Patent ID: 7712645

Claim:
A chest bag comprising: a chest bag body with a rear bag panel and an opposite front bag panel defining therebetween an interior of the chest bag body for carrying articles therein; a shoulder harness connected to the rear bag panel, the shoulder harness wearable by a person for securing the chest bag body against the person's chest; a fastener releasably attaching the front bag panel to the rear bag panel in a facing condition, the front bag panel attached to the rear bag panel along a bottom margin of the rear bag panel such that when the fastener is released the front bag panel is pivotally moveable outwardly from the rear bag panel to an open condition; and a flexible elongate panel support member secured at its opposite ends to the respective front and rear bag panels, wherein the opposite ends are fastened on the interior of the chest bag body, the panel support member supporting the front bag panel relative to the rear bag panel when the chest bag is open such that the front bag panel extends outwardly from the body of a person's chest in a tray-like configuration when the person is wearing the chest bag.