Patent Application
20230218066
The disclosure relates to carrying devices and more particularly pertains to a new carrying device for carrying roofing shingles up a ladder. The device includes a frame and a pair of load supports attached to the frame for supporting a pack of roofing shingles. The device includes a waist belt and a pair of shoulder belts for securing the frame on a user's back thereby facilitating the user to safely carry the pack of roofing shingles up a ladder.
The prior art relates to carrying devices including a carrying hook that has a series of straps that can be secured to a user's body thereby facilitating the user to carry one or more construction panels. The prior art discloses a body harness that includes a hook for carrying rebar. The prior art discloses a carrying bracket that includes a pair of slotted members extending upwardly from a curved panel and a level pivotally coupled to the pair of slotted members. The prior art discloses a carrying device that includes a pair of shoulder cups that rest on a user's shoulders, a pair of handles for gripping and a hook for supporting a load thereby facilitating the load to be supported on the user's shoulder.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a frame that is longitudinally elongated to extend along a full length of a user's back when the frame is worn on the user's back. The frame has a pair of load supports to support a pack of shingles on the frame thereby facilitating the user to carry the pack of shingles up a ladder. A pair of waist straps is each coupled to the frame for extending around the user's waist. The pair of waist straps is matable to each other to secure the frame to the user's back. A plurality of shoulder straps is provided and each of the shoulder straps is coupled to the frame for wearing the frame on the user's back.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The plurality of horizontal members 22 includes a top member 26, a bottom member 28 and a middle member 30. Each of the load supports 16 is coupled to and extends rearwardly away from the bottom member 28 and each of the load supports 16 has a distal end 32 with respect to the bottom member 28. Additionally, each of the load supports 16 has a bend 34 positioned between the bottom member 28 and the distal end 32 to define a first portion 36 forming an angle with a second portion 38. The first portion 36 of each of the load supports 16 is oriented perpendicular to the bottom member 28 such that the first portion 36 of each of the load supports 16 can support the pack of roofing shingles 18. Furthermore, the second portion 38 of each of the load supports 16 is oriented parallel to the vertical members 24 to inhibit the pack of roofing shingles 18 from falling rearwardly off of the load supports 16.
A head rest 40 is coupled to the frame 12 to facilitate the user's head 42 to rest against the head rest 40 when the frame 12 is worn. The head rest 40 comprises a pair of stems 44 each extending upwardly from the top member 26. The head rest 40 includes a cushion 46 that has a front surface 48 and a perimeter surface 50, and the perimeter surface 50 is coupled to a distal end 52 of each of the stems 44 such that the user's head 42 rests against the front surface 48. The cushion 46 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort for the user.
A plurality of upper back cushions 54 is provided and each of the upper back cushions 54 is coupled to the frame 12 such that the user's back 14 rests against the upper back cushions 54 when the frame 12 is worn. Each of the upper back cushions 54 has a front side 56 and a back side 58, and the back side 58 of each of the upper back cushions 54 is coupled to a respective one of the vertical members 24. Additionally, each of the upper back cushions 54 is positioned between the middle member 30 and the top member 26. Each of the upper back cushions 54 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort for the user.
A lower back cushion 60 is coupled to the frame 12 and the user's back 14 rests against the lower back cushion 60 when the frame 12 is worn. The lower back cushion 60 has a rear side 62 and a forward side 64, and the rear side 62 is coupled to the bottom member 28. Additionally, the lower back cushion 60 is elongated to extend along a substantial length of the bottom member 28. The lower back cushion 60 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort for the user.
A pair of waist straps 66 is provided and each of the waist straps 66 is coupled to the frame 12 such that each of the waist straps 66 can be extended around the user's waist 68. The pair of waist straps 66 is matable to each other to form a closed loop for securing the frame 12 to the user's back 14. Each of the waist straps 66 extends away from a respective one of the vertical members 24 and each of the waist straps 66 is aligned with the bottom member 28. Each of the waist straps 66 has a distal end 70 with respect to the respective vertical member 24. A first one of the waist straps 72 has a plurality of holes 74 extending through the first waist strap 72. A second one of the waist straps 76 has a buckle 78 which is coupled to the distal end 70 of the second waist strap 76. The buckle 78 insertably receives the distal end 70 of the first waist strap 72 and the buckle 78 engages a respective one of the holes 74 in the first waist strap 72 for tightening the waist straps 66 around the user's waist 68.
A plurality of shoulder straps 80 is provided and each of the shoulder straps 80 is coupled to the frame 12. Additionally, each of the shoulder straps 80 can be extended over a respective one of the user's shoulders 82 for wearing the frame 12 on the user's back 14. Each of the shoulder straps 80 is a looped around a respective one of the vertical members 24 and each of the shoulder straps 80 has a distal end 84. The plurality of shoulder straps 80 includes a set of upper shoulder straps 86 and a set of lower shoulder straps 88. Each of lower shoulder straps 88 has a plurality of holes 90 extending through the lower shoulder straps 88 and each of the upper shoulder straps 86 has a buckle 92 which is coupled to the distal end 84 of the upper shoulder straps 86. The buckle 92 on each of the upper shoulder straps 86 insertably receives the distal end 84 of a respective one of the lower shoulder straps 88. The buckle 92 on each of the upper shoulder straps 86 engages a respective one of the holes 90 in the respective lower shoulder strap 88 for tightening the shoulder straps 80 around the user's shoulder 82.
In use, each of the shoulder straps 80 is secured around the user's shoulders 82 and the waist strap is secured around the user's waist 68. One or more packs of roofing shingles 18 is loaded onto the load supports 16. In this way the user can transport the roofing shingles 18 up a ladder 20 in a hand's free manner thereby facilitating the user to properly hold onto the ladder 20 while the user is climbing the ladder 20. Thus, the user can safely transport the roofing shingles 18 onto the roof of a building while facilitating the user to climb the ladder 20 in a safe manner.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
