Patent ID: 8720681

Claim:
A quiet opening and closing binocular clam shell pouch comprising: a flexible bag having a peripheral wall forming an open mouth of said flexible bag; a padded fabric sleeve fixed to said peripheral wall; a rigid member in said padded fabric sleeve, whereby the shape of said open mouth of said flexible bag is determined by the shape of said rigid member; a flexible lid having a flat fabric center conforming to the shape of the open mouth of said flexible bag; a peripheral wall extending around and projecting from said flat fabric center; a padded fabric sleeve fixed to said peripheral wall of said flexible lid; a rigid member in said padded fabric sleeve of said lid, said rigid member in said padded fabric sleeve of said lid conforming in shape to said rigid member in said padded fabric sleeve of said bag; a fabric hinge interconnecting said bag and said lid; a plurality of first magnets spaced around and fixed to said peripheral wall of said bag, each said first magnet having a magnetic surface positioned alongside said padded sleeve of said bag and each said said magnetic surface of each said first magnet fixed to said peripheral wall being of the same magnetic polarity; and a plurality of second magnets spaced around and fixed to said peripheral wall of said lid, each said second magnet having a magnetic surface positioned alongside said padded sleeve of said lid and said magnetic surface of each said second magnet having the a magnetic polarity opposite to the magnetic polarity of each said first magnet, and said first and second magnets being aligned such that each first magnet attracts a second cooperating magnet to compress said padded sleeves of said bag and of said lid, to hold said lid in position covering said bag opening and wherein said compressed padded sleeves prevent contact between said first and second magnets.