Belt-supported camera bag
OwnerFrank M. Bauminventor
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Abstract
A cushioned camera bag for field use by photographers has shoulder and waist support straps, usable individually or both together, for secure support of the bag, while at the same time providing for free use of the hands in using the camera equipment. One side of the camera bag is provided with a separate compartment, defined by a zippered cover flap, within which the waist strap or belt is contained and hidden when not in use.
Claims4
A belt supported camera bag comprising, in combination, a substantially rectangular main camera bag compartment of flexible material, an auxiliary camera bag compartment of flexible material secured against one side of said main camera bag compartment, a flexible shoulder carrying strap the ends of which are secured with respect to one end each of said main camera bag compartment, a flexible waist carrying strap end portions of which are secured in mutually transverse spaced relation to the other side of said main camera bag compartment, means for enclosing and hiding said waist carrying strap against said other side of said main camera bag compartment when not being used as a belt for securement about the waist of the user, said waist strap enclosing and hiding means comprising a substantially rectangular flexible fabric panel sewn along one edge against said other side of said main camera bag compartment so as to be foldable over said flexible waist carrying strap when said waist carrying strap is folded in abutment against the outside of said other side of said main camera bag compartment, and a slide fastener sewn along the free edge of said cover flap and said outside of said other side of said main camera bag compartment.
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