Abstract: A holder tray assembly for mounting on a torso of a wearer includes a tray capable of supporting objects and a pair of laterally-spaced apart support rods. Each rod has a pair of vertical and horizontal leg portions, the vertical leg portions for resting against the front torso area of a wearer, the horizontal leg portions projecting outwardly from the vertical leg portions and supporting the tray in a substantially horizontal plane and forwardly of a front side of the wearer's torso. The holder tray assembly also has a transverse support member extending between and attached to the vertical leg portions of the rods and a flexible member for encircling a back side of the wearer's torso and being attached at one end to the transverse support member.

Abstract: A soft-sided cooler is disclosed having a pivotably fastenable lid and a soft-sided coolant pack dimensioned to fit snugly within the underside region of the lid. The underside region is defined by a plurality of generally opposing, inwardly facing sidewalls that extend downward towards the cooler body for fastening thereto when the lid is closed. The cooling pack comprises a matrix of coolant cells integrally formed within a compliant plastic sheet, and inserted within a fabric envelope. The envelope, in turn, bears Velcro fastening material which releasably retain the envelope within the underside of the lid by mating with VELCRO surfaces on at least a generally opposing pair of the sidewalls.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molded sheath for a knife grips the knife tightly to prevent accidental loss or withdrawal. The security of such grip is sufficient to enable the knife to be carried in the sheath in an inverted position upon the body of the wearer. The sheath is made by thermoforming a rigid yet resilient thermoplastic about a knife blade having the exact dimensions of the blade which is to be carried within the sheath. The thermoformed sheath may be attached at its bottom to a pocket-sized semirigid pocket-retaining clip, which clip, when inserted into a pocket, supports the sheath in an inverted position with the blade of the knife extending upwardly and the hilt of the knife in a convenient position for drawing from the sheath. The combination of the orientation of the sheath and the pocket retaining clip places a minimum stress upon a pocket and is comfortable to wear.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a portable tool kit which allows the organization and transportation of a complete set of hand tools by an individual to a remote repair location while leaving the individual's hands free. The invention has a front panel, a back panel, a top, a bottom, and at least two sides. Arm straps are attached to the back panel to enable a user to wear the portable tool kit like a backpack. The portable tool kit also has a plurality of vertically oriented tool storage compartments wherein each tool storage compartment lies in a plane which is substantially parallel to the front and back panels of the tool kit. Tool holders of various configurations are attached to panels making up the tool storage compartments. The various configurations of the tool holders are designed to accommodate a variety of different types and sizes of hand tools while holding the hand tools in place when the tool compartments are closed for transportation.

Abstract: A baby monitor receiver is provided for use in combination with a transmitter unit. The receiver includes a plurality of LED's positioned along the front upper edge of a housing for providing a visual indication of signals received by the receiver. The LED display is positioned such that they may be easily viewed from a variety of locations relative to the housing of the receiver and ranging from a location directly in front of the receiver to a location directly above the receiver. In addition, a clip member is provided on a rear portion of the housing for supporting the receiver from a person's belt as well as for acting as a leg to support the housing in an upright position.

Abstract: A camera and photographic equipment transport system (10) is provided, having a camera bag assembly (12) and a removable belt assembly (14) for transporting the camera bag assembly (12) about a user's waist. The camera bag assembly (12) has a main enclosure (16) with a lid flap (42) which opens away from the user for providing unobstructed access to the main enclosure (16). An attachment strap (78) is threaded through a plurality of supporting loops (38, 76) for firmly attaching the camera bag assembly (12) to the belt assembly (14), and Velcro panels (40, 74) are provided for preventing shifting therebetween. A pair of attachment terminating straps (30) further attaches the camera bag assembly (12) to the belt assembly (14). The camera bag assembly (12) is prevented from sagging by a reinforcement plate (36) within a back wall (34) of the camera bag assembly (12). A plurality of dividers (120), (122) are optionally provided for compartmentalizing the main enclosure (14).

Abstract: A body supported combination holder and writing surface for use with hand held computers used in the field of utility meter reading provides for the retention of such a computer within a channel of the holder. The computer is retained within the channel by channel extensions which extend slightly over the edges of the computer, and by retaining clips within the bottom of the channel. The keyboard of the computer is fully accessible through the open upper side of the channel, and the writing surface is essentially coplanar with the keyboard of the computer when such a computer is installed within the holder. The membrane keyboard typical of such computers permits the writing surface to extend across the relatively narrow face of the computer in order to provide a larger writing surface area.

