Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Convertible or combined
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-31
2010-12-28
Newhouse, Nathan J (Department: 3782)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Convertible or combined
C224S578000, C224S600000, C224S627000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07857181
ABSTRACT:
This invention presents strap apparatus that is attached to a carrying bag such as a briefcase, computer bag, or golf club bag. In the first embodiment, the strap apparatus is constructed from a single strap that is configured as a closed loop. The closed loop is constrained to the sides of the bag near the top by two constraining means; the closed loop being divided into two strap segments of approximately equal lengths. Depending on how the straps are shouldered, the bag may be worn in a single-strap configuration, a backpack configuration, or a dual-strap configuration. Transitioning from one configuration to the other is easily done by the wearer without having to remove the apparatus from the bag. Furthermore when in the single-strap configuration, the straps stay together and appear to the casual observer as a single-strap as found on an ordinary bag. The appearance of the bag when in the single-strap configuration will not reveal its multimode capability.
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Newhouse Nathan J
Sacks Jerome E
Vanterpool Lester L
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