US 12,222,189 B2
Composite firearm case
Gideon P. Searle, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Theodore Bobrick Root, Jr., Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to GSTC LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by GSTC LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/136,655.
Application 18/136,655 is a continuation of application No. 17/897,951, filed on Aug. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,635,278.
Application 17/897,951 is a continuation of application No. 16/950,454, filed on Nov. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,435,161, issued on Sep. 6, 2022.
Application 16/950,454 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/697,265, filed on Nov. 27, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,587, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251059 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 81/05 (2006.01); B65D 81/107 (2006.01); F41C 33/06 (2006.01)
CPC F41C 33/06 (2013.01) [B65D 81/052 (2013.01); B65D 81/1075 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article for packing an object, comprising:
a flexible bag, including a threaded air valve;
wherein the flexible bag comprises at least two compartments stacked vertically;
wherein the flexible bag is operable to be positioned in a case;
wherein the flexible bag includes a sealed interior chamber containing packaging material;
wherein the threaded air valve is operable to release air from within the flexible bag, causing the packaging material to compact;
wherein the release of the air from within the flexible bag causes the packaging material to be displaced and condense around an object placed on top of the flexible bag;
wherein the condensing of the packaging material around the object causes an impression in the shape of the object to form on a top surface of the flexible bag; and
wherein the flexible bag retains the impression of the object after the object is removed.