Abstract: A camera carrier (10) is provided, having a camera case assembly (14) with a belt assembly (18) attached thereto. The belt assembly (18) is adapted to be worn about either a photographer's chest or waist. A case lid (16) is removably attached to the camera case assembly (14). A pair of adjustment strap assemblies (42) can be adjusted by means of a pair of double "D" ring assemblies (52) to cause the camera case assembly (14) to closely support a great variety of sizes of cameras (12). A pair of recessed areas (66) in the case lid (16) permit a neck strap (68) to be worn on the camera (12) and to protrude from the camera case assembly (14) even when the case lid (16) is closed such that the neck strap (68) may be worn around the photographer's neck when the camera carrier (10) is worn about the photographer's chest. The camera carrier (10) may optionally be used as a divider within a larger conventional camera bag (84).

Abstract: A knife and sheath combination including a pivotable mount, whereby, the sheath when empty hangs from the belt with its knife opening facing upward, however, when the knife is inserted into the sheath, the weight of the knife handle causes the sheath to revolve on its mount to a position wherein the knife opening faces downward. This arrangement allows the user to quick-draw the knife with a downward motion but may re-sheath the knife from the top position.

Abstract: A holster of soft material has a retention device for applying pressure to a handgun in the holster to resist inadvertent removal of the handgun. An elongate band or strip of resilient material is formed into a loop around the outside of the holster by folding the band about a central region extending over a fold in the holster and securing opposite ends of the band together through the holster to urge the opposite side portions of the band towards one another. The opposite side portions of the band compress corresponding underlying wall portions of the holster against a handgun in the holster pocket, providing a controlled resistance to draw which is preferably adjustable and also resisting inadvertent removal or slipping of the handgun out of the pocket.

Abstract: A knife scabbard includes a holder sheath and insert panel removably installed into the sheath in interfitting relation therewith to define a cavity therebetween. The insert panel has upper and lower portions capable of yieldably and resiliently flexing from an initial configuration existing prior to installation of the insert panel into the sheath, to a different final configuration in response to insertion of the knife in the cavity and engagement of the insert panel with the sheath and knife. In the initial configuration, the upper and lower portions of the insert panel are in an unloaded condition, whereas in the final configuration, they are in a loaded condition respectively against the handle and blade of the knife. The upper and lower portions of the insert panel will return to their initial configuration and unloaded condition in response to removal of the insert panel from the sheath.

Abstract: A sheath for a knife having a blade and a handle, the handle having a guard with a first and an opposing second portion. The sheath comprises a body with a cavity to receive the knife blade and a recess with one side forming a ramp to receive the first portion of the knife guard. The second portion of the knife guard is outside the sheath. A spring carried by the sheath engages the second portion of the guard and biases the guard so that the first portion of the guard is retained but not locked in the recess. To release the blade from the sheath, the thumb of the user presses against a lobe formed in the end of the spring to remove pressure on the second portion of the guard, allowing the first portion of the guard to be moved up the ramp side of the recess and out of the sheath, or, alternatively, the handle may be pulled with sufficient force to overcome the bias of the spring and draw the first portion of the guard up the ramp and thus the blade from the sheath.

Abstract: An improved knife or bayonet scabbard of rigid material including a body and a clip. A swivel connection between the two allows limited rotation of the body with respect to the clip when the clip is extended for belt wearing. The body is restricted from rotation when the clip is realigned to an aligned position for inverted wearing as on the chest. The body includes an integral catch on one side of the blade receiving opening and an internal spring on the opposite side for biasing the blade of the knife toward the catch. An auxiliary flexible loop aids in holding the knife or bayonet in the scabbard.

Abstract: A camera carrying device having a support plate with a slot in the plate with the slot having a closed end and an open end joined by an intermediate section, with the intermediate section of lesser width than the closed end, an angle plate having first and second arms, with one of the arms disposed at an angle to the other, a first camera engaging stud carried in the first arm, and a second slot engaging stud carried in the second arm, with the second stud having an end section and an intermediate section, with the second stud end section larger than the slot, with the second stud intermediate section slideable along the slot intermediate section, and with the second stud intermediate section non-circular in cross-section.

