Patent ID: 7537117

Claim:
A case for holding elongate objects, said case comprising: a housing shell; a lid that is pivotably hinged to the rear part of said housing shell by a horizontal pivoting axis; a rail that is connected to one of said pivotable lid or said housing shell; a slide closure that has a c-shaped cross section and that engages the rail such that the slide closure is held on said rail and is displaceable along the rail to define a slide path along said rail; a retaining strip that is connected to the other of said pivotable lid or said housing shell from said rail, said retaining strip being oriented with said rail such that said retaining strip is in the slide path defined by said slide closure when said slide closure is in a first position along said rail where said slide closure engages both of said rail and said retaining strip, said slide closure locking said lid and said housing shell together at times when said slide closure is in said first position, said slide closure also engaging said rail but not said retaining strip at times when said slide closure is displaced away from said first position such that said lid and said housing shell are not locked together; and a removable safety nub that is bonded to both said rail and to said slide closure with said slide closure in said first position, said safety nub being located in the slide path of the slide closure to secure the slide closure in said first position.