Patent ID: 9439501
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A45C,A45F,A47D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A carrying apparatus comprising: an article having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and two sides; and a strap arrangement for enabling carrying of the article on a body of a user, the strap arrangement comprising a pair of carrying straps, each carrying strap secured to the article to at least one of the bottom and sides, and extending upwardly along respective sides of the article, and further comprising strap redirecting members secured to the article at upper regions of the article on the two sides and at the rear, redirecting each carrying strap while allowing the carrying straps to move through the redirecting members and being redirected at upper regions of said respective sides to extend around to the rear of the article, and being redirected at upper regions of the rear to extend downwardly for securement at lower regions of the article at the rear, the strap arrangement redirecting forces for supporting a load from the article from the sides of the article.