Metal suitcase and method for manufacturing a metal suitcase

A metal suitcase (1) consisting of two suitcase halves (2, 4) comprising respectively a broad side (6a, 6b), two opposite narrow sides (8a, 8b), an upper side (10a, 10b) and a standing surface (12a, 12b), the suitcase halves (2, 4) in the closed condition engaging each other by a frame (22) extending through the narrow sides (8a, 8b), the upper side (10a, 10b) and the standing surface (12a, 12b), and the suitcase halves (2, 4) being pivotally connected to each other in the standing surface (12a, 12b), characterized in

• that each suitcase half (2, 4) is formed by first and second single-piece wall elements (14a, 14b, 16a, 16b),
• that the first wall element (14a, 14b) consists of a strip-shaped continuous-cast profile having a wall-receiving profile (18) formed to one longitudinal edge and having a frame profile (20, 21) formed to the opposite longitudinal edge
• that the second wall element (16a, 16b) consists of a plate-shaped metal sheet, and
• that the strip-shaped first wall element (14a, 14b) forms the mutually confronting narrow sides (8a, 8b) and the standing surface (12a, 12b), that the plate-shaped second wall element (16a, 16b) forms the broad side (6a, 6b) and the associated upper side (10a, 10b), and that the second wall element (16a, 16b) can be inserted in bent shape into the wall-receiving profile (18) of the first wall element (14a, 14b) and, for assembly of the respective suitcase halves (2, 4 ), can be clamped tight in the wall-receiving profile (18) of first wall element (14a, 14b).