Abstract: The harness comprises a carrying strap and a gripper. The carrying strap is formed from a soft material. Another strap formed from a stronger, less resilient fabric is attached to the soft strap at uniformly spaced intervals and in such a way that the second strap forms loops at its points of attachment to the soft strap. With this arrangement, the soft strap can only stretch until the loops become taut. Thereafter, the stronger second strap carries the load and this prevents the soft strap from tearing when heavy loads are carried. The gripper is formed from a resilient material and comprises a first plate and a second plate which are connected together by an arcuate web. One of the plates of the gripper has a flat body contacting surface and a loop is positioned in the arcuate web between the first and second plates for connection to a device to be carried. A plurality of pins are formed on at least one plate of the gripper.

Abstract: The clip-collar for carrying an identification member comprises a limp band and a clip for joining the opposite ends of the band to form the collar. The clip has a strap portion adapted to receive and support the clasp of an identification member. The band is made of a flexible tubular plastic material, the opposite ends of which form sockets for forcibly receiving therein the hooks on the opposite ends of the clip.

Abstract: A ski carrier is provided for use with skis to protect bindings, facilitate portability and prevent theft. The carrier is of tubular configuration with opposite ends defining restricatable openings through which ski boards are received, the carrier covering the bindings. A realeasable fastening assemby is provided on the carrier to facilitate its application and removal to and from skis, and both the fastening assembly and carrier body include lock receiving rings on the like to permit locking of the fastening assembly in the carrier closing position and locking of the carrier with skis included to a fixed base. The ski carrier includes padding for protection of the bindings as well as protection of the person carring the skis. The carrier is provided with a shoulder strap to facilitate portability.

Abstract: A multi-purpose sling includes an elongated flexible strap with a hook attached to one end, with the other end of the strap attached to the middle bar of a slide buckle threaded on the strap, thereby forming an adjustable loop. A second hook is attached to a ring which is threaded onto the strap in the adjustable loop. Each hook is J-shaped and large enough to freely hold the string of a compound bow.In a second embodiment, a hook is attached to one end of a flexible strap and the strap is then looped through a large ring. The strap is then threaded through a ring attached to the strap near the first hook, and then through a second ring which is loose on the strap. The other end of the strap is then fastened to the large ring to form a double loop arrangement. A second hook is connected to the loose ring. In this embodiment, the hooks are generally U-shaped with a narrow throat portion which will snap onto a ring or similar member on the item to be carried.

Abstract: A softdrink carrier adapted to be worn around the neck of a user comprises an elongated strip having a central longitudinal slot defining a pair of separable shoulder straps forming a V-shaped opening to receive the user's head. A pouch forming member at one end of the strip is reverse folded over and in registry with the strip. The sides of the pouch forming member and strip are interconnected to define therebetween an upwardly opening pouch adapted to receive a cup of liquid.

Abstract: A unitary structure open at its upper end to receive a quantity of stacked clothes hangers with the hanger necks protruding through a slotted portion of the carrier front wall. Side walls of the carrier employ stiffening ribs or stiffening channels that impart rigidity; and provide strap receiving channels which confine the carrying strap therein against lateral displacement. The strap is provided with fittings to permit application and removal of the strap from an elevated support. The rear wall, the front wall, with the exception of the hanger opening area, and the adjoining corners of the side walls have outwardly turned flanges or lips that assist in reinforcing the walls, and the transferance of stress.

Abstract: A carrier for supporting an electronic larynx adjacent portions of the throat of a user so that muscles of the user can be employed to switch on and off the larynx without manual action. The carrier employs a base plate to which are mounted an interfacing plate member on the inside face and a formed sheet member on the outside face. An extension on the interfacing plate member engages the plunger switch of the electronic larynx which switch extends through a cutout formed in the base plate. The formed sheet member provides a pocket for receiving and holding the electronic larynx.

