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US4600134A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Dual carrying pouch

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-11-15
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Granted: 1986-07-15
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Expires: 2004-11-15
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Abstract

Abstract Dual carrying pouch for carriage of mail, packages, magazines, newspapers, or the like, consisting of two opposing pouches or bags suspended by belts, straps, or harnesses, the harnesses including shoulder straps and waist belts. Padded shoulder straps are adjustable vertically in the forward frontal area, as well as in the rear back area, by adjustable buckles, common straps or webbing adjusters, and provides for lateral adjustment of the forward lower ends of the shoulder straps through a pectoral belt, buckle adjuster, and shock snubber. Adjustable hip pads secure to the dual carrying pouches and include a front tensioning belt, front adjustable buckle, and a rear back tensioning belt and adjuster. Shoulder harnesses and waist belts act together or independently of each other to provide for load distributions equally upon user's shoulders and hips or similarly so as to distribute load weights solely upon user's shoulders or hips, as desired, by adjustment of the belts and adjuster buckles. Either males or females can use the pouch based on its extreme range of adjustability and load shifting capabilities, which also includes a pectoral adjuster belt and shock snubber which allow flexibility and adjustment of the shoulder straps about the chest area of the user regardless of sex. Pouch adjuster straps on the forward and rear portions of the pouches allow for positioning of pouch cargo laterally either inwardly or outwardly for proper balance of pouches so as to allow for proper load distribution across the body of said user.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jeffrey S. Colby

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 22:27
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45F; A45F3/00; A45F3/04; A45F3/14; A45F2003/045

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 367 words
Dual mail carrying pouches for utilization by a mail person delivering mail comprising: a. like opposing mirror image mail pouches, each pouch including a rectangular bottom, four joined sides and an overlapping flap secured to a back side of said pouch for covering an opening of said pouch, said back side adjacent to said person's hip, and an inside of said flap and a front side of said pouch including a velcro fastening means; b. waist belt including opposing hip pads, a back waist belt and belt strap adjuster connected between said hip pads, said back waist belt and belt strap adjuster encompassing said person's back area of said person's waist, and a front waist belt and adjustable strap buckle connected between said hip pads, each of said hip pads secured to a mid-portion of said back side of each of said pouches; c. padded shoulder straps for resting on said person's shoulder, and joined at a rear shoulder strap crossing junction at a substantially mid-portion of said person's back, back straps and back strap adjusters joined at said crossing junction and connected above a rearward edge of said hip pd and along a top inner edge adjacent said person's side of of said pouches, and spaced inwardly along said top inner edge of each of said pouches from a rear vertical inner side seam of each of said pouches and front adjustable strap buckles connected between said shoulder straps and connected above a forward edge of said hip pad along a top edge of each of said pouches and spaced inwardly along said top inner edge of each of said pouches from a forward vertical inner side seam of each of said pouches whereby a geometrical relationship of connection of said back straps to each of said pouches is symmetrical to a geometrical relationship of connection of said front straps to each of said pouches; and, d. horizontal pectoral belt and an adjustable strap buckle connected at each junction of said shoulder straps and said front straps for resting about a front chest area of said person, whereby said mail person orientates said waist belt about their waist and positions the back straps about their back.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 367 words
Dual mail carrying pouches for utilization by a mail person delivering mail comprising: a. like opposing mirror image mail pouches, each pouch including a rectangular bottom, four joined sides and an overlapping flap secured to a back side of said pouch for covering an opening of said pouch, said back side adjacent to said person's hip, and an inside of said flap and a front side of said pouch including a velcro fastening means; b. waist belt including opposing hip pads, a back waist belt and belt strap adjuster connected between said hip pads, said back waist belt and belt strap adjuster encompassing said person's back area of said person's waist, and a front waist belt and adjustable strap buckle connected between said hip pads, each of said hip pads secured to a mid-portion of said back side of each of said pouches; c. padded shoulder straps for resting on said person's shoulder, and joined at a rear shoulder strap crossing junction at a substantially mid-portion of said person's back, back straps and back strap adjusters joined at said crossing junction and connected above a rearward edge of said hip pd and along a top inner edge adjacent said person's side of of said pouches, and spaced inwardly along said top inner edge of each of said pouches from a rear vertical inner side seam of each of said pouches and front adjustable strap buckles connected between said shoulder straps and connected above a forward edge of said hip pad along a top edge of each of said pouches and spaced inwardly along said top inner edge of each of said pouches from a forward vertical inner side seam of each of said pouches whereby a geometrical relationship of connection of said back straps to each of said pouches is symmetrical to a geometrical relationship of connection of said front straps to each of said pouches; and, d. horizontal pectoral belt and an adjustable strap buckle connected at each junction of said shoulder straps and said front straps for resting about a front chest area of said person, whereby said mail person orientates said waist belt about their waist and positions the back straps about their back.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 26 words
Pouches of claim 1 comprising end straps and strap adjusters at each end of each of said pouches for adjusting width of each of said pouches.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1989-07-14 1990-01-13 1990-07-15 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1993-07-14 1994-01-13 1994-07-15 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1997-07-14 1998-01-13 1998-07-15 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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