Carrying case

Claim 1

A CARRYING CASE, COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSED SHEETMETAL SHELLS HAVING PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING SIDE WALLS, A PAIR OF PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING MOLDINGS MOUNTED ON THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID SHELLS, ONE OF SAID MOLDINGS FORMING AROUND EACH OF THE CASE SIDE WALLS A RECESSED CHANNEL IN WHICH AN ELONGATED UNITARY CARRYING STRAP IS ADJUSTABLY CARRIED, MEANS HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTING SAID MOLDINGS AT THE EDGE OF SAID CHANNEL ALONG ONE SIDE OF SAID CASE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID CASE, SAID STRAP HAVING THICKENED PORTIONS AT EACH OF ITS ENDS AND A THICKENED HANDLE PORTION INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, A PAIR OF BRACKETS MOUNTED ON ONE OF SAID MOLDINGS ALONG ONE CASE SIDE WALL AND HAVING WEBS OVERLYING SAID CHANNEL IN SPACED RELATION THERETO, THE THICKNESSES OF SAID HANDLE PORTION AND ENDS OF SAID STRAP BEING GREATER THAN THE SPACING BETWEEN SAID WEBS AND THE CHANNEL LYING THEREUNDER, FASTENING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID ONE MOLDING ALONG THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CASE WALL OPPOSITE SAID PAIR OF BRACKETS FOR RELEASABLY FASTENING THE ENDS OF SAID STRAP IN SAID CHANNEL ALONG SAID MEANS HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTING SAID MOLDINGS TO RELEASABLY RETAIN SAID STRAP IN A RETRACTED HAND GRIP POSITION IN WHICH SAID HANDLE PORTION IS RETAINED ADJACENT SAID CASE AND WHEREBY UPON RELEASE OF SAID FASTENING MEANS THE PORTIONS OF THE STRAP INTERMEDIATE SAID HANDLE AND END PORTIONS MAY BE SLID UNDER SAID PAIR OF BRACKETS TO MOVE SAID STRAP TO AN EXTENDED SHOULDER STRAP POSITION IN WHICH SAID HANDLE PORTION IS REMOTELY DISPOSED FROM THE CASE AND SAID THICKENED STRAP ENDS BEAR AGAINST SAID PAIR OF BRACKETS, AND MEANS RELEASABLY LOCKING THE SHELLS IN A CLOSED POSITION.