Patent ID: 6283287
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: G10G

Abstract:
A carrying case for transporting and storing two guitars comprising, first and second elongate convex shells having first and second internal surfaces and first and second peripheral edges respectively, said shells hingedly connected to one another at corresponding portions of said peripheral edges, said internal surfaces defining recesses adapted to hold first and second electric guitars respectively, said shells operable for movement between a closed position and an open position whereby in said closed position said the guitars are oriented substantially parallel facing each other, and in said open position said guitars lie in intersecting planes, a partition having first and second opposite faces and a joining edge, said partition hingedly supported at said joining edge by said internal surface of said first shell, said partition operable when said shells are in said open position for movement between a deployed position and a retracted position whereby when said partition is retracted, said recess of said first shell is substantially enclosed by said first internal surface and said first face and when said partition is deployed, said recess of said first shell is accessible for insertion and removal of said first guitar, and first and second compressively elastic body pads supported on said first and second faces respectively, said body pads positioned and adapted to urge the respective guitars into said respective recesses, when said shells are in said closed position.