall, the front wall, the rear wall, the bottom wall, and the lid are directly connected to each other at ends and corners of the protective case adjacent and between edges of the protective layers.