Pet carrier

A carrier for a pet worn and carried about the torso of an individual, said carrier comprising:

• a) a substantially planar, rigid platform of predetermined outline upon which said pet sits when deposited in said carrier;
• b) a flexible fabric wall attached to and encircling the perimeter of said platform, said wall extending upwardly therefrom to form a pouch with an open top with said platform comprising the bottom of said pouch;
• c) first and second shoulder straps integrally formed with and extending from the perimeter of said flexible fabric wall at said pouch open top adjacent each other, said first and second shoulder straps having free ends including first and second securing elements which releasably engage with third and fourth securing elements attached to opposite sides of said pouch, respectively, said first and second shoulder straps integrally connected to each other at the point where said first and second straps integrally extend from said perimeter of said pouch open top;
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• d) the portion of said fabric wall extending below said first and second shoulder straps comprising the back wall of said carrier and being positioned against said torso and the portion of said fabric wall opposite said back wall comprising the front wall, and further comprising a zipper having first and second tracks extending from said platform to said open top at said front wall forming an opening in said front wall movable between closed and open positions.