Abstract: The invention is directed to a dispensing unit which is secured to a support member by an expandable core. The dispensing unit includes a container which is capable of receiving an expandable core member to secure the dispensing unit to a support member. The expandable core member includes a cylinder which can be expanded outwardly to secure the dispensing unit to the support member.

Abstract: A retention system particularly adapted to be used by divers which includes at least one lanyard having first and second ends, a first clip having a hook for securing thereon an implement, such as a dive light, slate, knife, etc.

Abstract: Presented is a backpack for use in carrying hose, such as fire hose, to locations where it is needed. The backpack includes a rigid metallic frame having at one end a hose support shelf on which at least two spirally coiled rolls of fire hose may be carried. Quickly engageable and releasable straps are provided to bind the coils of fire hose to the back frame, and shoulder straps and a waist strap are provided to suspend the backpack on the back of the wearer. All that is required of the wearer to release and deploy one or more coils of hose from the backpack is to tug on one end of a flexible cable, with the result that the quick-release straps that bind the coils to the frame are released, thus enabling the coils of hose to be deployed by a mere shrug of the shoulders.

Abstract: A handcuff holder that attaches to a handgun holster for the purpose of keeping the handcuffs and handgun together. The handcuff holder is attached to the handgun holster by a clip and a piece of leather or similar material that is stitched to the handgun holster. The holder further comprises a vertically extending metal piece having an open area and a strap for releasably securing a pair of handcuffs to the holder.

Abstract: A phone holder connectable around the mid portion of a cordless remote-use type telephone handset, including an elongated flexible strap having mating releasable Velcro-type interconnecting devices at each end for retaining the strap securely in place around the handset. The phone holder also includes a support clip connected to the strap for retaining the handset to a use's waistband. The phone holder may be left in place around the handset during use, carrying, and charging in the base charging unit for the handset, enabled by the unique composition of the strap. The strap may be fabricated of a thin foraminous flexible mesh sheet or a transparent flexible sheet material which facilitates both viewing and operating the handset keys without removing the invention therefrom.

Abstract: A holder for mounting a key ring on a relatively thin support member such as a belt comprising a generally U-shaped base clip member with legs resiliently urged toward each other to removably grip the thin support member therebetween and a ring clip member on one of the legs with a reverse curved tip portion directed back toward the projecting end of the leg with the tip portion resiliently urged toward the leg to define a ring receiving recess between the ring clip member and the leg so that the key ring can be inserted into said ring receiving space by forcing the key ring between the tip portion and the leg, but can only be removed from the ring receiving space by manually forcing the tip portion away from the leg to permit the ring to pass therebetween.

Abstract: A device which serves as a carrier for a folding stool and as a compartmented bag for holding articles. A flexible fabric body has opposite sides which cover leaves on opposite sides which cover leaves on opposite sides of the folded stool, and a top connecting strip which interconnects the sides of the folded stool, and a top connecting strip which interconnects the sides and covers the top edge of the stool. Snap fasteners on the lower edges of the sides can be connected beneath the leaves to secure the carrier on the stool. The carrier and stool can be carried by a handle, or by a strap which can be connected to serve as a shoulder strap, or by strapping the carrier and stool on the back in the manner of a backpack. Compartments on the opposite sides of the fabric body can hold various objects and can be closed by zipper fasteners. A smaller pocket is formed on one of the sides, and the other side has an adjustable sleeve for holding umbrellas and other long articles.

Abstract: A ring holder for attachment to a necklace or the like having a first member with a U-shaped loop at one end is provided. The first member includes an eyelet to permit the ring holder to be suspended from a necklace. A second member extends upwardly from one leg of the loop in helical manner about the first member and terminates in an end which is spaced a distance sufficient to permit a ring to be placed over the end and between the first and second members. A ring when so placed will spiral downwardly along the helix of the second member until it is received and stored by the loop.

Abstract: A cartridge magazine hanger adapted for quick removal of a magazine therefrom using only one hand. The magazine is supported by engagement of at least one of its feed lips with a support on the hanger. The hanger can be attached to the clothing or equipment of the user or it can be mounted on a firearm, a vehicle, a boat, an aircraft, or a stationary structure. The hanger is also capable of serving as a cover to protect the feed mouth of the magazine against entry of extraneous matter, or against damage.

Abstract: A harness for snuggly securing a camera against the torso of a human body includes a quick release fastening means assembled from two members that are releasably engaged securely with each other and operable with a single hand for releasing such engagement. One of the two members of the quick release fastening means is secured to a belt which encircles the torso for restraining that member thereto. The other of the two members is adapted to be secured to the camera. Engagement of the members of the quick release fastening means, when the members are respectively secured to the camera and to the human body, secures the camera against the torso. The harness further includes an elongated neckstrap worn around the neck of the camera user, which is adapted for attachment to the camera so that the camera is supported at a location where it may be secured against the torso by the cooperating quick release fastening means and belt.

Abstract: A support strap for supporting cameras, binoculars and similar items from the human body includes a flexible strap with connector means at one or both ends of the strap for connection to the camera, etc. The connector means includes a flexible string formed into a loop and having its end portions attached to the strap, a pair of hook and loop connector strips, the first of said hook and loop strips attached to the strap and the second strip pivotably mounted to move along the length of the strip toward and away from the first hook and loop strip, and a ring member pivotably attached to said strap and pivotable along the length of said strap to pivot toward and away from the first hook and loop strip. The loop of the string is extended through the opening of a camera support ring, etc.

Abstract: A belt clip formed by a flat leaf spring, bent into an open, elongated loop, having an upper bend, with downwardly front and rear legs, and a bent hook at a lower end of the rear leg, a secret pocket on the rear leg, a single rivet, through the front leg, pivotally supporting any object from the clip, and a latch arm, for locking the hook from flexing away from under a belt extending through the loop.

Abstract: A camera hold steady strap composed of elastic stretch fabric having a certain amount of "give" which acts as a shock absorber when a hook having a base pivoted to the lower end of an adjustable loop formed by a portion of the strap is connected to the user's belt with the so pivoted base of the hook located behind and slightly above the top of such belt. Thus, when the strap is looped over the belt top, as when the camera falls or depends below the belt, or the camera is pulled away from the user by a camera snatcher, the hook is locked on the belt by the strap overlapping the belt top. The strap also serves as an elastic hold down link to the user's belt, for the camera, when carried by the user's camera neck strap; so that the "give" in the elastic stretch fabric permits the user to jog, etc. without damaging the camera. The "give" in the strap also enables the user to take pictures with the camera either horizontal or vertical without having to adjust the strap length.

Abstract: An inflatable ball is carried on a bicycle by a carrying device which has a holder releasably engaging the bicycle handlebar and a stem projecting from the holder into the valve of the ball and grippingly engaging a wall of the valve within the interior of the ball.