Patent ID: 7469809

Claim:
A portable device, comprising: a portable device body; a strap having a first strap end and a second strap end and being positioned diagonally across a surface of the portable device body, said first strap end being coupled to a first end of the portable device body at substantially a center portion thereof; and a removable strap attachment bracket attached at a second, opposite end of said portable device body so as to span a maiority of a width of said portable device body, said strap attachment bracket having a first and a second distal end, and including a strap attachment at the first distal end that receives said second strap end of said strap, the strap attachment being located at one bracket end of said bracket, said strap attachment bracket being repeatedly removable by detachment and reattachment on said portable device body, and being selectively secured, using reusable means for fastening, to said portable device body to prevent said strap attachment bracket from moving relative to said portable device body, in a first orientation that positions and retains said first distal end and said strap attachment proximate a right side of said portable device body and said second distal end proximate a left side of said portable device body, or a second orientation that positions and retains said first distal end and said strap attachment proximate the left side of said portable device body and said second distal end proximate the right side of said portable device body, said strap attachment bracket being removed from said portable device body when switching said strap attachment bracket from the first orientation to the second orientation, and from the second orientation to the first orientation.