Artist{3 s carrying case

Claim 1

An artist''s carrying case comprising a box of a depth to hold the desired supplies, a lid hinged to said box, a fastener for securing said lid closed, said box having upright walls with tray-supporting ledge means thereon, a tray removably supported on said ledge means, said tray having longitudinal and transverse partitions forming long compartments at the front and rear of the tray for clean and soiled brushes, and intermediate transverse compartments for paints, containers of oil, turpentine and the like supplies, said tray having slideways along opposite upright walls, a palette-forming cover for said tray slidable in said slideways to and from traY-covering position, the cover for said tray having a thumb-receiving opening therein useful for facilitating the removal of the cover and tray from the box and said cover serving as a palette, said lid having on its inner surface retaining straps which lie flat against the interior of the undersurface of the lid holding knives, pliers and other instruments used by the artist, said box being provided on its exterior with a series of spaced elastic strips extending substantially vertically for holding a folding easel and with the upper ends of said straps provided with snaps, and a relatively flat handle along the longitudinal center and equally spaced from the ends on the exterior of said lid so that the weight of the case and accessories will be equally distributed.