Patent ID: 6880698

Claim:
A case for storage and transportation of archery equipment, comprising: first and second case sections connected for relative movement between open and closed positions; the first and second case sections each including a wall cooperatively defining an interior compartment when disposed in the closed position; the first and second case sections each including a set of reinforcing pillars affixed thereto which project into the interior compartment when the first and second case sections are disposed in the closed position; each reinforcing pillar having a free end such that the free end of each reinforcing pillar affixed to the first case section is aligned with and in abutting relation to the free end of one of the reinforcing pillars affixed to the second case section when the first and second case sections are disposed in the closed position; each set of reinforcing pillars on the first and second case sections including at least one reinforcing pillar having an engaging contour including a first element portion and a complementarily-shaped second element portion formed on the free end thereof such that when the first and second case sections are disposed in the closed position, each at least one first element portion disposed on the first and second case sections is aligned and in registry with at least one second element portion disposed on the first and second case sections.