Patent ID: 7510246

Claim:
An apparatus for securing an item to a seat having a back support, said apparatus comprising: first, second and third elongate members: each of said elongate members having first and second end portions adapted for fastening each of said elongate members into a respective loop; wherein each loop defines a respective plane; said planes of said first and second elongate members being parallel to each other or coplanar; wherein said loops of said first and second elongate members, when viewed from a plane parallel to said parallel planes or said coplanar plane are in the shape of a figure 8, said figure 8 having a longitudinal axis; said first and second elongate members being coupled together; said third elongate member being adapted to form a loop in a plane that is perpendicular to the plane of said-second loop and extending along said longitudinal axis; said first elongate member being adapted for encircling the back support of the seat; said second and third elongate members being coupled to said first elongate member and adapted for respectively encircling an item placed on the seat to thereby releasably secure the item to the seat, wherein said second and third elongate members are of equal length wherein said first and second elongate members are coupled to said third elongate member so that said first and second elongate members can freely move in a direction perpendicular to said third elongate member.