Ski and ski pole carrying device

An improved device for the convenient, hands-free carrying of skis with front ends and rear ends and upper bindings and also ski poles with handles comprising, in combination:

• a flexible carrying strap having a length adapted to fit around a skier from the shoulder, across the back, and to the hip opposite the shoulder;
• an upper and a lower buckle coupled to the carrying strap to define a closed loop configuration having a circumference and with the carrying strap, with the buckles being adjustable along the carrying strap to enlarge or reduce the circumference of the loop;
• a pouch having an open upper end and a closed lower end, the pouch coupled to the carrying strap below the lower buckle with the open end facing upwards and having an axis essentially aligned with the carrying strap, the pouch adapted to hold the rear ends of skis and the handles of ski poles;
• a first ski strap, a second ski strap, and a third ski strap, each ski strap having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion therebetween, each first end further having a strip of a pile type fastener attached thereto, each second end further having a complementary strip of a pile type fastener attached thereto, the intermediate portion of the first ski strap attached to the carrying strap above the upper buckle, the intermediate portion of the second ski strap attached to the carrying strap above the upper buckle at a position offset below the first ski strap, and the intermediate portion of the third ski strap attached to the carrying strap between the lower buckle and the pouch, each ski strap adapted to be coupled with the pile type fastener around skis whose ends are inserted into the open end of the pouch such that the skis are essentially aligned with and secured to the carrying strap, with the first and second strap further adapted to be coupled around the skis above and below the skis' upper bindings;
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• a first pole strap and a second pole strap, each pole strap having a first end and a second end, each first end further having a strip of a pile type fastener attached thereto, each second end having a complementary strip of a pile type fastener attached thereto, the second end of the first pole strap attached to the carrying strap adjacent to the first ski strap, the second end of the second pole strap attached to the carrying strap adjacent to the third ski strap, each pole strap adapted to be coupled with the pile type fastener around poles whose handles that are inserted into the open end of the pouch such that the poles are essentially aligned with and secured to the carrying straps.