U.S. patent number 3,701,371 [Application Number 05/073,701] was granted by the patent office on 1972-10-31 for rain gun case.
Invention is credited to Robert H. Stackhouse.
United States Patent |
3,701,371 |
Stackhouse |
October 31, 1972 |
RAIN GUN CASE
Abstract
A gun case is made of light, flexible material, and is capable
of being rolled or folded to fit into a pocket holder for storage
and carrying. The gun case is designed to be folded into a packet
small enough to be carried in a person's shirt pocket. In one
embodiment the gun case is rolled or folded into a pocket holder
formed as an integral part of the gun case at one end thereof. The
gun case may have openings formed therein by which a person may
operate the trigger while the gun is in the case, or by which a
person may insert a cartridge clip, or it may include other
openings for ejection of spent cartridges.
Inventors: |
Stackhouse; Robert H.
(Bartlesville, OK) |
Family
ID: |
22115263 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/073,701 |
Filed: |
September 21, 1970 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/317; 224/913;
383/103; 42/96 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D
65/02 (20130101); F41C 33/06 (20130101); Y10S
224/913 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
F41C
33/06 (20060101); F41C 33/00 (20060101); B65D
65/02 (20060101); B65d 065/02 () |
Field of
Search: |
;150/52R ;224/2A
;42/1R,1N,85 ;229/DIG.14 ;206/DIG.18 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Leclair; Joseph R.
Assistant Examiner: Garbe; Stephen P.
Claims
I claim:
1. A gun case comprising an elongate casing made of light, flexible
material and capable of being folded or rolled into a small,
compact packet, said casing having an opening at a first narrow end
and closure means at said first narrow end to at least
substantially close said opening as desired, wherein said elongate
casing includes a pocket adjacent a second narrow end to receive
said packet, said elongate casing including a trigger opening on a
side thereof, said trigger opening being substantially covered by a
flap of light, flexible material, said closure means comprising a
flap of light, flexible material, said elongate casing including an
ejection opening on a side thereof.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improvement in gun cases. More
particularly, this invention relates to gun cases made of light,
flexible material, which are capable of being rolled up or folded
up in order to fit into a small pocket holder for convenience in
carrying.
Gun cases, which are used for carrying or storing guns,
particularly those for shotguns and rifles, have traditionally been
made of rather heavy, semi-rigid material. The main purpose of such
a gun case has been to protect the gun against damage from a blow
received during transit or storage. Such typical gun cases are
disclosed in the following patents: U.S. Pat. No. 3,164,189 to
O'Link, U.S. Pat. No. 3,191,652 to Benson et al., and U.S. Pat. No.
3,239,114 to Norsworthy.
Much more important protection, however, is needed while the gun is
being carried in the field. For example, when a hunter leaves his
house or automobile he customarily carries his gun a great
distance, leaving his gun case behind in either his house or his
automobile. Quite often, the weather he encounters during hunting
is inclement, or, while he is far from his house or automobile, the
weather turns inclement. His gun is therefore subjected to the
weather, either rain, snow, or dust.
The primary object of this invention is to provide a gun case made
of light, flexible material which is adaptable to various kinds and
sizes of guns and rifles.
Another object of this invention is to provide a gun case which is
easily made, inexpensive, and convenient to use.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a gun case
which may be easily and quickly applied to a gun or easily and
quickly removed from a gun and which may be conveniently carried
when not used as a cover for a gun.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a gun cover
which will permit a gun or rifle to be operated even while the gun
or rifle is in position within the cover.
Another object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive gun
cover which may be formed of a single sheet of light, flexible
material.
Another object of this invention is to provide a gun case which may
be easily carried and which is quickly usable.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a gun case
which will protect a gun from the weather, and from dust or other
potentially injurious elements, and which is readily usable at a
sudden change in the weather or environment.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a gun case
which may be easily and conveniently carried with a person and used
when necessary, instead of being removed from a gun and left at a
remote location.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a gun case
which may be carried on a person without having to be carried in
his hands.
The gun case of this invention will be particularly advantageous to
use by the armed forces since it may be easily carried and may be
quickly put into use, while, of even much more advantage, in an
emergency or at a time of quick need, the gun or rifle may be
easily fired while it is within the gun case. That is, the gun case
is intended to be made of extremely thin, flexible material, such
as a thin film of polyethylene or similar thin plastic, and the gun
may be aimed and fired while it is inside the gun case.
This gun case is made of light, flexible material, and is capable
of being rolled or folded into such a small configuration as to fit
into a pocket holder for easy carrying. In fact, the packet into
which the gun case may be folded is small enough to be carried in a
person's shirt pocket. In one embodiment, the gun case has a pocket
holder formed as an integral part at the barrel end of the gun
case.
The gun case may be made of clear or colored plastic material, or
may be made of camouflage colors when intended for military
use.
Most conveniently, the gun case may be cut out of a single sheet of
flexible material which is folded over and sealed along the
lengthwise edge and barrel end but left open at the stock end.
