OPTICAL INSTRUMENT CASE WITH LOW PROFILE LID AND HARNESS FOR THE SAME
A case for an optical instrument is provided. The case has a body with a bottom and two pairs of oppositely disposed side walls connected to the body forming a cavity. The case also includes a lid having a top cover and two pairs of oppositely disposed side portions, each of which corresponds with and overlaps a corresponding side wall of the body when the lid is in a closed position. A first pair of the two pairs of side walls each includes an elastic chord which connects the given side wall to the corresponding side portion of the lid.
1 . A optical instrument case comprising:
a body having
a bottom,
two pairs of oppositely disposed side walls connected to the bottom forming a cavity;
a lid having
a top cover, and
two pairs of oppositely disposed side portions,
wherein the lid has a closed position and an open position, and wherein the each of the side portions of the two pairs of oppositely disposed side portions corresponds to and overlaps with a corresponding side wall in the closed position.
2 . The optical instrument case of claim 1 , wherein the body is a rectangular prism.
3 . The optical instrument case of claim 1 , wherein each of the side wall of the two pairs of oppositely disposed side walls has a height from 5.0 inches to 8.0 inches.
4 . The optical instrument case of claim 1 , wherein the two pairs of oppositely disposed side walls comprises a front side wall, a rear side wall, a left side wall and a right side wall, and wherein the first of the two pairs of oppositely disposed side walls is the left side wall and the right side wall.
5 . The optical instrument case of claim 4 , wherein the lid is compressed against the front side wall when in the open position.
6 . The optical instrument case of claim 5 , wherein the two pairs of oppositely disposed side portions comprises a front side portion, a rear side portion, a left side portion, and a right side portion.
7 . The optical instrument case of claim 5 , wherein the front side portion has a height greater than that of the rear side portion.
8 . The optical instrument case of claim 7 , wherein the left side portion and right side portion are trapezoidal.
9 . The optical instrument case of claim 4 , wherein the rear side wall includes a plurality of harness attachment points.
10 . The optical instrument case of claim 4 , wherein the rear side wall further includes a slide panel.
11 . The optical instrument case of claim 1 , further including a harness connected to at least one of the side walls.