Patent ID: 7458488
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: A45F

Abstract:
1. A portable carrying device, comprising: a housing sized to fit in a pocket; an elongated flexible strap retractably extendable from an upper portion of said housing and having two opposing ends; at least two rigid support arms configured to be movably extendable to rigidly project from a lower portion of said housing opposed from said upper portion when in a first position, and returned to a second position in which said rigid support arms are not extended from said housing, at least a portion of each of said at least two rigid support arms having a curved section extending generally toward said upper portion of said housing when said rigid support arms are in said first position; a coupler disposed on a first one of said two opposing ends of said elongated flexible strap; a retractor disposed within said housing and secured to a second one of said two opposing ends of said elongated flexible strap; and a mating structure disposed on said upper portion of said housing configured for releasably securing said coupler to said housing; wherein one or more bags can be removably carried on said two rigid support arms when in said first position, and said flexible strap is extended around a user's shoulder.