Patent ID: 8496143
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: A45F

Abstract:
1. An article carrier to be worn over a person's shoulders while the person is wearing a garment having a waist portion, the article carrier comprising: a first elongated flexible strap, the first elongated flexible strap having a first strap first end, a first strap second end, and a first strap mid section, the strap first end and the first strap second end each including a waist connector that is adapted for engaging the waist portion of the user's garment; a second elongated flexible strap, the second elongated flexible strap being spaced apart in a generally parallel fashion from the first elongated flexible strap, the second elongated flexible strap having a second strap first end, a second strap second end, and a second strap mid section, the second strap first end and the second strap second end each including a waist connector that includes a J-shaped hook; a substantially rigid support bar that is attached directly to the first elongated flexible strap against the first strap mid section of the first elongated flexible strap and directly to the second elongated flexible strap against the second strap mid section, so that the first elongated flexible strap and the second elongated flexible strap are held in a spaced apart relation to one another by the substantially rigid support bar, so that the first strap and the second strap may be wrapped around the substantially rigid support bar when the article carrier is not in use; a first coat hook, the first coat hook being attached to the first elongated flexible strap near the first strap mid section and over the substantially rigid support bar; a second coat hook, the second coat hook being attached to the second elongated flexible strap near the second strap mid section and over the substantially rigid support bar, so that the article may be supported from the first coat hook or the second coat hook when the first elongated flexible strap and the second elongated flexible strap are extended over the person's shoulders and attached to the waist portion of the person's garment.