Patent ID: 8469590

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a carrying bag, the carrying bag defining an interior, a major opening between the interior and an exterior, a first strap-hole, a second strap-hole, a third strap-hole opposing the second strap-hole, and a fourth strap-hole opposing the first strap-hole; and a cord, the cord including a first segment extending from the exterior through the first strap-hole into the interior, a second segment, contiguous to the first segment, a third segment, contiguous to the second segment, extending from the interior through the second strap-hole into the exterior, a fourth segment, contiguous to the third segment, extending from the exterior through the third strap-hole into the interior, a fifth segment, contiguous to the fourth segment, the fifth segment extending from the interior through the major opening into the exterior and from the exterior through the major opening into the interior, and a sixth segment, contiguous to the fifth segment, the sixth segment extending from the interior though the fourth strap-hole into the exterior, wherein a point on the fifth segment has a distance from the carrying bag greater than that of any point on the first, third, fourth, or sixth segments.