Bat strap

A carrier strap for carrying a bat and a ball comprising:

• a flexible fabric pocket having a lower closed end and an upper open end adapted to receive a ball and the barrel end of a bat, including
• a circular flexible strap defining the open end of the flexible pocket;
• a plurality of similar flexible straps defining the body of said flexible pocket, each flexible strap having a midportion, and first and second ends secured to the circular flexible strap at diametrically opposite attachments, said straps being disposed around the circular flexible strap at spaced intervals, and secured together at their intersecting mid-portions;
• at least one additional circular flexible strap secured to each of the flexible straps defining the body of the flexible pocket at a spaced interval below, and parallel to, the first circular flexible strap to further reinforce the flexible pocket;
• and
• an elongated flexible strap having an inner end, an intermediate portion, and an outer end, the inner end being secured to the open end of the flexible fabric pocket, and the outer end terminating in a loop adapted to be secured around the outer end of a bat handle to define a carrying sling for a bat and a ball which is completely collapsible for convenient pocket storage when not in use as a carrier.