Abstract: A knife and sheath combination in which the sheath may be attached in and inverted position on a harness strap such as a shoulder holster or backpack strap by screws and the knife held in the sheath with a quick release. The sheath may also be attached to clothing by use of VELCRO and may also have a safety strap to keep the knife in the sheath, along with a striker affixed to the sheath.

Abstract: The present invention includes a knife and sheath assembly, the knife having a blade and a hilt with a guard, the sheath having a closed portion adapted to receive the blade and an open portion adapted to abut the hilt and guard. A bolt and a spring are slidably contained within a channel in the sheath. A portion of the bolt protrudes outwards from the channel and engages the side of the guard. The open portion of the sheath has a guide with a curved portion that causes the hilt of a knife being inserted to engage the bolt and move it from the locking position to the unlocking position until the knife is inserted far enough. Then a stepped portion of the guide causes the hilt to seat against the sheath and to disengage the bolt which slides to the locking position, thus preventing removal of the knife from the sheath by the cooperation of the sheath and the bolt. Pushing the bolt away into the channel releases the knife.

Abstract: A butterfly knife scabbard including a housing incorporating an aperture sized to engage the locking latch of the knife handle to release the knife from the chambered position for facilitating actuation of thereof and method for its use.

Abstract: A paint brush carrier is provided for holding a paint brush, comprising a pocket clip, a flat member pivotally connected to the pocket clip, a handle clip attached to the flat member for clipping the handle of the paint brush, and a paint brush container attached to the flat member for holding the brush end of the paint brush.

Abstract: A carrying case for business cards and the like, which case is securable to a piece of material, is disclosed. The case includes a body having first and second side members. The side members define a cavity therebeween which communicates with an opening at one end thereof. The body is sized and shaped to receive the cards through the opening into the cavity. An arrangement for accessing and removing the cards from the cavity includes a slot disposed along the first side member depending from one end toward the center portion of the first side member. A mechanism is provided for removably securing the case to the piece of material. Finally, an element projects from the interior surface of the second side member opposite the slot for constricting the width of the cavity along the center portion thereof to assist in maintaining the cards within the case while providing a leverage area for removal of the cards.

Abstract: A generally horizontally disposed U-shaped holder is provided including a pair of laterally registered and spaced apart generally horizontal and parallel arms interconnected at one pair of corresponding ends by a bight portion extending therebetween. The bight portion includes a structure for support of the holder from a waist encircling belt with the arms spaced along and projecting horizontally outwardly from the belt. The arms include registered upwardly opening notches formed therein for cradling longitudinally spaced portions of a fishing rod handle therein. Also, structure is provided for releasably retaining fishing rod handle portions in the aforementioned upwardly opening notches against upward displacement therefrom.

Abstract: A golf ball and accessory pouch is disclosed. The pouch is designed to carry one or more golf balls, a pencil, golf tees, a divot tool, and a ball marker. The pouch can be attached to the wearer's belt, is made of soft material so that it can be easily stored when not in use, and conforms to the wearer's body in such a fashion as to not impede or detract from the wearer's swing.

Abstract: A game bag for a scuba diver is provided having a flexible tubular envelope with an open end or mouth and a closed end. The mouth is coupled to the diver's weight belt at his hip while the remainder of the envelope wraps around behind his seat and adjacent leg between his legs where it is again couple to his weight belt at his front abdomen. The legs serve as a doorway into the receiver portion of the bag. Game is pushed into the mouth of the bag with one hand, between the legs which are opened to allow passage, and into the receiver portion where it is retained by the closure of the legs on the bag. A separate latch on the mouth of the bag may be used to close the mouth although it is not required to retain the game in the receiver portion.

Abstract: An improved cargo carrying arrangement particularly adapted to carry a sailboard and related equipment. A horizontal cargo bed is vertically supported above the user's head. The vertical supports are attached to curved shoulder supports. Padding is provided on the top of the cargo bed and under the shoulder supports. Handles are mounted on the front vertical supports within reach of the user to be used to steady the load. A strap is provided to tie the cargo to the bed. The vertical supports may be hinged to the bed to allow the arrangement to be folded for storage.

