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US 2006/0065683 A1Published application
Shoulder strap
OwnerTimothy Armstronginventor
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A shoulder strap for holding or supporting musical instruments such as guitars, cases, luggage, bags and similar items includes a longitudinally elongated main body extending between connectors connected or connectable to the item. The main body in a vertical condition includes longitudinally spaced rollers rotatably mounted on transverse shafts which are in turn are mounted by elongated cords with the shafts being retained in spaced relationship by spacers on the cords and extending between adjacent pair of shafts. The cords and spacers are of a flexibility that a roller on one shaft may be moved to abut against a roller on an adjacent shaft. The rollers are located to impose the load carried by the strap to shoulder area of a user, advantageously there being more than one roller on each shaft that is adjacent to the shoulder area.
A shoulder strap for holding items such as musical instruments, cases, bags, luggage and the like and supporting them from the shoulder of a user, comprising a longitudinally elongated main body having a first end and an opposite second end, a first connector mounted to the first end of the main body for being connected to the item and a second connector mounted to the second end of the main body for being connected to the item to be supported, the main body including a plurality of transverse rows of annular rollers including at least three rows of rollers for imposing a load on a shoulder of a user and means extending longitudinally between the connectors for mounting the rollers for rotation about transverse axes and permitting limited movement of one row relative to the other while maintaining the rows in longitudinal spaced relationship when supporting one of the connectors with the rows of rollers depending therefrom.
A shoulder strap for holding items such as musical instruments, cases, bags and luggage and supporting them from the shoulder of a user, comprising a longitudinally elongated main body having a first end and an opposite second end, a first connector mounted to the first end of the main body for being connected to the item and a second connector mounted to the second end of the main body for being connected to the item to be supported, the main body including a plurality of transverse shafts, at least one roller rotatably mounted on each of said shafts, and transversely spaced, longitudinally elongated strap first and second edge portions for mounting the shafts and retaining them in longitudinally spaced relationship when the strap extends vertically to maintain the roller on one shaft vertically spaced from the roller on the adjacent shaft, the first and second edge portions having first ends connected to the first connector and opposite second ends connected to the second connector.
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