Patent ID: 6659276
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A45C,B25H,B27B

Abstract:
A carrying case for a chainsaw having a bar, said carrying case comprising:a base having a lower wall, a rear wall, and two end walls, one of the end walls having a slot therein; a front member pivotally connected to said base about a pivot axis, said front member being pivotable from a closed position toward a position in which said front member is substantially coplanar with the lower wall of said base; a top member pivotally connected to said base about a pivot axis which is substantially parallel to the pivot axis of said front member, said top member being pivotable from a closed position toward a position in which said top member is substantially coplanar with the rear wall of said base; a scabbard for being applied to the bar of the chainsaw, said scabbard having an end portion adapted to be received within the slot in the end wall of said base when the chainsaw, with said scabbard applied thereto, is disposed within said base; and wherein the rear wall, the lower wall and the two end walls of said base are substantially rigidly joined together to form said base such that said base comprises a substantially rigid structure.