Patent ID: 8490788

Claim:
A carrier configurable to hold at least one weapon during a parachute drop, the carrier comprising: a main body, wherein the main body includes at least one panel that is attachable to at least one other portion of the main body to place the main body in a closed condition and is nondestructively detachable from the at least one other portion of the main body to place the main body in an open condition, the main body defines an internal storage region when the main body is in the closed condition, and the main body includes an open bottom end, a narrow region that includes the open bottom end, a top end opposite the bottom end, a broadened region that includes the top end, and a transitional region between the narrow and broadened regions; an extension sleeve, wherein the extension sleeve is coupled to the main body and includes a pocket and a mouth exposing the pocket, at least a portion of the extension sleeve including the mouth rests within the internal storage region when the main body is in the closed condition, the extension sleeve is configured for extension from the main body through the open bottom end so as to create an expandable storage space that includes the internal storage region and extends into the pocket through the mouth, the expandable storage space has a length that varies, based on an amount by which the extension sleeve extends from the main body, to accommodate multiple types of weapons, and the extension sleeve and main body are configurable to adjustably limit the amount by which the extension sleeve extends from the body; a parachute harness attachment connector positioned on an exterior portion of the main body at a location on or near the top end; and means for collapsing excess internal space of the main body in the broadened region when the main body is in the closed condition.