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A retainer is provided for holding a gun in a rigid case. The case contains a low stiffness cushion material and the gun, including its rear stock and fore stock, located in engagement with one side of the cushion material. Support members each having a stiffness greater than the stiffness of the cu

A retainer is provided for holding a gun in a rigid case. The case contains a low stiffness cushion material and the gun, including its rear stock and fore stock, located in engagement with one side of the cushion material. Support members each having a stiffness greater than the stiffness of the cushion material engage the other side of the cushion material opposite the fore stock and rear stock. A strap extends around the support member opposite the rear stock, through the cushion member and tightly around the rear stock. Another strap extends around the support member opposite the fore stock, through the cushion member and tightly around the fore stock. The support members and straps together hold the gun located in the case.

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1. Retainer means for holding a first gun in a case having two spaced apart elongated rigid walls, comprising:cushion material positioned between the two spaced rigid walls, the cushion material having opposite sides and a predetermined stiffness, the first gun having a position of engagement with o

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Retainer means for holding a first gun in a case having two spaced apart elongated rigid walls, comprising:cushion material positioned between the two spaced rigid walls, the cushion material having opposite sides and a predetermined stiffness, the first gun having a position of engagement with one of the sides intermediate the two spaced rigid walls of the case; support means having a stiffness greater than that of the cushion material, the support means being in engagement with the other of the sides of the cushion material adjacent the position of engagement of the first gun with the cushion material and extending in engagement with the cushion material toward the two spaced rigid walls; and attachment means extending through the cushion material and around the support means and the first gun for holding the gun and support means in engagement with the cushion material to thereby provide the stiffness of the support means to the cushion material and prevent undesired movement of the cushion material and gun within the case. 2. The retainer means according to claim 1 wherein the support means extends away from the attachment means and toward the rigid walls.3. The retainer means according to claim 1 wherein the cushion material, support means and attachment means are not affixed to the case.4. The retainer means according to claim 1 wherein:the attachment means comprises strap means having a predetermined area in engagement with the support means and over which the strap means applies force to the support means to hold the support means in engagement with the cushion material; and the support means has a predetermined area larger than that of the strap means in engagement with the cushion material, the larger area of the support means receiving the force of the strap means to thereby enlarge the distribution of the force of the strap means on the cushion material and prevent tearing of the cushion material due to said force. 5. The retainer according to claim 4 wherein the area of the support means extends away from the strap means and toward the two spaced rigid walls.6. The retainer means according to claim 1 for holding the first gun and a second gun in said case, wherein:the first and second guns are spaced apart and generally parallel to each other and in engagement with the same one of the sides of the cushion material intermediate the two spaced rigid walls of the case; the support means comprises first and second support means each having a stiffness greater than that of the cushion material, the first and second support means each being in engagement with the other of the sides of the cushion material respectively adjacent the position of engagement of the first gun and the second gun with the cushion material; and the attachment means comprises first and second attachment means respectively extending around the first support means and first gun and around the second support means and second gun for respectively holding the first gun and first support means and second gun and second support means in engagement with the cushion material to thereby provide the stiffness of the two support members to the cushion material and prevent undesired movement of the cushion material and guns within the case. 7. The retaining means according to claim 6 wherein:the first support means extends toward the second support means and has a first end in engagement with the second support means, the first end having at least one opening including an entrance area and an exit area and a perimeter having a maximum spacing between any two locations on the perimeter; and the second support means extends toward the first support means and has a second end in engagement with the first support means, the second end having at least one extending finger including a narrow neck connected to the second end and a distal head spaced from the second end and having a width larger than said maximum spacing between any two locations on the perimeter of the opening, the neck extending through the opening from the entrance area to the exit area and the head engaging the exit area whereby the first and second support means are held connected together. 