Patent ID: 6135277
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A45C,A47F,F41C,G10G

Abstract:
A portable carrying case for carrying, storing and displaying various items and selected from the groups consisting of a musical instruments including a guitar, guns and collectibles, comprising a receptacle made of a rigid plastic material and having an interior compartment for having the item located therein, a bottom wall and a perimetric wall joined to the bottom wall and having a terminal perimetric edge portion spaced from the bottom wall, a cover for closing the receptacle compartment, said cover having a perimetric portion, hinge means for connecting the cover to the perimetric wall for movement between an open condition and a closed condition with the cover perimetric portion closely adjacent to the receptacle perimetric edge portion, perimetric seal means mounted to one of the cover perimetric portion and the receptacle perimetric edge portion to cooperate with the other of the cover perimetric portion and the receptacle perimetric edge portion to form a fluid seal therebetween when the cover is in a closed condition and suction means mounted to one of the cover and the receptacle to facilitate evacuating fluid from the receptacle interior compartment when the cover is closed, characterized in that a handle is connected to one of the receptacle and cover to facilitate an individual carrying the case, the case with the item therein being of a weight for being carried by a single individual, the seal means with the cover in a closed condition providing an airtight case interior compartment for reducing deterioration of the item when the item is in the compartment and the compartment is at a negative pressure and plastic foam cushioning material is removably provided in the case, said material being of a shape to protect the item in the receptacle when being transported from one location to another, said cover being made of a clear rigid plastic to permit viewing the item in the receptacle interior compartment even when the cover is in its closed condition.