US2706036A - Shock proof gun case - Google Patents

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April l2, 1955 c. R. NEAL SHOCK PROOF GUN CASE Filed Aug. 7, 1953 nnnnnn nl crean.

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Application August 7, 1953, Serial No. 372,861

1 Claim. (Cl. 206-16) This invention relates generally to firearms and particularly to a shock proof gun case.

The main object of this invention is to provide a gun case especially adapted for guns equipped with telescopic sights or other mechanism easily rendered inoperative if the gun is subjected to severe jars or strains.

The second object is to make it possible to completely shield and protect a firearm and its accessories from injury with a minimum amount of effort or expenditure of time.

I accomplish these and other objects in the manner set forth in the following specifications as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig, l is a plan of the opened case, showing a gun in position therein.

Fig. 2 is a section taken along theline 2 2 in Fig. 1, the case being closed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the case when closed.

Like numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawing, there is shown an elongated case which is divided along theline 11 and joined by the hinges 12 andclamps 13 and alock 14. A carryingstrap 15 is attached to thetop side 16. There is also provided ahandle 17 which is positioned on theside 16 above the center of balance of the loadedcase 10.

Thesides 18 and ends 19 of thecase 10 are of wood which is overlaid with acomposition board 21 and 22. The wooden frame is sub-divided bycross members 23 which divides the case into agun compartment 24 and acompartment 25 in the cover and thecompartment 26 in the body of the case.

The purpose of themembers 23 is not merely to form a compartment but to form a diagonal brace across the strong wooden frame, which takes all of the shocks. Thesides 21 and 22 are of thin composition board and would not serve as shock braces.

All around thegun compartment 24 is a cushion of Patented Apr. 12, 1955 ice foam rubber 27 having a gun-shaped recess therein. Thecompartment 24 is lined withfabric 28 as are thecompartments 2S and 26.

It can be seen that the gun in thecompartment 24 is surrounded 0n all sides vby a heavy padding of foam rubber or its equivalent, thereby protecting the gun and its accessories from injury or being thrown out of adjustment by the rubber cushion. As shown in the drawing, the cushioning is not visible since it is all faced with afabric 30 which may be of any desired type. The cushion should be thick enough that some pressure is required to close the case, vthereby causing the gun to be partially imbedded in the cushion when at rest.

I am aware that manytypes of gun cases have been constructed in the past in which attempts are made to shield the relatively delicate telescopic sights. It is, therefore, not my intention to cover such devices broadly but I do intend to cover all such forms and modifications thereof as fall fairly within the appended claim.

I claim:

A shock proof gun case comprising a body portion and a cover portion, each ofsaid portions comprising a rectangular frame having top and bottom sides and two ends,

said body frame being of greater thickness than said cover frame, hinges connecting the bottom sides of said frames, a handle on the top side of said body frame above the center of balance of the loaded case, diagonal braces in said frames extending from one end near the bottom corner to said top sides near the rnid points thereof, said braces being disposed in a common plane when the cover is closed dividing said case into two compartments, one of said compartments being adapted to hold a gun such as a rie with the barrel extending along said braces to position the muzzle in said bottom corner and the butt at the other end of the case with the top of the barrel uppermost, side panels on said frames enclosing said compartments, a cushion filler in the body portion of said gun compartment having a gun-shaped recess, and a cushion filler in the cover portion of said gun compartment having sucient thickness to be complressd against a gun in said recess when the cover is c ose References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 192,038 Waterbury June 12, 1877 2,121,982 Pugsley June 28, 1938 2,282,908 Thompson May 12, 1942 2,531,550 Bradley et al. Nov. 28, 1950

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