Abstract: A carry case for a portable hand held appliance such as a radio unit is disclosed which is constructed of a soft resilient shock absorbing material and includes a retainer bracket of semirigid material affixed to the interior back wall of the case. This bracket includes a self locating means for centering the portable appliance within the case and a latch means spring biased to locate and retain the portable appliance within the carry case. The radio may be removed by a user's hand contacting an upwardly extending flange to clear the latch means and permit the radio to be removed from the case.

Abstract: Apparatus for carrying a cassette tape player and a plurality of cassette tapes on the body of a person includes a belt which is secured about the body of the person; a tape player holder which holds a cassette tape player; three male snap elements in a triangular configuration mounted on the belt and three female snap elements mounted on the tape player holder for engagement with the male snap elements to secure the tape player holder on the belt at the left or right hip area; a plurality of cassette tape holders, each adapted to hold a cassette tape; a plurality of pairs of vertically spaced male snap elements mounted on the belt and two vertically spaced female snap elements mounted on each cassette tape holder for engagement with selected ones of the male snap elements to releasably secure each cassette tape holder at a selected one of a plurality of different positions on the belt. The tape player holder can take one of three different forms.

Abstract: A bracelet-like device adapted to be worn on a Farrier's wrist is provided for holding a multitude of horse shoe nails in an orderly array. The device utilizes arcuately shaped forward and rearward aligned members which secure the nails by frictional means. The nails are disposed in parallel juxtaposition with their heads forwardly directed, and pointed extremities rearwardly directed.

Abstract: A detachable low profile mounting clip arrangement suitable for use with a portable hand-held electronic apparatus such as a paging receiver, includes a housing having a slot. A base member has a hook attached to one end and a pair of apertures at the other end. The hook engages in the slot of the housing while the apertures spring over a pair of wedge shape protuberancies in the housing and snap into place. A mounting clip or lanyard is attached to the base member.

Abstract: A golf accessory holder is made rectangular from a metal plate. A magnet is attached to the plate with a rivet. Two pole pieces are bent outward from the plate to protect the magnet and to hold a golf tool. Two fingers in the middle of the plate hold a marker disc. Two tee clips hold tees with a stop bent from the plate to align them. Belt clips on the back of the plate are provided to hold the plate to the belt of the golfer.

Abstract: The holder comprises an adjustable belt sized to be securely but comfortably affixed about the waist of a person engaging in vigorous athletic activity. Affixed to the belt is a pocket having an inner pocket or sleeve adjustable to tightly retain a stereo player therein and thereby prevent the player from inadvertently falling or bouncing out of the pocket. The sleeve is adjustably fastened with a tongue that extends through an aperture in the back of the pocket and belt. The aperture is positioned in the pocket back to best prevent movement of the stereo player relative to the pocket and the belt by pulling the player to the back of the pocket rather than completely enfolding the player in the sleeve. Thus, the object of preventing movement of the player relative to the wearer is better attained. Hook and loop fasteners join the tongue to the back of the belt. The belt includes a plurality of hook and loop fasteners spaced along a portion of the belt extending to one side of the pocket.

Abstract: An improved cartridge belt, the outer surface of which carries two superimposed cartridge loops with at least the inner loops elastic and stretched to lie flat against the belt when not in use. The outer cartridge loops may be elastic or inelastic but dimensioned to carry larger diameter cartridges. The top edges of the belt loops are aligned so that rim edge support for larger cartridges is provided at both the outer and inner sides of the belt loop.

Abstract: A carrier apparatus for portable audio devices including an armband portion longitudinally wrappable about a wearer's upper arm and having an upper section which includes a first inflatable chamber, a lower section which includes a second inflatable chamber and an intermediate section interconnecting the upper and lower sections. The armband further includes one or more ports for introducing a fluid into the chambers to thereby inflate the chambers into a condition wherein the armband is laterally contoured to substantially conform to the muscular contour of the arm and thereby maintain a substantially fixed position along the length of the arm. A receptacle is attached to the armband for holding a portable audio device.