Thus, in use the gun or rifle may be inserted at the stock end
which is the slightly larger end of the gun case and which may have
a flap thereat to serve as a closure for the open end. The closure
flap may be inserted into the open end for closing the gun case, or
may have a strap across the width of the gun case under which the
flap may be inserted, or may be formed with self adhesive surface
to hold the flap in a sealed condition.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Further objects and advantages of the invention will become
apparent from the following description and claims and from the
accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a gun case according to this
invention showing a rifle contained therein shadow.
FIG. 1a is a cross sectional view along the lines 1a--1a of FIG.
1.
FIG. 1b is a side elevational view of a gun case according to this
invention in a folded and closed condition within an integral
pocket of the gun case.
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of an alternate embodiment of a
gun case according to this invention also showing a rifle contained
therein in shadow.
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of still another embodiment of a
gun case according to this invention.
FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of still another embodiment of a
gun case according to this invention.
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of a gun case according to this
invention for a pistol showing a pistol contained therein in
shadow.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The gun case of this invention comprises an elongate casing made of
light, flexible material and capable of being folded or rolled into
a small, compact packet, said casing having an opening at a first
narrow end and closure means at said first narrow end to at least
substantially close said opening as desired.
Referring now to the drawings in detail, FIG. 1 describes a gun
case 10, generally, according to this invention, which is formed of
a light, thin, flexible material, such as polyethylene, into an
elongate casing having two closed lengthwise sides 12 and 14
respectively, a closed end 16, and an open end 18. An extended
portion of one side of the casing forms a flap 20 which acts as
means to close the open end either by being inserted into the open
end or, as shown in FIG. 1, by being inserted under a retaining
strip 22 of similar material which is attached to the gun casing.
Adjacent the closed end of the gun case is a pocket portion 24
formed by the sealing of a piece of similar material 26 sealed to
the gun case along three sides leaving pocket 24 open. Thus, by
rolling or folding the empty gun case, the case can be compacted
into a small packet which will fit conveniently into pocket 24
providing easy means for carrying and storing the gun case.
FIG. 1 further describes a gun case having a plurality of air vents
28 to prevent condensation of moisture within the gun case upon
prolonged storage.
FIG. 1a is a cross sectional view showing the relationship of
pocket 24 to the gun case.
FIG. 1b describes the gun case in a rolled or folded condition and
stuffed within pocket 24.
In FIG. 2 a gun case is described which has a trigger opening 30
cut in one side of the gun case so that easy access to the trigger
may be had while the gun or rifle is within the case, and so that
in an emergency, the rifle may even be fired while it is within the
case. Also in FIG. 2 is shown a clip opening 32 which is cut from
the bottom of the gun case and permits the insertion of a new clip
of cartridges if necessary while the gun or rifle is within the
case. Then too, another manner of providing a cover flap is shown.
A cover flap 34 includes a self-adhesive portion 36 by which the
cover flap may be sealed against the outer portion of the gun flap.
Any suitable type of self-adhesive means may be employed for this
purpose.
In FIG. 3 another form of trigger opening is described by trigger
opening 38. Trigger opening 38 is formed simply by making a
U-shaped or L-shaped cut in the side of the gun case and leaving in
place the resulting flap portion which then becomes a cover 40 for
the trigger opening. Similarly, in FIG. 3 another U-shaped cut may
be made in the side of the gun case to form an ejection opening 42
which likewise has a flap of material in place which then becomes a
cover 44 for ejection opening 42.
In FIG. 4 a trigger opening 46 is protected by a cover 48 which is
sealed in place over trigger opening 46 along sides 52, and 54,
leaving access to opening 48 thru sides 50 and 56.
It is also contemplated that the trigger opening may simply be
outlined by indentation of the gun case material whereby the
material may be punched out or cut out as desired by the operator
to form a trigger opening or may be left intact so that there is no
opening for a person's trigger finger. Similar indentation of the
gun case material may be provided in the area of a proposed
ejection opening or clip opening, so that if desired, the material
may be easily removed to form these openings, or the material may
be left intact.
FIG. 5 describes a gun case according to this invention for a
pistol. Gun case 58, generally, has a flap 60 to cover the open end
and which flap includes an extended portion 62 capable of slipping
under retaining strip 64 to hold the flap 60 in a closed condition.
The pistol gun case 58 further includes a suitable trigger opening
66 which may be left uncovered, or which may be covered by a
suitable cover as cover 68 similar to the previously described
trigger covers in that it may be a flap of material remaining in
place after the cutting of the trigger opening, or, as described in
FIG. 5, is a separate piece of material sealed in place along two
sides leaving a bottom opening for a person's finger to reach the
trigger. Similarly, pistol gun case 58 includes an ejection opening
70 protected by a cover 72 which may also be either a flap of
material remaining in place after cutting of the opening, or as
described in FIG. 5, may be a separate piece of material sealed in
place to cover the opening 70.
Since many different embodiments of this invention may be made
without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, it is to be
understood that the specific embodiments described in detail herein
are not to be taken in a limiting sense, since the scope of the
invention is best defined by the appended claims.
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