Device for handles
AssigneeSmax, LLC
InventorsMarc A. Thiessen, Stephen M. Thiessen
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Abstract
Systems and methods of the invention relate to a device that can couple around one or more handles on a bag to alleviate a pressure or force from the bag. A device can include a padded member encased or housed between a first planar layer and a second non-planar layer, wherein a first end of the first planar layer can couple and decouple to a second end (opposite of the first end). The coupling an decoupling of the device allows connectivity to one or more handles of the bag such that the padded member reduces force on a hand or shoulder that is supporting the bag during carrying.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a padded member that protects a shoulder by absorbing a portion of force;
- a flexible member having a top side opposite a bottom side, the flexible member includes a length, a width, and a first end opposite of a second end;
- the padded member is encased between the top side and the bottom side in which encasement provides the bottom side to be substantially flat and even and the top side includes a bulge;
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- a connecting means attached to a portion of the first end and a portion of the second end, the connecting means is configured to enable the first end to couple to the second end in a direction along the width.
A device, comprising:
- a first lateral portion opposed a second lateral portion, each with a respective lateral thickness;
- a central portion having a central thickness;
- a padded member included within the central portion;
- a hook portion affixed to a first side of the first lateral portion;
- a loop portion affixed to a second side opposite of the first side on the second lateral portion, the hook portion couples and decouples with the loop portion;
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- the central thickness is greater than the respective lateral thicknesses the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion.
A system, comprising:
- a device that includes:
- a first planar layer affixed to a second non-planar layer, wherein a padded member is housed between the first planar layer and the second non-planar layer;
- the housing of the padded member within the first planar layer and the second non-planar layer created a bulge in the second non-planar layer;
- the device further includes:
- a first lateral portion opposed a second lateral portion, each with a respective lateral thickness;
- a central portion having a central thickness;
- the padded member included within the central portion;
- a hook portion affixed to a first side of the first lateral portion;
- a loop portion affixed to a second side opposite of the first side on the second lateral portion, the hook portion couples and decouples with the loop portion;
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- the central thickness is greater than the respective lateral thicknesses the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion;
- a first portion of stitching around a perimeter of both the first planar layer and the second non-planar layer to affix the first planar layer to the second non-planar layer;
- a second portion of stitching around a perimeter of the padded member and through the first planar layer and the second non-planar layer and to secure the padded member within the device;
- a bag with at least one handle affixed to a location situated on the bag;
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- the loop portion and the hook portion of the device is attached around the at least one handle of the bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.