Patent ID: 6926183

Claim:
A carrying strap including a shoulder-engaging portion, a first strap portion and a second strap portion, said shoulder-engaging portion extending along the general longitudinal direction of said strap and being intermediate of said first and second strap portions, each of said first and second strap portions including a proximal section and a distal section, said proximal section being intermediate of said shoulder-engaging portion and said distal portion, a corresponding pair of adjacent proximal and distal sections being joined together with a first curvature, the proximal sections of said first and said second strap portions and said shoulder portion being joined together with a second curvature, said second curvature being substantially opposite to said first curvature, said proximal and said distal sections of said first and said second strap portions being configured so that, when used as a shoulder carrying strap for carrying a load, said proximal and distal sections respectively direct weight of said load towards and away from the body centerline of the person carrying said load.