8. The retainer means according to claim 7 wherein the head of the finger is deformable to a width less than that of said maximum spacing between any two locations on the perimeter of the opening whereby the head of the finger is insertable through the opening.9. A retainer for holding a gun in a rigid case comprising:cushion material within the case, the cushion material having opposite sides and a predetermined stiffness, the gun being in engagement with one of the sides; strap means having a middle portion adjacent the other of the sides of the cushion material and two spaced apart end portions connected to the middle portion and extending through the cushion material and into engagement with the gun for applying holding force to the gun and the cushion material to maintain the gun tightly against the cushion material; and support means having a stiffness greater than that of the cushion material and being positioned between and in engagement with the middle portion of the strap means and the other of the sides of the cushion material for receiving and transferring the force of the strap means to the cushion material and preventing tearing of the cushion material due to said force. 10. The retainer according to claim 9 wherein:the support means has a length and a plurality of spaced apart openings along the length; and the two end portions of the strap means each extend through a different one of the spaced apart openings. 11. The retainer according to claim 10 wherein the middle portion of strap means has a length substantially parallel to the length of the support means.12. The retainer according to claim 9 wherein:the gun case has a length and a width less than the case length, the gun case including two spaced apart rigid walls extending in the direction of the case length; the middle portion of the strap means has a length positioned transversely of the length of the gun case; and the support means has a length positioned transversely of the length of the gun case, the length of the support means being greater than that of the middle portion of the strap means. 13. The retainer according to claim 9 wherein:the middle portion of the strap means has a predetermined area; and the support means has a predetermined area larger than that of the middle portion of the strap means, a portion of the predetermined area of the support means being in engagement with the middle portion of the strap means for enlarging the distribution of the force of the strap means on the cushion material. 14. The retainer according to claim 13 wherein the support means has spaced apart parallel sides, one of the parallel sides including the predetermined area of the support means.15. The retainer according to claim 13 wherein:the gun case has a length and a width less than the case length, the gun case including two spaced apart rigid walls extending in the direction of the case length; the middle portion of the strap means has a length positioned transversely of the length of the gun case; and the support means has a length positioned transversely of the length of the gun case, the length of the support means being greater than that of the middle portion of the strap means. 16. The retainer according to claim 15 wherein:the support means has a plurality of spaced apart openings along its length; and the two end portions of the strap means each extend through a different one of the spaced apart openings. 17. A retainer for holding a gun in a case having rigid walls, the gun having spaced apart rear and fore stocks, each of the rear and fore stocks having first and second opposing sides, comprising:cushion material within the case, the cushion material having a low stiffness and opposite sides, the gun rear stock and fore stock being in engagement with the same one of the cushion material sides; first and second support members each having first and second sides, the second side of the first support member and the second side of the second support member each being in engagement with the other of the sides of the cushion material respectively opposite the rear stock and the fore stock, the support members each having a stiffness greater than the stiffness of the cushion material; a first strap having a middle portion in engagement with the first side of the first support member and first and second end portions each extending toward the rear stock through the first support member and the cushion material adjacent a different one of the first and second opposing sides of the rear stock and around the rear stock into holding engagement with each other whereby the gun rear stock is held against the cushion material; and a second strap having a middle portion in engagement with the first side of the second support member and first and second end portions each extending toward the fore stock through the second support member and cushion material adjacent a different one of the first and second opposing sides of the fore stock and around the fore stock into holding engagement with each other whereby the gun fore stock is held against the cushion material. 18. The retainer according to claim 17 wherein:the end portions and the middle portion of each of the first and second straps have a high level of stress respectively in the direction of the rear and fore stocks whereby a correspondingly high level of force is applied to the support members in the direction of the cushion material by the middle portions of the straps; the middle portions of the straps each include a side having a predetermined area in said engagement with the first side of the first and second support members; and the second sides of the first and second support members each have a predetermined area larger than that, respectively, of said middle portion predetermined area in engagement with the first sides of the first and second support members, whereby the force applied by the first and second strap middle portions respectively to the first and second support members is distributed over a larger area of the cushion member by the support members and the amount of tearing of the cushion material due to such force is reduced. 19. The retainer according to claim 17 wherein:the gun case has a length and a width less than the length, the gun case including two spaced apart rigid walls extending in the direction of the length; the cushion material is positioned between and bears against the two rigid walls; and the support members extend transversely of said length between and toward the two rigid walls whereby the stiffness of the support members maintain the cushion material and gun at a desired location within the gun case by preventing the cushion material from bunching. 20. The retainer according to claim 17 wherein the cushion material, support members and straps are not affixed to the gun case.