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A carrying case for sporting equipment, particularly hockey sticks and accessories such as pucks includes a block-shaped body which has an upwardly protruding carrying handle, a first longitudinally disposed, vertical side of the body which has formed therein a pair of longitudinally disposed, verti

A carrying case for sporting equipment, particularly hockey sticks and accessories such as pucks includes a block-shaped body which has an upwardly protruding carrying handle, a first longitudinally disposed, vertical side of the body which has formed therein a pair of longitudinally disposed, vertically spaced apart troughs, and a first side lid hingedly fastened to a lower edge of the body, the side lid having formed in an inner surface thereof a pair of troughs shaped similarly to those in the body. Stacked pairs of hockey stick handles are placed in either the lid troughs or body troughs, with the lid pivoted outwardly from the body to an open position; with the lid pivoted to a closed position in contact with the body, the lid and body troughs confront one another to form a pair of closed, longitudinally disposed channels which retain the handles therewithin. The lid is held in a closed position in contact with the body by releasably engageable fastener elements located on the lid and body. A second, accessory compartment lid located on an opposite vertical side of the body, is hingedly secured to the body in a similar fashion, and has formed in an inner surface thereof a concave storage compartment cavity for holding pucks and other accessories.

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What is claimed is: 1. A carrying case for transporting sporting equipment including hockey sticks having elongated, rectangular cross-section handle shafts, and associated accessory items including hockey pucks, said case comprising; a. a body which has first and second longitudinally disposed sid

