Abstract: A car top carrier assembly which is characterized by a light weight carrier container with an overall rectangular solid configuration, having its edges and corners radiused between all intersections of planar surfaces. The container has no internal frame, but rather the frame itself is comprised of a horizontal deck member, vertical corner support members, and horizontal edge supports, with the planar top and side portions being simple rectangular pieces of sheet material which are flangedly connected onto the corner and edge supports to define the overall container. The car top carrier is mounted upon a car top through a pair of contracting support tubes, which exert a contractive force proximate the edges of a car top, while inherently locating the superposed container in a fixed position as a consequence of the engaging step.

Abstract: A sheath for a knife with a dead blade such as a hunting knife, a Bowie knife or the like comprises a quiver, a suspender attached to the quiver and serving to push the sheath onto a body belt, and an annular retainer pivotted to the suspender, capable of being pushed over the handle of the knife and serving to secure the knife in the quiver. The suspender of the sheath in the proximity of its lower end has an edged recess extending across the width of the suspender and a tongue adjacent thereto. The tongue is bevelled and defines the lower end of the suspender. The quiver of the sheath at the rear side has an edged U-shaped bridge integral with the quiver. The bridge is arrested with its web in the recess of the suspender. The suspender has an elongate hole extending from its one narrow side to the other narrow side. The rear side wall of said hole is made a resilient arm by a transverse slot. The annular holder is clipped into a semi-cylindrical bearing disposed at the suspender.

Abstract: Apparatus to be utilized with backpack equipment to support counter-balancing loads adjacent the chest of the user. A backpack and frame apparatus is adapted with the front load carrying apparatus. A pair of front load carriers are pivotally journeled to the backpack frame, the front load carriers extending substantially perpendicular to the backpack frame and lying on the opposite side of the frame as the backpack. The front load carriers are adapted to be adjacent the chest of the user and to be secured to one another once the pack has been mounted. The pivotal couplings between the front load carrier and the pack frame allow the front load carriers to encompass the girth of the user and to be alternately opened to provide the user easy means for mounting or removing the pack. When the pack and frame are mounted upon the user, the front load carriers are joined to one another at the front of the user, load carrying containers being affixed to the front load carriers.

Abstract: A spare tire and wheel securing device for securing a spare tire and wheel to the floor of a vehicle. The device attached to the floor of the vehicle and extending outwardly at substantially right angles from the floor of the vehicle for ease in inserting the device through an aperture in the center of the wheel and securing the spare tire and wheel to the floor.

Abstract: An improved construction in the assembly of a containing case or housing compartments for the common watch and or the mini computer or calculator wherein the case or compartment or container is fastened to the wrist as the common watch wherein the case will revolve so as to contain or house a watch on the one side and also house a mini computer or calculator on the other side, thus the two in one assembly.This invention does not involve the mechanism of the watch, computer or calculator, just the wrist band and housing case.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein an elongated strap having a pair of spaced apart handles disposed thereon and adapted to be removably connected to a spare tire which is stored in a portion of a passenger vehicle thereby providing a means by which an individual may conveniently remove the spare tire from its storage location, as well as providing means by which the spare tire may be easily transported to any desired location by such an individual.

Abstract: A tool holder particularly suited for carrying a hammer or a hatchet from a wearer's waist belt includes a tool suspension arrangement joined to a waist belt suspended pliant pad. The tool suspension arrangement comprises a pivot rod extending normally from and joined to the pad and a protruding support element. Spaced apart end portions of the support element are riveted to the pad and a forward portion of the support element spaced apart from the pad supports the pivot rod. A swivelable pivot rod supported element includes a lower clip portion engaging a laterally extendable tool loop in frictionally pivotable relationship. The tool loop is movable from a position substantially flush with the pad avoiding inconvenient interference to the wearer, to a tool suspending position extending laterally from the pad. For use, the tool loop is rotated from the flush position to the extended position.

Abstract: A watchband having a protective flap for a watch which, when not in a protective position, is affixed around the back side of band. The band proper is adjustably fitted over one's wrist by interlocking Velcro surfaces, and the locking flap extends and is selectively lockable by Velcro surfaces either over the wrist and watch or under the wrist.

Abstract: A holster for a compound bow, comprising straps of flexible material which are formed and connected to provide the holster for receiving an end portion of a compound bow, and a supporting strap connected at its lower end to the holster and its upper end being adapted for connection to the belt of an archer. Elastic bands are connected to the holster and are adapted to encircle a leg portion of the archer to maintain the holster in steady position.

Abstract: A backpack and frame apparatus comprising a pair of tubular side bars and lateral cross members for supporting the backpack and upper terminus of the shoulder harness. A supporting belt adapted to be coupled about the user's waist and hips includes downwardly projecting panels disposed on diametrically opposed sides of the belt and adapted to lie substantially below the waist of the user. A supporting frame is coupled to the lower extensions of the belt and extends about the rear of the user, the support frame being reciprocally coupled to a pack frame cross member to provide independent movement between the pack frame and the support frame.

Abstract: A sling intended primarily as a temporary expedient may be instantly attached to a firearm and slipped over the user's shoulder for transport of the firearm in that manner. The sling is of essentially one-piece construction, comprising basically a ribbon of flexible material such as woven nylon fabric that has a series of eyelets at one end thereof and a socket at the opposite end thereof. After a selected one of the eyelets has been slipped over the projecting end of the barrel and drawn down against the stock, the socket may be slipped onto the butt of the firearm to complete attachment and ready the firearm for over-the-shoulder transport. The complete absence of fasteners, buckles, clamps and swivels facilitates rapid attachment and detachment, and the sling may be coiled into a compact spiral or otherwise compactly folded for storage in a convenient pocket of the user.

