Mallet case and rack

Claim 1

A COMBINATION CARRYING CASE AND RACK FOR MALLETS AND OTHER PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS, COMPRISING A PAIR OF GENERALLY HOLLOW CASING SECTIONS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER, SAID PAIR OF SECTIONS EACH SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF MALLETS BY MEANS OF OPENINGS WHICH RECEIVE MALLET HANDLES WHILE THE MALLET HEADS EXTEND WITHOUT SAID SECTIONS, A THIRD CASING SECTION PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED TO ONE OF SAID PAIR OF SECTIONS, A COVER SECTION MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID THIRD CASING SECTION, SAID PAIR OF HOLLOW CASING SECTIONS AND SAID THIRD CASING SECTION BEING PIVOTAL TO A CLOSED POSITION WHEREIN THEY ARE ARRANGED ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER, SAID COVER SECTION HAVING A CLOSED POSITION SUCH THAT IT EXTENDS OVER THE SAID PAIR OF CASING SECTIONS TO HOUSE AND CONCEAL THE MALLET HEADS EXTENDING WITHOUT SAID PAIR OF CASING SECTIONS AND AN OPEN POSITION WHICH EXPOSES SAID MALLET HEADS SO THAT THEY MAY BE SELECTIVELY WITHDRAWN THEREBY SERVING AS A CARRYING CASE WHEN SAID COVER SECTION IS IN SAID CLOSED POSITION AND AS A DISPENSING RACK WHEN SAID COVER SECTION IS IN SAID OPEN POSITION.