Universal carrier for articles

• US 5,263,618 A
• Filed: 01/27/1992
• Issued: 11/23/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Victor Talavera
• Original Assignee: Victor Talavera
• Inventors: Talavera, Victor
• Primary Examiner(s): Sholl, Linda J.
• Application Number:
  US07/827,704
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 224/209, 224/206, 224/204, 224/148, 224/192, 224/214, 224/250, 224/901, 224/151
• US Class Current: 224/148.5
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2003/045 and one additional strap around the waist
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/14 Carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping

Abstract

A universal carrier comprises a pocket holding support and a harness for attachment to the body of a person carrying objects on the support. The support has an outwardly facing surface whereon various sized article holding pockets can be secured. A strap like extension extends from the support and is attached to a vertical strap on the harness. Article holding pockets are secured to the outwardly facing surface on the support, and at least one water bottle carrying pocket is secured to the vertical strap on the harness. The water bottle is attached at a proper level and has a flexible tube extending out from its mouth enabling a person engaged in an activity requiring the use of both hands to move his head so the end of the tube can enter his mouth permitting the person to get a drink without using his hands.

Claims

1. A universal carrier comprising in combination a support and a harness, said support formed from a thin flexible material having outwardly and inwardly facing surfaces and an upper edge, first and second extensions extending from the said upper edge of said support and adapted to be attached to said harness, said harness including at least one upwardly extending strap for attachment to the body of a person carrying objects on the support, the first extension extending upwardly and transverse to the said upper edge of said support for attachment to said upwardly extending strap on said harness, at least one pocket comprising a water bottle cover, said water bottle cover having a front surface and a rear surface, said rear surface provided with vertically spaced horizontal strips whereby the upwardly extending strap on said harness can enter one horizontal slit and exit the other horizontal slit so that the water bottle cover is removably and adjustably secured to said upwardly extending strap on said harness for movement up and down the strap, at least another pocket secured to the outwardly facing surface on said support with the opposite surface of said support bearing against the body of the person wearing said support, said support having an upper edge, said first and second extensions extending from the said upper edge of said support for attachment to harness support straps, at least one of said extensions extending from said upper edge of said support at an inclined angle to said upper edge for attachment to a harness strap extending toward one arm of a person wearing the support and adapted to pass under the arm of a person wearing the harness strap and support, each pocket on said support having an inner surface and an outer surface, securing means for removably securing each pocket to either of the surfaces of said support, at least one pocket positioned on said support adjacent said inclined extension and in a position where it is at least partially concealed under the arm of a person carrying the support, said support reversible so the surface initially bearing against the body of the person wearing the support can face outwardly whereby said inclined extension extends toward the opposite arm of the wearer of the harness and support so that it can be attached to a strap extending under the opposite arm of a person wearing the support, so that access to said one pocket mounted on said support under opposite arm of a person carrying the support, is equally convenient to right and left handed persons, said securing means comprising a pile material and a hook material which stick together when they are pressed against each other for removably securing said pocket to either of said surfaces of said support, two spaced parallel strips of said pile material extending horizontally across each surface of said support and two similarly spaced strips of hook material secured to the rear surface of each pocket to hold the pocket to the outwardly facing surface of said support, said support having a side edge, at least one strip of hook material with upper and lower edges secured to the rear surface of each pocket, said strip of hook material wider than the space where the edges of the hook material are secured to the rear surface of each pocket defining thereby a strap receiving tunnel, a strap secured to said side edge of the support, said strap having an end portion formed from a hook material and long enough to extend through said tunnel with its end portion engaging the pile portion on a surface of said support, whereby when the rear surface of said pocket is pressed against the outwardly facing surface of the support, the engagement of the hook material on the strip secured to the rear surface of said pocket and the pile material strip on the outwardly facing surface of the support causes the pocket to stick to the support, and the engagement of the hook material on the edge of the strap extending through said tunnel with the pile material on one of the surfaces of the support strengthens the attachment of said pocket to said support.

2. A universal carrier comprising in combination a support and a harness, said support formed from a thin flexible material having outwardly and inwardly facing surfaces and an upper edge, first and second extensions extending from the said upper edge of said support and adapted to be attached to said harness, said harness including at least one upwardly extending strap for attachment to the body of a person carrying objects on the support, the first extension extending upwardly and transverse to the said upper edge of said support for attachment to said upwardly extending strap on said harness, at least one pocket comprising a water bottle cover, said water bottle cover having a front surface and a rear surface, said rear surface provided with vertically spaced horizontal strips whereby the upwardly extending strap on said harness can enter one horizontal slit and exit the other horizontal slit so that the water bottle cover is removably and adjustably secured to said upwardly extending strap on said harness for movement up and down the strap, at least another pocket secured to the outwardly facing surface on said support with the opposite surface of said support bearing against the body of the person wearing said support, said support having an upper edge, said first and second extensions extending from the said upper edge of said support for attachment to harness support straps, at least one of said extensions extending from said upper edge of said support at an inclined angle to said upper edge for attachment to a harness strap extending toward one arm of a person wearing the support and adapted to pass under the arm of a person wearing the harness strap and support, each pocket on said support having an inner surface and an outer surface, securing means for removably securing each pocket to either of the surfaces of said support, at least one pocket positioned on said support adjacent said inclined extension and in a position where it is at least partially concealed under the arm of the person carrying the support, said supper reversible so the surface initially bearing against the body of the person wearing the support can face outwardly whereby said inclined extension extends toward the opposite arm of the wearer of the harness and support so that it can be attached to a strap extending under the opposite arm of a person wearing the support, so that access to said one pocket mounted on said support under opposite arm of a person carrying the support, is equally convenient to right and left handed persons, said securing means comprising a pile material and a hook material which stick together when they are pressed against each other for removably securing said pocket to either of said surfaces of said support, tow spaced parallel strips of said pile material extending horizontally across each surface of said support and two similarly spaced strips of hook material secured to the read surface of each pocket to hold the pocket to the outwardly facing surface of said support, said support having a side edge, said means for removably securing each pocket to a surface of said support including a strap secured to said side edge of said support, said rear surface of said pocket having spaced parallel elongated strap receiving vertical slits formed thereon, said strap long enough to enter one of the slits in the rear surface of said pocket and to exit the pocket through other slit for attachment to said support to hold said pocket on said support.

3. The universal carrier described in claim 2 wherein one end of said strap is formed from a hook material, the hook material of said strap adapted to engage a pile strip on an opposite surface of said support to securely hold said pocket to said support.