Patent ID: 6412838
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A carrier apparatus for a framed canvas, comprising:a frame carrier portion which includes a first carrier riser having a planar outside surface and a planar inside surface, a transverse carrier floor connected to said first carrier riser, and a second carrier riser having a planar outside surface and a planar inside surface and connected to said transverse carrier floor, and a handle portion connected to said second carrier riser, wherein said handle portion includes a handle riser having a planar outside surface and a planar inside surface and connected to said second carrier riser, wherein said handle portion includes a transverse grasp member having a planar outside surface and a planar inside surface and connected to said handle riser, and wherein said transverse grasp member includes a first open channel and a second open channel, an annular handle-to-handle connector received in said first open channel and which projects out from a backside of said transverse grasp member, wherein said annular handle-to-handle connector is capable of being received in a second open channel of another handle portion of another carrier apparatus, wherein said respective planar outside surfaces and said respective planar inside surfaces are in substantially parallel planes, and wherein said frame carrier portion and said handle portion are formed as a unitary structure.