Abstract: A carrier for suspending a pair of skis from a shoulder has an elongated, flexible carrying strap which is designed to be attached to the skis forward and rearward of the ski bindings. One end of the strap is connected with a sheath for receiving the trailing ends of the skis. The sheath carries a band which serves to attach the sheath to the skis and to bind the trailing ends of the skis to one another. The other end of the carrying strap is connected with a coiling device which is designed to be clamped between the skis forward of the ski bindings. The coiling device again carries a band for attaching the skis to the coiling device and binding the leading portions of the skis to one another. The coiling device is receivable by the sheath. When the skis are to be used, the sheath and the coiling device are detached therefrom. The carrying strap is then wound onto the coiling device, and the latter is subsequently inserted into the sheath.

Abstract: A carrying strap for cameras for providing a secure carrying position for the camera. The strap uses the generally conventional strap for suspending the camera in the abdominal area of the person so the camera is readily available for use, and an additional strap is fixed to the camera, or to the ends of the usual strap. The additional strap is of the right length for the person's arm to pass through the strap and carry the camera from the person's shoulder. In this position, the usual strap urges the camera towards the person's body and the person's upper arm can hold the camera. Also, a securing strap extends from the usual strap to the additional strap to prevent the additional strap from slipping off the shoulder.

Abstract: A panel in the same general shape as a cross-section of a ski boot is inserted between a pair of side-by-side ski boots and has a first strap substantially parallel with the bottom edge of the boots but encircles the ski boots and extends through front and rear vertically entending slots formed in the panel. A second strap is inserted into a vertically extending slot formed in the panel and a looped strap is extended upwardly above the ski boots while extending downwardly and outwardly from the vertically extending slot and under the soles of the ski boots with the strap extending back over the toes of the ski boots through a forwardly extending toe slot formed in the front of the panel.

Abstract: A gun sling in the nature of an elongated, flexible strap, worn over one shoulder of the user, has a front end portion which depends from the shoulder and is provided with a buttonhole for coupling with a stud mounted on the gun. A rear end portion of the strap extends downwardly at an angle from the shoulder along the back of the torso to a waistbelt worn by the user. A ring connected to the rear portion receives an S-clip which hooks over the waistbelt. Consequently, the shotgun in the carrying position is supported substantially by the strap yet may be easily and rapidly shifted to a firing position wherein the strap hangs in loose, non-binding relationship to the gun without detachment therefrom.

Abstract: A light weight, portable camera having a substantially rectangular shape, a case of substantially rectangular shape, the case being hollow and having an internal rectangular recess slightly larger than the camera so as to hold the camera closely therein, an elongated strap connected at one end thereof to the outside of the camera and connected at an opposite end to the outside of the case, a button on the outside of the camera, a snap on the strap spaced from the opposite end thereof for mating with the button and for forming a shorter closed strap loop between the camera and the case and a longer closed strap loop between the snap and the one end of the strap, whereby, when the camera is inserted into the case the shorter strap loop is positioned in folded condition between the outside of the camera and the inside of the case to hold the camera and case snuggly together, the longer strap loop supporting the camera and case around the neck of a person, a lens in the camera, a shutter in the camera in alignmen

Abstract: A holder device of adjustable size is provided to hold neckstrap-suspended binoculars in a non-swinging manner in front of the user. The device is comprised of an elastomeric holding band adapted to form a closed loop that grips the binoculars.Tensioning belts have terminal clips which attach to the apparel of the user are associated with the holding band in a manner to permit the binoculars to be drawn rearwardly toward the user. A removable lens cap affords protection for the upwardly directed eyepiece lenses of the binoculars.

Abstract: A cushioned carrying strap comprises a rectangular cross-section tube of flexible material such as leather, vinyl, or canvas, a plurality of individual pads or blocks of elastic cushioning material such as foam rubber disposed in closely-adjacent substantially abutting relationship in a load-bearing section of the tube, and a stitched or otherwise suitable connection adhering opposite portions of the tube together immediately fore and aft of each elastic pad or block to form individual, adjacent pockets to hold them in discrete, closely adjacent positions lengthwise of the tube and thereby provide a substantially continuous, cushioned portion of the strap which is elastically deformable under load in both transverse and longitudinal directions relative to the length of the tube.

