Support system and carrying case for optical instrument

A carrying case for an optical instrument which instrument is supportable at an approximate mid-chest level of a user by a neck strap having a neck support portion and at least one end portion coupleable to the optical instrument, the carrying case including a support system comprising:

• a) a pair of carrying case support straps each having lower ends coupleable to the upper portion of the body of the carrying case for the optical instrument and strap upper ends coupleable to the neck strap of the optical instrument at an intermediate location on the neck strap between the neck strap neck support portion and the at least one end of the neck strap, whereby when the optical instrument is supported by the neck strap on the torso of a user the optical instrument is receivable within the body of the carrying case below a top opening of the body, and the carrying case is supportable by the carrying case support straps;
• b) a bottom strap assembly coupleable to a bottom portion of the body of the carrying case and including a releasable fastener for attachment of the bottom strap assembly to a belt or garment of a user whereby the case will be retained close to the torso of the user;
• c) whereby the user may access the optical instrument for optical viewing by engaging and downwardly displacing the bottom strap assembly and carrying case coupled thereto to cause partial removal of the independently supported optical instrument from the carrying case and permit the user to grasp the exposed optical instrument and raise it to user eye level for viewing, whereby the raising of the optical instrument to user eye level will facilitate return of the carrying case and case support strap lower ends to their approximate carrying positions for convenient user replacement of the optical instrument in the case after use of the instrument.