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US 4,046,295 AGranted
Carrying device for portable article
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorJay H. Eichler
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AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorJay H. Eichler
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A carrying device for an elongated portable article has a back plate with an integral portion forming a loop for receiving the article, with a stop surface adapted to be engaged by a ledge on the article. The device includes a latch secured to the back plate having a projection cooperating with a part of the article to hold the article in the device. The device can be adapted to carry a portable radio having controls on the top and side and a grille at the front, with the ledge being below the side control. The controls and the speaker grille are not obstructed when the radio is being carried. The device can be used to carry radios which vary in length and in other respects, which are of a size to be positioned within the loop and which have a ledge and a part at a fixed position with respect to the ledge to cooperate with the latch. A belt loop or other mounting element can be attached to the device for supporting the same.
A carrying device for an elongated portable article of a predetermined height which has a ledge thereon intermediate its ends and a surface at a fixed position with respect to the ledge, such carrying device including in combination:
A carry holder for a portable radio of a predetermined height having a top with controls extending therefrom, a side with a switch actuator and a ledge below the actuator which is at a given spacing from the top, and a front with a grille in the top portion thereof, said carry holder including in combination:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.