Musical instrument carrying case

Abstract

Abstract An improved case for carrying and storing a guitar musical instrument and the like. In addition to rigid constraints preventing lateral movements of the sounding-box body, neck and head of the instrument, there are also provided subjacent supporting elements affording resilient yet semi-rigid vertical support to the instrument neck and sounding-box body. These supporting elements, which respectively run the entire length of both said neck and said body, each comprise an upper sheet of formed rubber or analagous resilient material which is positioned immediately subjacent said neck and said body and immediately above a form-retaining base. On opposite transverse sides of each said resilient sheet are form-retaining constraints. Thus, when the instrument neck and body are forced downwardly from the random impacts of normal carrying of the case, said resilient sheets will be depressed slightly downwardly while lateral displacement of said neck will be prevented by said side constraints. Such action serves to prevent deleterious stressing of the particularly vulnerable heel juncture of said neck to said body. By varying the resiliency of said sheets with respect to each other, there may be achieved a case which supports different portions of said instrument with different degrees of resiliency and rigidity, so that delicate portions of said instrument may be afforded greater cushioning than less delicate portions.

Inventors

• 👤 Peter R Lee
• 👤 Donald W Burror

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