Patent ID: 7316435

Claim:
A portable propane tank carrier system comprising: a tank carrier comprising, a rectangular main tank cover panel having an upper edge, lower edge, leftside edge and rightside edge; an upper radial sidewall panel having a ring shape with an outer circular edge, inner circular edge and an upper pair of opposing radial edges, said outer circular edge having a larger circumference than said inner circular edge, and said outer circular edge being attached to said upper edge of said main tank cover panel; a lower radial sidewall panel having a ring shape with an outer circular edge, inner circular edge, and a lower pair of opposing radial edges, said outer circular edge having a larger circumference than said inner circular edge, and said outer circular edge being attached to said lower edge of said main tank cover panel; and a main seam formed by said upper and lower pair of opposing radial edges of said sidewall panels and said leftside and rightside edges of said main tank cover panel; wherein said tank carrier closely conforms to the shape of a portable propane tank while providing an upper opening adapted to receive a neck portion of the tank and a lower opening adapted to receive a tank base ring portion of the tank.