Patent Application
20240000165
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The disclosure relates to attachment devices and more particularly pertains to a new attachment device for engaging handle straps of bags to allow for hands free carrying of the bags. The present invention discloses an attachment device comprising a vest to which a plurality of hooks is attached, wherein bags are attachable to the hooks by means of the handle straps.
The prior art relates to attachment devices, which may comprise straps with hooks attached to their opposed ends, clips for attaching bags to user worn belts, and straps attached to hook shaped support arms. What is lacking in the prior art is an attachment device comprising a vest to which a plurality of hooks is attached.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vest, which is configured to be donned by a user. A plurality of hooks is attached to the vest, with each hook being configured to attach to one or more handle straps of a bag. The bag and its contents thus are attached to the vest and carriable by the user without using their hands.
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
As best illustrated in
A plurality of hooks 26 is attached to the vest 12, with each hook 26 being configured to attach to one or more handle straps 28 of a bag 30. The bag 30 and its contents 32 thus are attached to the vest 12 and carriable by the user without using their hands. The present invention is anticipated to be useful in hands free carrying of any type of bag 30 having handle straps 28, such as, but not limited to, t-shirt bags, corded handle bags, and the like. The hooks 26 of the user worn attachment device 10 also could be used for attachment of other items to the vest 12.
A harness 34 is attached to the vest 12 and is configured to distribute a mass of the contents 32 in the bags 30 across a torso of the user. As shown in
The harness 34 comprises a pad 40, a waist strap 42, and a pair of shoulder straps 44. The pad 40 is attached to a rear portion 46 of the vest 12, proximate to the waistline 18, and is configured to support a back of the user. The waist strap 42 extends from the pad 40 around the waistline 18. Each shoulder strap 44 extends from the pad 40 over a respective shoulder portion 48 of the vest 12 and along the front portion 16 to the waistline 18. As shown in
The user worn attachment device 10 also may comprise a plurality of panels 52. Each panel 52 has opposed edges 54 and a bottom edge 56 that attached to the vest 12 so that the panel 52 defines a pocket 58, which is configured to stow an article, such as a phone, keys, wallet, or the like. Each flap 60 of a plurality of flaps 60 is attached to the vest 12 proximate to a top edge 62 of a respective panel 52 so that the flap 60 is positioned to selectively close an associated pocket 58. As shown in
In use, the user worn attachment device 10 enables a method for hands free carrying of bags 64. The method 64 comprises a first step 66 of providing a user worn attachment device 10 according to the specification above. A second step 68 of the method 64 is donning the vest 12. A third step 70 of the method 64 is attaching one or more bags 30 to the hooks 26 using the handle straps 28 of the bags 30.
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.