Abstract: A support device to enable a remote control module to be conveniently held and used in a portable manner including a pair of parallel support arms adapted to support a control module therebetween, a brace member adapted to be braced against the body of a user and extending generally perpendicularly to said support arms for a distance greater than the spacing therebetween, and a pair of intermediate arms extending between the support arms and the brace member obliquely relative to both. During use, the assembly may be engaged against the intermediate members to hold the module while permitting the fingers of the hands to remain free for manipulation of the switches, dials, and other control members of the control module.

Abstract: A combination boot carrying and drying device, particularly for use with ski boots. A strap carries an adjustably positioned toe clip which detachably and firmly engages the front sole of a ski boot. The ends of the strap are secured to heel clips, which in addition to detachably engaging the heels of the boots, detachably grips a support member approximate a heat source. The strap is of sufficient length to allow the boots to be carried by the strap when the heel and toe clips are in position, and at the same time the boots may be positioned with the top facing downward so that the heat source may dry the interior of the boot when the heel clip grips the support.

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 convertable sling-belt snapper for carrying a pair of roller skates and the like. The sling-belt including: (a) a strap, (b) a pair of snapper clamps, one clamp on each end of the strap, and (c) mating buckling members. The sling-belt is useful as a sling by using the clamps to clamp the roller skates, one on each end of the strap. The sling-belt is useful as a waist belt by buckling the strap around the waist when the user is not using it as a sling.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a lightweight ski transport apparatus which can bind a pair of skis into a single package and transport the bound skis by use of a strap to be carried by hand or rested upon the shoulder. The apparatus comprises a harness for releasably engaging a pair of skis having padding to be inserted between the pair of skis for protecting one ski from the other, a strap for permitting a person to carry the skis with the attached harness, and a coupling device for releasably coupling the strap to the harness.

Abstract: A carrier strap for carrying a pair of skis of the type having toe bindings and heel bindings is disclosed comprising an endless loop member of flexible foldable material having a forward portion, a middle portion, and a rearward portion, a fastener at the forward portion to detachably fasten together the endless loop into a smaller loop to encircle the pair of skis in engagement with the forward end of the bindings, a fastener at the rearward portion to detachably fasten together the loop member to form a smaller loop encircling the rearward portion of the skis in engagement with the heel bindings, a plurality of strap segments secured to the loop member to detachably hold a pair of ski poles to the loop member and a handle grip formed by the middle portion of the loop member.

Abstract: A convertible camera-supporting belt is disclosed for carrying a camera in either a "belt" mode, a "neck sling" mode, a "shoulder strap" mode, or a "hand-holdable" mode. The belt includes a belt strap having a first set of ends connectable by an adjustable buckle to form a belt to be worn about the waist. The belt also includes a second set of ends remote from the first set which are disconnectable to form a shoulder strap or a neck sling. Support elements for hanging a camera are mounted adjacent the second set of ends and are detachably connected to the camera by releasable straps.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed for use with a camera having an around the neck support strap connected to rings at each end of the camera; a camera tie down/quick release strap is adapted to hold the camera against the chest of the wearer in a carrying position and which permits quick selective eye level positioning of the camera in a shooting position without detaching the camera from being secured to the body. It is provided with a U-shaped strap having camera attaching means at each of its ends and being adapted to pass over and beneath the camera without interferring with or blocking the camera lens opening. A body tie down quick release tail strap is carried by the loop portion of said U-shaped strap foldable back upon itself, and means for attaching and releaseing the foldable back upon itself tail portion of the quick release strap provides the quick release and the body tie down.

