Gun case

Claim 1

As a product of manufacture, a hand case for carrying articles such as guns, the case comprising: a base having upstanding opposite side walls and end walls defining a compartment for receiving a gun said base including a flat bottom wall having a plurality of projections extending externally thereof for positioning the case spaced from a surface in a horizontal plane, a cover for closing the compartment, said base, walls and cover defining a generally rectangular configuration, hinge means hinging the cover to the base for movement between open and closed positions opening and closing the compartment, the base, cover and side and end walls all being made from five ply marine plywood with a sheet of hard laminate Formica material bonded to the outer surfaces thereof to form the outer surfaces of the case, said side and end walls having mortise and tenon joints on the innermost ply of the plywood walls interconnecting the same at each of the corners thereof, partition means in the compartment defining a first elongated sub-compartment extending between the opposite end walls for receiving a barrel of a gun, a second sub-compartment extending parallel to the first compartment for receiving the stock of a gun, said second compartment having in the bottom thereof a resilient and flexible foam pad extending substantially throughout, and a third subcompartment between one end of said second sub-compartment and the end of said case and to one side of said first subcompartment, said cover having a foam pad secured throughout the underside thereof to overlie the foam pad in said second compartment, a layer of acrylic pile material overlying the internal portions of said compartment and cover including said partition means and said foam pads, an aluminum plate handle with finished wood strips attached to the opposite sides of said plate on one of said side wall opposite the side wall containing the hinge means, a strip of felt material attached to the upper edges of said one side wall and the opposite end walls to establish a seal with the cover when the latter is closed, and latch means on said one side wall which contains the handle for releasably securing said cover to said base.