Patent ID: 6499781
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A45F

Abstract:
A device for carrying a load by hand, on a shoulder or on a forearm, said load having at least one load handle, said device comprising;an elongated central portion comprising a longitudinally extending support member having a concave downwardly facing first surface and an upwardly facing second surface, and a handle spaced apart from and above said support member to define a non-collapseable opening dimensioned to receive a hand for carrying a load by hand, said handle comprising a longitudinally extending bar disposed above said support member, radiused bend portions on opposite longitudinal ends of said bar and a pair of downwardly extending arms, each of said arms being attached at a first end to said radiused bend portion and attached at a second end to said support member, said bar comprising an upwardly facing first surface and a downwardly facing second surface, wherein the support member has a greater transverse width than said bar; and a pair of upwardly oriented hooks that are coplanar wit said central portion, said hooks are attached at opposite longitudinal ends of said central portion for receiving at least one load handle, wherein each of said hooks comprises a free end portion in resilient contact with said central portion, a bottom portion attached to said central portion and an intermediate portion between said free end portion and said bottom portion and spaced apart from said central portion, wherein a load handle confinement area is defined between each of said hooks and said central portion, wherein each of said bottom portions of said hooks has an upwardly facing surface for supporting at least one load handle in said load handle confinement area.