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 clothing travel bag adapted to be carried over the shoulder of the user. The bag includes a relatively thin, generally rectangular garment bag connected to a substantially smaller, generally rectangular clothes pouch by a relatively thin, flexible web. The intersection between the web and the garment bag is offset from the center of the garment bag to provide clearance for the neck of the user. The angle between the garment bag and clothes pouch is preferably about thirty degrees so that both the bag and the pouch are level when they are carried. A releasable fastener, such as a zipper, releasably secures the web to the garment bag so that the garment bag may be separated from the clothes pouch when articles are to be removed from the bag and pouch.

Abstract: A hang strap for portable instrument is provided. The strap comprises: a neck hang band; a first and second hang rings; a first and second stopping means; and a string; said first and second stopping means being connected to a portable instrument; one end of said string being fixed to said first stopping means and the other end of said string being movably passed through said first hang ring, a string-passing hole of said first stopping means, a string-passing hole of said second stopping means, and said second hang ring, and afterthat being fixed to said second stopping means; in use, said neck hang band being hanged on a user's neck; and a torso portion of said string, which extends between said string-passing hole of said first stopping means and said string-passing hole of said second stopping means, being encircled around the user's torso.

Abstract: A holder and harness for an auditory trainer for children with impairment of hearing which includes a leather or plastic compartment case fashioned from a blank of sheet material with double panel bottom and back wall and flaps extending from the top and bottom of the front wall to overlap releasably at the back of the case to close the case. A body strap secures the back wall to the chest of the wearer while a neck strap loops from the end of the bottom flap to provide vertical support.

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 improvement in non-bag golf club carriers in which clubs are kept positively separate from each other and held in place by gravity, without use of springs, clips or straps, made possible by incorporation of a partition on which suitable club supports are located, and by the described positioning of a handle and/or shoulder strap. A free-standing design of the carrier is described in which the legs are entirely out of the way of the person carrying the carrier. A feature of the carrier is that clubs are removed merely by lifting them off the supports.

Abstract: A collapsible luggage carrier being pulled along behind the user rolling on two wheels. So as to possess outstanding portability along with universal usefulness as a transport device the carrier is provided with a spacious base platform frame comprising two X-shaped frames laterally arranged and pivotally connected together, a back frame comprising a telescopic handle bar and a pair of links connected thereto and being pivotally connected to the base platform frame at three equidistant portions in lateral alignment, expanding members, for holding both the frames in their laterally expanded state, and none of rigid side assemblies disposed to opposite sides of the carrier. The both frames are unfoldable at a right angle with each other and each foldable over the other. The frames are laterally expansible and collapsible with each other. The carrier is collapsible into the form of a compact, short and slender bundle without disassembly.

Abstract: A guitar support strap attached in swiveling relation about a rotation axis held firmly and in perpendicular relation to the guitar body wall, despite the relative thinness and weak construction material of the wall. In a preferred form, a wood screw threadably engaged to the guitar body wall serves as the rotation axis and is held against movement as might tend to allow the screw to work loose or inadvertently disengage from the wall by a steadying force applied in encircling relation about the wood screw.

Abstract: A guitar harness that stabilizes the guitar in any of a wide range of desired positions. While the player may raise the guitar neck when desired, the instrument is prevented from assuming a position with the neck lower than a preset angular position. The harness utilizes first and second strap segments, each of which has means at its respective ends for attachment to first and second anchor points on the instrument. The first strap segment passes from the first anchor point diagonally upwardly across the back of the player and over the player's shoulder to the second anchor point in the manner of a conventional guitar strap. The second strap segment extends from the first anchor point, across the player's stomach (between the stomach and the guitar body), around the player's back, and then across the player's chest to the second anchor point.

