Patent ID: 9210978
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A44B,A45C,A45F,F16B

Abstract:
1. An equipment carrier comprising: i) a first shoulder strap; ii) a second shoulder strap; iii) a waist strap, wherein the waist strap is connected to both a first end and a second end of the first shoulder strap and a first end and a second end of the second shoulder strap, and a first end of the waist strap is connected to the second end of the waist strap via a buckle; iv) a first extensible tether, wherein a first end of the first extensible tether is attached to the first shoulder strap, and a second end of the first extensible tether is attached to an equipment item; v) a second extensible tether, wherein a first end of the second extensible tether is attached to the second shoulder strap, and a second end of the second extensible tether is attached to the equipment item; and vi) an equipment holder attached to the first shoulder strap, the second shoulder strap, and the waist strap, the equipment holder comprising: wherein the first and second extensible tethers can be extended substantially beyond a rest length of the first and second extensible tethers when the first and second extensible tethers are under tension, and the tension in the first and second extensible tethers retains the equipment item in the equipment holder by forcing the equipment item upward against the substantially rigid bracket formed by the top front panel and back panel, and wherein the first extensible tether and the second extensible tether are not extended substantially beyond a rest length of the first and second extensible tethers and are under negligible tension when the equipment item is not retained within the equipment holder and is positioned near the face or head of a wearer of the equipment carrier.