Abstract: An anthropomorphic shoulder mount for supporting a camera or similar device. Three modes of shoulder pad motion are provided to permit good conformance to the operator's shoulder contour regardless of anthropomorphic variations among various operators. An articulated saddle adjustably hinges forward and rearward from a fixed center section to conform to the operator's upper back and chest. The camera support adjustably rotates about a longitudinal axis to accommodate the slope of either of the operator's shoulders. Further, the camera support adjustably translates along the longitudinal axis to permit optimization of the center of gravity on the operator's shoulder.

Abstract: A novel rack for carrying bicycles on cars and trucks comprising:(a) a pair of retaining bars, each such bar having a long upright arm, said long arm terminating in a notched opening, said opening being adapted to be received between the bicycle frame and the wheel axle,(b) means for securing said bars to an automobile or truck, said bars being laterally displaced from each other by a distance corresponding to the wheelbase of a bicycle.In one embodiment, each such bar has a long arm connected to a short arm, said short arm being adapted to restrain the bicycle wheel on the side of the bicycle opposite the side where the long arm is present.

Abstract: An insulating carrier for containers comprises a receptacle adapted to receive and enclose a container holding hot or cold contents to be kept at substantially a desired temperature for an extended length of time. The receptacle includes a generally cup-shaped open-topped body formed from insulating foam plastic material and providing an upwardly opening container-receiving chamber. An external generally radially extending and axially elongated lug handle on the receptacle body is adapted for assembly of an adaptor for mounting the carrier on a support. The adaptor includes a body portion for engaging the lug handle of the receptacle, and has means for securing the adaptor to the receptacle body and means for attaching the adaptor to a support on which the carrier is to be mounted. A neck on the upper end of the receptacle body projects upwardly above the upper end of the lug handle, and an insulating cover for closing the open top of the body has a skirt flange for retaining engagement with the neck.

Abstract: An improved knapsack or similar receptacle of thin, flexible material includes a patch of the material attached to a wall thereof. An opening through the patch permits the receptacle to be pushed through the opening to form a carrying and storage pouch for the receptacle. A closure is provided for the opening, the closure being operable after the pouch has been formed. A carrying handle is also provided. The receptacle is specially configured for carrying a tennis racquet and balls.

Abstract: A holster which alternately may be worn as a shoulder holster under the armpit of the wearer with the weapon inverted or on a belt for front draw by either the right or left side. The holster employs a body which is folded to define a revolver pocket and a front opening held closed by a spring member. The spring includes a pair of legs which extend along opposite sides of the front opening and which spring legs extend up to the extreme corner of the holster body whereby the ends of the spring embrace and enclose the hammer of a revolver in the holster. The body includes two sets of generally arcuate openings defining two belt loops, one pair on each side of the holster. One ring for securement to a shoulder harness is retained by an integral extension of the body in the muzzle region. A second ring is secured to the body in the trigger guard region. Adjusting means for drawing the body sides together below the muzzle is employed.

Abstract: A case for storing and transporting skis and accessories which comprises a rigid enclosure on which snow skis, boots, ski poles, etc., may be placed and an attachable carrier for removably securing the enclosure to the top of an automobile. The enclosure has an opening on the top thereof extending substantially its full length. A door is hingedly secured to the enclosure to close the opening. The carrier includes at least two rigid and elongated members coupled to the enclosure so as to extend transversely thereof with means coupled to the opposite ends of the members for securing the members to a vehicle.

Abstract: A detachable mounting clip arrangement is disclosed especially suited for application with miniaturized radio apparatus or the like of the type intended to be worn on the person such as on a belt or in the shirt pocket. The clip arrangement includes a tapered base plate assembly designed to insert within a recess formed by two convergent undercut side walls on the apparatus housing itself and retained therein by a ratchet like serrated section included on the housing surface which interacts with a resilient finger extending laterally from the base plate. The base plate itself is designed to support a conventional pivotable mounting clip assembly and associated torsion spring.

Abstract: A golf ball holder comprising a rigid cylindrical housing having an upper retaining chamber and a lower dispensing chamber. At the lower end of the housing, adjacent the dispensing chamber, there is a lateral opening moderately larger than the size of the golf balls to be retained. A resilient retaining finger extends upwardly a moderate distance into the dispensing chamber to prevent golf balls in the container from dropping fully in the dispensing chamber. Golf balls can be moved laterally into and from the dispensing chamber by depressing the retaining finger either by hand contact or with the golf ball as it is moved either into or from the dispensing chamber portion. A pair of vertically spaced closure members at the top of the housing have circumferentially spaced mounting holes in which golf tees can be conveniently located.

Abstract: An article carrier for a vehicle top capable of being loaded in a lowered position adjacent the side of the vehicle while one end portion of the carrier is typically supported against the ground and the other end is pivotally and slidable mounted in a position of the assembly mounted on the vehicle top. The loaded portion of the carrier is then disposed on the top of the vehicle by tilting the inclined loaded portion to slide to the desired position in the position mounted on the vehicle top. The carrier assembly is unloaded by reversing the foregoing steps.