Portable bar adapted for mounting electronic equipment

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIGS.
1 and 2 the portable bar 10 has an L-shaped case 12 with a top compartment 14 for storing liquor and mixer bottles, a protruding bottom compartment portion 16 extending beneath the top compartment 14 adapted for housing electronic equipment, and preferably a middle slot-like compartment 18 between the top and bottom compartments having an inside height dimension of at least one inch for storage of tape cassettes 20.
A hinged cover 22 is attached to the case 12 in such a manner that it will swing shut to close off the interior of the portable bar.
Side panels 23 protrude from the cover 22 toward the case 12 by the same distance that the bottom compartment portion 16 of the case protrudes forwardly from the top compartment 14.
The side panels 23 extend downwardly preferably only to the upper surface of the bottom compartment portion 16.
However a panel 24 preferably extends downwardly below the panels 23 to close off the front of the compartment portion 16 when the cover is shut.
This shields the front of the electronic equipment housed in the bottom portion 16 and protects all switches, dials, meters and other controls which will normally be mounted on the front of the bottom compartment portion 16 for convenient access.
One or more latches 26 is provided for securing the hinged cover 22 shut, and a handgrip 28 is provided at the top of the case 12 for transporting the portable bar.
Within the upper compartment 14 bottle straps 30, preferably made of an elastic material, are provided for holding bottles 32 as shown in FIG.
3.
Similarly, implement straps 34 are attached to the interior of the hinged cover 22 for holding bar implements such as glasses 36, a stirrer 38 (FIG.
3), or other accessories such as an opener, jigger, cork screw, etc.
(not shown).
In addition, a playing card holder 40 may be conveniently attached to the cover 22.
It is important that the bottles 32 are carried in their upright positions when the portable bar is transported by handle 28 and that they sit upright when the bar is opened and in use