Reusable, adjustable carriers for toting awkward handle-less items and related methods

Abstract

Reusable, adjustable carriers and related methods are disclosed, the carriers comprising at least one band the length of which is adjustable for contiguous fastened relation around an awkward handle-less item of size and weight for balanced toting of the item from place-to-place.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to toting awkward handle-less items of size and weight from place-to-place and, more particularly, to novel reusable size-adjustable flat band carriers with a slidable, non-rotatable handle, each band being placed around the periphery of an item to be toted, size adjusted to be contiguous with the periphery. End connectors on the bands are releasibly connected together to secure the contiguous position and a non-rotatable handle is linearly relocated along the band with which it is associated to balance the load imposed by the item when lifted manually by the handle and toted from place-to-place.BACKGROUND[0002]Prior harnesses for carrying containers, boxes, packages and the like have been deficient in a number of respects, including but not necessarily limited to: constructed for a single use; not adaptable to any type, weight and sized container; difficult to store; inconvenient to transport when not attached to a...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]The invention involves novel methodology and wrap-on carriers in band form whereby at least one flat band having variable effective length is placed around the periphery of the item to be toted, the length of the band is sized by selectively sliding at least one of two connector members along the band, the connector members are securely but releasibly connected together so that the sized band fits snugly, securely and contiguously around the periphery of the item to be toted. A manual handle is linearly but non-rotatably along the band, to balance the weight of the item when lifted while preserving the contiguous relation between the band and the item, with the balanced item being lifted by manually grasping the handle and carrying the item and the carrier from one place to another.

[0005]It is a primary object of the present invention to overcome or substantially alleviate problems of the past in the field of toting awkward handle-less items of size and / or weight.

Problems solved by technology

Prior harnesses for carrying containers, boxes, packages and the like have been deficient in a number of respects, including but not necessarily limited to: constructed for a single use; not adaptable to any type, weight and sized container; difficult to store; inconvenient to transport when not attached to a container; unduly complex and / or costly; and comprising one or more handles which cannot be relocated for balancing the load and / or undesirably rotate during use.

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