Abstract: A shoulder-supported golf club carrier formed from a single flexible strap curved to engage the shoulder of the user, the ends of the strap containing endless loops allowing the adjacent portions of the strap to extend loosely through the loops to form free running nooses in which golf club shafts are releasably securable. A stabilizing member is fixedly secured to the strap a fixed distance from each end of the strap. Self-releasing means in the form of elastic bands are connected to the loops and the strap so that the bands urge the strap through the loops to loosen the nooses when the weight of the carried clubs is removed.

Abstract: A portable lumbo-sacral traction apparatus having a U-shaped supporting frame, a suspension belt adapted to be worn around the lower thoracic region of the patient and means releasably securing the suspension belt to the U-shaped frame so that the frame applies upward force to the belt to remove weight from the lower lumbo-sacral and pelvic regions of a patient when a patient is being acted upon by the apparatus.