Abstract: A coupling for connecting one end of a strap to a musical instrument or other body consists of a post fixed to the instrument and a catch fixed to the strap and cooperable with the post. The post has an enlarged head which is movable laterally into and out of a cavity in the catch. When the post head is received in the catch cavity a spring biased plunger of the catch enters a central opening of the post to prevent the catch and post from moving laterally out of assembly, while nevertheless permitting the catch and the associated strap to pivot or swivel relative to the post. The plunger is movable by hand out of the path of the post head during connection and disconnection of the post and catch relative to one another. Further, the two coupling parts can be quickly and easily connected and disconnected relative to one another with one hand of the user and without requiring extremely precise movements.

Abstract: An outer garment having means affixed to the shoulders for removably securing a knapsack at either the front, the rear, or knapsacks at both the front and rear of the garment is disclosed. A pair of shoulder straps, each extending over one of the shoulders of the garment from the front to the rear, has free ends adapted to secure and remove the knapsack or knapsacks, the securing means comprising a loop connecting the strap to a ring. The knapsack is equipped with a pair of hook-type snap fasteners, such as a snap hook, arrnaged on the knapsack to permit attaching to the rings at the ends of the shoulder straps on the front of the garment, or the rings at the end of the shoulder straps at the rear of the garment. Alternatively, two knapsacks so equipped can be so attached, one at the front and one at the rear.

Abstract: A guitar strap connector comprises a body member having a slot for connection of a guitar strap thereto; a generally keyhole-shaped opening in the body member, the keyhole-shaped opening comprising first and second holes having a passageway therebetween, the first hole being larger than the second hole; and a pair of resilient spring-like members integral with the body member and adjacent at least the passageway on respective opposite sides of the passageway, the spring-like members being bowed toward each other and each having a respective void space therebehind to permit the spring-like members to flex away from each other into the void spaces to permit a button connector of a guitar to be passed from the larger hole resiliently through the passageway and into the smaller hole wherein the button connector is engaged. Preferably, the body member is integrally formed of resilient plastic material such as polypropylene.

Abstract: An elongated strap, having metal threads to deter cutting, includes a non-removable ring at one end and a combination lock secured to the other end, for providing an over the shoulder carrier for skis and poles, and a wrap-around lock for securing skis and poles to an anchor.

Abstract: In a manual ski carrier for carrying skis in parallel bottom-to-bottom faced relation, a pair of clamping blocks are carried from a main body member which is laterally directed of the skis. The clamping blocks are preferably spring biased apart such that the inside faces of the clamping blocks engage the opposite side marginal edges of the skis therebetween. A lever having a cam is pivotably affixed to the main body member such that pivoting of the lever causes the cam to engage one of the clamping blocks into clamping relation. The cam is arranged relative to the lever such that when the lever is pivoted away from the skis to a direction extending orthogonally to the skis, the skis may then be carried from the shoulder of the operator by placing the lever over the shoulder. A shoulder strap is preferably employed for connecting the outer end of the lever back to the ski binding, thereby forming a shoulder strap to facilitate carrying the skis.

Abstract: A watertight, buoyant fishing tackle box designed to be worn by the fisherman strapped to his torso is disclosed. Parallel rows of individual compartment trays containing the appropriate lures, tackle, flies etc. are inserted into a housing cavity from the top. The compartment trays, together with gasket means, form a watertight top for the housing, thereby enhancing the buoyancy of the fisherman should he slip or fall while in the water. In use, the fisherman draws the individual tray upward, out of the housing, where it swings forward resting on a flanged lip of the housing to provide ready access. The trays include a hinged or removable top to allow easy access to its contents.

Abstract: A flexible, non-elastic strap harness for carrying cameras and other portable instruments having a separate adjustable instrument grip which includes a flexible instrument encircling holding member and a sliding grip member for adjusting the length of said holding member.

Abstract: A device for securing a harness to a musical instrument such as a guitar is provided with a receptacle assembly on the musical instrument and a pin member attached to a harness. Means selectively engage a projecting portion of the pin member within a chamber of the receptacle assembly and allow for rotatable movement therebetween.