US 4,399,934 A · Belt attached carrier

Abstract

A belt attached carrier and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed which carrier is adapted for suspension from a user's belt and may be used to carry a pocket knife, a container of mace, or the like. The carrier comprises an elongated tubular member formed from a single square or rectangular sheet of flexible material, which is open at one end and closed at the opposite end. A portion of the tubular member adjacent the open end thereof is formed into a belt-encircling loop for suspending the same from the user's belt with the open end thereof directed downwardly. First releasable fastening means releasably secure first and second portions of the tubular member together to form said loop. A portion of the tubular member adjacent the closed end thereof forms a combination closure flap and support for the article contained in the carrier. Second releasable fastening means releasably holds the closure flap in the closed condition. When the closure flap is opened the article contained in the carrier is free to slide outwardly therefrom under the influence of gravity.

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Dependent claims

In a carrier for an article such as a pocket knife, container, or the like, the combination comprising

an elongated member comprising a flexible generally rectangular-shaped sheet having opposite side edges and first and second opposite end edges,
means for joining said side edges together and opposite halves of said second end edges together to form an elongated tubular member open at said first end to receive an article to be carried and closed at said second end,
first releasable fastening means for releasably securing a first portion of the tubular member adjacent said first end thereof to a portion of the tubular member intermediate said opposite ends to form a loop for suspending the tubular member from a waist belt, or the like, worn by a user with the opposite ends of the tubular member extending downwardly, and
second releasably fastening means for releasably securing the tubular member adjacent the second end thereof to another portion of the tubular member adjacent said first end thereof to provide a releasable movable closure for the downwardly facing open free end of the member for support of an article in the carrier in the closed condition of the closure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Belt attached carrier

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