Carrying device for portable article
First Claim
1. A carrying device for an elongated portable article of a predetermined height which has a ledge thereon intermediate its ends and a surface at a fixed position with respect to the ledge, such carrying device including in combination:
- a supporting plate having a surface adapted to be engaged by the article, said plate further having a slot therein and a recess adjacent said slot,means secured to said plate forming a loop having open-ended top and bottom and a lateral dimension less than the height of the article, said loop being adapted to receive the article therein whereby the article extends above and below the lateral dimension of the loop, said loop having a stop surface in the interior thereof intermediate the top and bottom to be engaged by the ledge on the article,latch means including an arm extending into said slot and recess of said plate and further including means fastening said latch arm to said plate at said recess, said latch means being secured to a top portion of said plate and having a portion cooperating to overlie the fixed position surface of the article when the article is received in said loop to hold the article in position with the ledge thereon against said stop surface, andmeans secured to said plate for supporting the carrying device and the article.
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Abstract
A carrying device for an elongated portable article has a back plate with an integral portion forming a loop for receiving the article, with a stop surface adapted to be engaged by a ledge on the article. The device includes a latch secured to the back plate having a projection cooperating with a part of the article to hold the article in the device. The device can be adapted to carry a portable radio having controls on the top and side and a grille at the front, with the ledge being below the side control. The controls and the speaker grille are not obstructed when the radio is being carried. The device can be used to carry radios which vary in length and in other respects, which are of a size to be positioned within the loop and which have a ledge and a part at a fixed position with respect to the ledge to cooperate with the latch. A belt loop or other mounting element can be attached to the device for supporting the same.
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8 Claims
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1. A carrying device for an elongated portable article of a predetermined height which has a ledge thereon intermediate its ends and a surface at a fixed position with respect to the ledge, such carrying device including in combination:
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a supporting plate having a surface adapted to be engaged by the article, said plate further having a slot therein and a recess adjacent said slot, means secured to said plate forming a loop having open-ended top and bottom and a lateral dimension less than the height of the article, said loop being adapted to receive the article therein whereby the article extends above and below the lateral dimension of the loop, said loop having a stop surface in the interior thereof intermediate the top and bottom to be engaged by the ledge on the article, latch means including an arm extending into said slot and recess of said plate and further including means fastening said latch arm to said plate at said recess, said latch means being secured to a top portion of said plate and having a portion cooperating to overlie the fixed position surface of the article when the article is received in said loop to hold the article in position with the ledge thereon against said stop surface, and means secured to said plate for supporting the carrying device and the article. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A carry holder for a portable radio of a predetermined height having a top with controls extending therefrom, a side with a switch actuator and a ledge below the actuator which is at a given spacing from the top, and a front with a grille in the top portion thereof, said carry holder including in combination:
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a back plate and means extending forwardly thereof to form a loop having open-ended top and bottom and a lateral dimension less than the height of the radio, said lateral dimension of the loop being adapted for receiving the portable radio, said loop further having a more narrow lateral measurement at at least one point, said top of said more narrow lateral dimension comprising a stop surface to be engaged by the ledge on the side of the radio to support said radio, with the radio extending above and below the lateral dimension of said loop, latch means secured to a top portion of said back plate and having a portion for extending over the top of a radio positioned in said loop, and means secured to said back plate for supporting the carry holder. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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