Carrying case for stringed musical instruments

Claim 1

A CARRYING CASE IN COMBINATION WITH A STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A BODY AND A NECK EXTENDING FROM ONE END THEREOF, SAID CASE COMPRISING A BOTTOM SECTION AND A COMPLEMENTARY TOP SECTION, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID TOP AND BOTTOM SECTIONS TOGETHER , A FIRST CUSHIONING MEMBER IN SAID BOTTOM SECTION ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE BODY OF THE INSTRUMENT POSITIONED IN SAID BOTTOM SECTION, AND SAID SECOND CUSHIONING MEMBERS SECURED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID TOP SECTION IN LONGITUDINALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP, ONE OF SAID SECOND CUSHIONING MEMBERS BEING POSITIONED IN THE TOP SECTION OPPOSITE THE FIRST CUSHIONING MEMBER WHEN THE CASE IS IN CLOSED POSITION, EACH OF SAID CUSHIONING MEMBERS BEING POSITIONED TO BE COMPRESSED BY THE INSTRUMENT ENCLOSED IN SAID CASE WHEN SAID CASE IS IN CLOSED POSITION, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FACING SURFACES OF THE FIRST CUSHIONING MEMBER AND THE SAID ONE SECOND CUSHIONING MEMBER ALONG A LINE NORMAL TO THE PLANES OF SAID SURFACE BEING LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE INSTRUMENT BODY ENGAGED THEREBY WHEREBY SAID SECOND CUSHIONING MEMBERS COOPERATE WITH THE FIRST CUSHIONING MEMBER TO HOLD THE INSTRUMENT IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID CASE AND TO PREVENT IT FROM SHIFTING WITHIN SAID CASE.