Patent ID: 7048103

Claim:
A carrying case comprising: an enclosure defining an interior and having a substantially planar front wall, a substantially planar back wall, and an opening that provides access to said interior; and a handle including first and second handle portions each comprising a first segment rotatably mounted on said enclosure on opposite sides of said opening, respectively, and a second segment connecting opposite ends of said first segment, said second segments having central longitudinal axes, respectively, defining parallel axes about which said first segments are rotatable, respectively, for movement between an engaged position, wherein said first segments are in abutment, and a fully disengaged position, wherein said first segments are separated from one another, said first segments having mating surfaces, respectively, of complementary configurations to mate in said engaged position, wherein the ends of each of said first segments form a continuous curve beginning at the ends of said second segments and ending at said mating surfaces, and wherein said curve has a substantially concave curvature relative to a vertical plane extending from said opening through said mating surfaces in said engaged position.