Patent ID: 6371346
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A45C,A45F,Y10S

Abstract:
A combination equipment carrying sling/waist belt accessory, comprisingan elongated belt, made of flexible material having a length defined by two opposite ends, said length containing a midpoint between said opposite ends, and an inside surface facing the user and an outside surface facing away from the user, an adjustable closure means attached to said elongated belt for reversibly and adjustably articulating said opposite ends of said elongated belt, thereby reversibly creating an enclosed belt with an adjustable circumference, a pair of cargo-carrying means attached to said outside surface of said elongated belt for releasably attaching carded equipment to said elongated belt, at least one of said pair of cargo-carrying means is attached to a position lockable sliding means for adjustably sliding and securing the cargo-carrying means to any available point on said elongated belt, a first of said pair of cargo-carrying means attached to said elongated belt substantially near a first of said opposite ends thereof defines a short and a long portion on said elongated belt, said long portion intermediate between said first cargo-carrying means and a second of said opposite ends, said short portion intermediate between said first cargo-carrying means and said first end, a second of said pair of cargo-carrying means is attached to said long portion of said elongated belt via said position lockable sliding means and is thereby allowed to adjustably slide and secure to any given point included on said long portion of said elongated belt, whereby said accessory is transformable or interchangeable between a waist belt with said elongated belt worn around the waist of the user and an equipment carrying sling with said elongated belt worn over a first of a pair of opposite shoulders provided by the user, whereby said accessory further including a modified shoulder pad comprised of a shoulder pad attached to a storage bag, mounted on said elongated belt such that said shoulder pad is positioned on said inside surface of said elongated belt and said storage bag is positioned on said outside surface of said elongated belt.