Patent ID: 6883691

Claim:
A carrying device adapted to enable the carrying of a cartable item, said carrying device comprising: means for engaging a first shoulder of a user to support carrying of a cartable item, said means for engaging a first shoulder comprising a rigid primary shoulder area; means for electively engaging a second shoulder of a user to provide further carrying support of said cartable item, said means for engaging a second shoulder comprising a rigid secondary shoulder area; means for connecting said primary shoulder area to said secondary shoulder area; means for transitioning, in a single, efficient motion, said means for electively engaging a second shoulder between a first latent and inactive, off-shoulder position to a second active, secondary cartable item supporting position, wherein said secondary shoulder area is caused to engage said second shoulder of said user, thus effectuating single to dual-shoulder carrying of said carrying device; and means for releasably attaching said carrying device to said cartable item.