Abstract: A belt holder for portable radio apparatus and the like includes a belt fastener and a receptacle housing. The receptacle housing is pivotally mounted to the belt fastener. A clamp mechanism includes a sliding clamp body having two projecting clamp arms which engage the radio apparatus to prevent the apparatus from falling from the receptacle housing. A cam mechanism, operated with rotation of the receptacle housing with respect to the belt fastener, actuates the clamp mechanism to disengage the radio apparatus from the belt holder.

Abstract: Device for locking a knife having a pommel projecting from the knife handle into a sheath, comprising a rigid ring pivotally supported on the hanger portion of the sheath and adapted to be pivoted from a locking position about the pommel into a non-locking position, in which the ring lies in a plane parallel to the length of the knife when the knife is in the sheath. A leaf spring with one end fixed to the sheath engages a dog projecting from the base of the ring for selectively spring-loading the ring in either a non-locking position or a locking position in which the ring engages the pommel.

Abstract: A portable radio unit includes guide grooves extending in the longitudinal direction, on both the sides thereof. A step portion in a part of at least one of the guide grooves has a width which is greater than the guide grooves. A mount for the portable radio has an integral back plate, side plates, and a guide plate for slidably engaging the guide grooves. A notch portion is formed on one of the guide plates. A latch is secured on the outside of one of the side plates for engaging the step portion and fixing the position of the portable unit when it is completely received in the mount. Thus, the carrying mount can retain and hold the portable radio unit without projections which might pose any danger to the operator and there are no restrictions on the appearance and the design of the portable unit.

Abstract: A notebook holder having stiff front and back cover members hinged together along corresponding edges thereof, so the front cover member may be swung away from the back cover member for notebook access and swung back for notebook protection, is provided along the inside margins of the free ends of such cover members with cooperative, intergripping strips of fabric of cocklebur type, such as the proprietary material "Velcro", so as to intergrip upon the pressing of the cover members closed by the use of only one hand and so as to maintain such holder in compact condition for easily and quickly slipping into a receiving holster by use of only the one hand. The holster has smooth interior walls to insure free entry for the notebook holder and is preferably adapted for securement to a waist belt in company with a ring retainer for a policeman's club.

Abstract: A two-shoulder trunk-engaging infant carrier for protectively supporting an infant, which includes a substantially thick, cushioned seating platform, removably housed in fabric or fabric-like material. An extension of the fabric projects upward from the bottom-most edges of the platform in the form of a three-sided compartment with a front-closing catch/release and leg partition. A long belt issues from an expandable rim passage and is extendable around the compartment for manipulative control of the infant's posture and movements in a space structured to allow variable margins of freedom.

Abstract: A ball holder, particularly a tennis ball holder, capable of retaining one or two balls and easily attachable to the clothing is provided in which the two ball holder comprises a vertical strut member; an upper planar ball retaining member extending outwardly from the upper edge of said strut member; a lower planar ball retaining member extending outwardly from the lower edge of said strut member; and a cylindrical ball retaining member joined to the central portion of said strut member and lying between said upper and lower planar ball retaining members. The holder preferably employs elastic ball retaining members which extend from the outer regions of the planar ball retaining members to the cylindrical ball retaining member. A single ball retaining member is provided having a lower planar ball retaining member, arched ball gripping members and elastic ball retaining members.

Abstract: A sling for supporting one or more smoking pipes in a secure manner with the pipes being readily removable from the sling and easily placed into the sling. The sling is provided with a loop structure for receiving a belt to support the sling at the waist region of a wearer or alternatively, the sling may be supported by a neck or shoulder encircling strap or throng or by other suitable means. The sling includes a main body member of leather or equivalent flexible material having some degree of rigidity in order to be shape sustaining with the lower end of the body member being reversely folded to provide a pipe retaining member which together with the body member defines a vertically opening pocket for receiving the bowl portion of one or more smoking pipes.

Abstract: A knife, comprising a handle and an attached blade, is provided with an aperture in the handle for receiving a protrusion from a support element adapted to be attached to the knife. The support element comprises a sheath having an outstanding resilient tongue carrying the protrusion at a position such that, when the knife is inserted into the sheath, the protrusion resiliently snaps into the aperture in the knife handle to prevent withdrawal of the knife from the sheath until the protrusion is manually pressed out of the aperture by the finger of the user.