Patent ID: 7455339

Claim:
An apparatus for carrying a preselected object, said apparatus comprising: (a) a handle member having each of a first predetermined length, a first predetermined thickness and a first predetermined shape; (b) a first slot like portion formed in said handle member closely adjacent one edge thereof, said first slot like portion having a first predetermined width and a second predetermined length; (c) a second slot like portion formed between said first slot like portion and a radially opposed outer edge of said handle member, said second slot like portion having a second predetermined width and a third predetermined length; (d) an elongated flexible strip having a fourth predetermined length and a third predetermined width, a first end of said elongated flexible strip secured to said handle member through said first slot like portion, said elongated flexible strip being formed of a first predetermined material, a second end of said elongated flexible strip encircles such preselected object and passes through said first slot like portion of said handle member; and (e) a securing means having a first portion thereof disposed on a first side of said elongated flexible strip closely adjacent a second end thereof and a second portion disposed on a second side of said elongated flexible strip closely adjacent said first end thereof.