What is claimed is: 1. A carrying case for transporting sporting equipment including hockey sticks having elongated, rectangular cross-section handle shafts, and associated accessory items including hockey pucks, said case comprising; a. a body which has first and second longitudinally disposed sides, b. a first, stick compartment lid which has an inner side and an outer side, c. a first releasable attachment structure for releasably attaching said first lid to a first side of said body with said inner side of said lid adjacent to said first side of said body, d. at least a first longitudinally disposed, flat-bottom lid trough formed in an inner side of said lid, said lid-trough having a transversely disposed opening which is closable to form a closed channel by attachment of said lid to said body, e. at least a first longitudinally disposed, flat-bottom body-trough formed in said body, said body trough having a transversely disposed opening which confronts said opening of said lid trough when said lid is attached to said body to thereby form said closed channel, f. a resilient cushioning pad disposed longitudinally within at least one of said lid trough and said body trough, said width of the pad being of an appropriate width to span said closed channel, g. whereby with said case in an opened position, either said lid or said body may be supported in a horizontally disposed orientation with a bottom surface of said respective lid-trough or body-trough in a horizontally disposed orientation, with said transversely disposed opening thereof oriented in an upwardly facing orientation adapted to receiving and supporting at least one flat handle shaft whereupon the other of said lid or said body is movable downwardly relative to said handle shaft to close said channel and secure said shaft therewithin, said closed channel being sufficiently deep to enable a stack of at least two handle shafts to be retained within said channel with said lid attached to said body, and h. a spacer block removably placeable in said closed channel to thereby reduce width of said closed channel to a value appropriate to conform to a width of a single hockey stick. 2. The carrying case of claim 1 wherein said first releasable attachment structure for releasably attaching said first lid to said body is further defined as including in combination; a. a first hinge mechanism joining a longitudinally disposed edge of said first lid to a first longitudinally disposed edge of said body, whereby said first lid is pivotable on an axis of said hinge mechanism from a closed position parallel to said first side of said body to an open position angled outwardly from said first side of said body, and b. a first releasable fastener for releasably holding said first lid in a closed position parallel to said first side of said body. 3. The carrying case of claim 1 further including; a. a second, accessory compartment lid which has an inner side and an outer side, b. a second releasable attachment structure for releasably attaching said second lid to said second side of said body, c. at least a first cavity formed in at least one of said second side of said body and said inner side of said second lid, said cavity being adapted to receive accessories including hockey pucks, and d. whereby said second lid is positionable in parallel contact with said second side of said body to form between said body and said cavity a closed storage compartment for accessories. 4. The carrying case of claim 3 further including a resilient pad fitted into said cavity, said pad having formed therein openings adapted to conformally receive individual ones of said accessories. 5. The case of claim 3 further including a second cavity formed in another of said second side of said body and said inner side of said second lid, said first and second cavities being brought into confronting relationship to form an enlarged storage compartment when said second lid is attached in planar relationship to said second side of said body. 6. The case of claim 5 further including a resilient pad fitted into said cavity, said pad having formed therein openings adapted to conformally receive individual ones of said accessories. 7. The case of claim 3 wherein said second attachment structure for releasably attaching said second lid to said second side of said body is further defined as including in combination; a. a second hinge mechanism joining a longitudinally disposed edge of said second lid to a second longitudinally disposed edge of said body, whereby said second lid is pivotable on an axis of said hinge mechanism from a closed position parallel to said second side of said body to an open position angled outwardly from said second side of said body, and b. a second releasable fastener for releasably holding said second lid in a closed position parallel to said second side of said body. 8. The case of claim 1 wherein said body is further defined as having front and rear transversely disposed sides. 9. The case of claim 8 wherein said troughs are defined as penetrating at least one of said front and rear sides of said body and said first lid. 10. The case of claim 1 wherein said body is further defined as having upper and lower transversely disposed roof and base walls, respectively. 11. The case of claim 1 further including a carrying handle which protrudes upwardly from said roof wall of said case. 12. A carrying case for transporting sporting equipment including hockey sticks having elongated, rectangular cross-section handle shafts, and associated accessory items including hockey pucks, said case comprising; a. a block-shaped body which has first and second longitudinally disposed upright sides, front and rear transversely disposed sides, and lower and upper sides, said body having formed in said first longitudinally disposed upright side thereof at least a first, longitudinally disposed open body-channel which has a transversely disposed opening and a generally flat base wall adapted to receive and support a handle shaft of a hockey stick, b. a first, stick-compartment lid which has formed in an inner upright side thereof a first, longitudinally disposed open lid-channel which has a transversely disposed, inner facing opening which has a flat base wall adapted to confront said open body-channel and form therewith a closed channel, with said inner side of said lid in contact with said first longitudinally disposed side of said body, said closed channel being sufficiently deep to enable a stack of at least two handle shafts to be retained within said channel with said lid attached to said body c. a spacer block removably placeable in said closed channel to thereby reduce width of said closed channel to a value appropriate to conform to a width of a single hockey stick, d. a resilient cushioning pad disposed longitudinally within at least one of said lid trough and said body trough, said width of the pad being of an appropriate width to span said closed channel, e. a first hinge mechanism hingedly joining said first lid to said body and enabling one of said first lid and said body to be reversibly pivoted away from the other of said body and said lid to an open, horizontally disposed position enabling placement of at least one handle shaft in either of said lid or body channels, and pivoted into a closed position proximate said body or lid to enclose and secure said handle shaft within said composite channel, and f. a first releasable fastener structure for releasably securing said first lid to said body in said closed position. 13. The carrying case of claim 12 further including a carrying handle which protrudes upwardly from said upper side of said body. 14. The carrying case of claim 12 further including; a. a second, accessory-compartment lid located proximate to said second longitudinally disposed side of said body which has formed in an inner side of either of said body and said second lid at least a first cavity adapted to receive accessory items including hockey pucks, b. a second hinge mechanism hingedly joining said second lid to said body and enabling said second lid to be reversibly pivoted away from said body to an open position enabling placement of said accessory items in said first cavity, and to a closed position proximate said second side of said body to thereby form between said second lid in said second side of said body a closed storage compartment for containing said accessory items, and c. a second releasable fastener structure for releasably securing said second lid to said body. 15. The carrying case of claim 14 further including a second cavity formed in another of said second side of said body and said inner side of said second lid, said first and second cavities being brought into confronting relationship to form an enlarged storage compartment when said second lid is attached in parallel relationship to said second side of said body. 16. The carrying case of claim 14 further including a carrying handle which protrudes upwardly from said upper side of said body. 17. The carrying case of claim 16 wherein said first hinge mechanism is further defined as including a hinge joining a lower edge of said first lid to a lower edge of said first longitudinally disposed side of said body. 18. The carrying case of claim 17 wherein said first releasable fastener structure is further defined as including in combination; a. a first type of fastener element attached to said first lid, and b. a second type of fastener element attached to said body, said second type of fastener element being lockably engageable with said first type fastener element. 19. The carrying case of claim 18 wherein said first type of fastener element is further defined as being a first springingly deformable member which protrudes inwardly from an upper edge of said first lid. 20. The carrying case of claim 19 wherein said second type of fastener element is further defined as being a first groove formed in said upper side of said body near said first longitudinally disposed side of said body, said groove being adapted to lockingly engage said deformable member. 21. The carrying case of claim 19 wherein said second releasable fastener structure is further defined as comprising in combination; a. a second springingly deformable member which protrudes inwardly from an upper edge of said second lid, and b. a second groove formed in said upper side of said body near said second longitudinally disposed side of said body, said second groove being adapted to lockingly engage said deformable member.