Protective shield attache case

A hand-carrying case for protecting a user's body from bullets, comprising:

• a portable case having a first section and a second section to define a volume therebetween for retaining articles to be transported, said first and second sections being separate and moveable relative to each other to provide access to said volume, said first section having an impact-dampening flexible sidewall and said second section having a sidewall in opposing relation to said flexible sidewall;
• edge panels forming a substantially rigid frame for said first section for supporting said flexible sidewall;
• an armor plate, said plate being essentially coextensive with said flexible sidewall and being impenetrable by conventional bullets discharged by handguns;
• a pouch;
• attachment means mounted to the perimeter of the outwardly facing surface of said flexible sidewall and to said pouch for releasably attaching said pouch to the outwardly facing surface of said flexible sidewall, said armor plate being disposed in said pouch and held thereby in a position immediately adjacent to and parallel with said flexible sidewall for coaction with said sidewall;
• and
• at least one hand strap attached to an outwardly facing side of said sidewall of said second section whereby the user may grasp said hand strap to position the case during use to protect his body from bullets.