Patent ID: 6102462
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A carrier apparatus for carrying bed mattresses and box springs, sheet material and other expansive, bulky loads, the carrier apparatus consisting essentially of:a) a single, load-encircling main strap member formed as a continuous, closed loop dimensioned to freely and loosely encircle a load to be carried, said closed loop configured to extend a spaced distance beyond the opposite ends of an encircled load to provide a pair of opposite hand grasp strap segments for lifting upon by a pair of operators, the main strap member defining and forming the uppermost portion of the carrier apparatus encircling a load, andb) load-supporting sling strap members attached to and extending downwardly from the main strap member forming underlying, downwardly-depending, spaced-apart, open-top slings spanning between corresponding, opposite attachment points on said closed loop of the main strap member, whereby with a load freely and loosely encircled about its horizontal direction by the closed loop of said main strap member, each of said downwardly-depending, spaced-apart slings extends from the main strap member for underlying and supporting a load placed thereon at spaced-apart points along the bottom edge of the load when the main strap member is grasped and lifted upon by a pair of operators.