Neck-supported map holder
OwnerTimothy B. McBrideinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a map holder, which can have a ski area trail map and/or related printed information therein for use by a skier. The map holder includes a string or elastic to be positioned around the neck of the skier, with a map supporting member attached to the string or elastic. The map or other information is exposed in the map supporting member. The string or elastic is sufficiently long (or can be stretched to a sufficient length) so that the map can be read by the skier or a companion without the string or elastic being removed from around the neck of the skier. Thus, without removal of the string or elastic from around the neck of the skier, the map can be read by the skier or companion or placed in a protected, non-visible location (e.g., inside a ski jacket worn by the skier).
Claims18
A method of carrying and reading a map, comprising the steps of:
- placing a holder containing the map around the neck of a person, said holder including (1) a neck-surrounding member to be removably retained around the neck of the person;
- and (2) a map supporting member, for supporting the map, such that the map is exposed, in the supporting member, to be read by said person, said supporting member being attached to and held by said neck-surrounding member, said neck-surrounding member achieving a sufficient length such that the map contained by the supporting member can be read by said person around whose neck the holder is placed, without the neck-surrounding member having to be removed from the person's neck, the holder being placed 'such that the neck-surrounding member is located around the neck of said person, with the supporting member tucked away in a protected and non-visible location to prevent damage to the map from exposure to adverse conditions;
- grabbing the holder, removing the supporting member from said protected and non-visible location, and positioning the supporting member so that the map can be read by the person around whose neck the holder is placed, in a single maneuver, while the neck-surrounding member is maintained around the neck of the person, said grabbing, said removing and said positioning being performed by said person;
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- reading the map by the person around whose neck the holder is placed, while the neck-surrounding member is maintained around the neck of the person and the map is maintained in the supporting member, so that the map is read without removing the neck-surrounding member from around the neck of the person, the supporting member being maintained in its protected and non-visible location and removed therefrom, positioned so that the map can be read by the person, and the map is read by the person, all without removing the neck-surrounding member from around the neck of the person.
A method of carrying and reading a ski area trail map by a skier, comprising the steps of:
- placing a holder containing the ski area trail map around the neck of the skier, said holder including (1) a neck-surrounding member to be removably retained around the neck of the skier;
- and (2) a map supporting member, for supporting the ski area trail map, such that the trail map is exposed, in the supporting member, to be read by said skier, said supporting member attached to and held by said neck-surrounding member, said neck-surrounding member achieving a sufficient length such that the trail map contained by the supporting member can be read by said skier around whose neck the holder is placed, without the neck-surrounding member having to be removed from the skier's neck, the holder being placed such that the neck-surrounding member is located around the neck of said skier, with the supporting member tucked away in a protected and non-visible location to prevent damage to the trail map from exposure to adverse conditions;
- grabbing the holder, removing the map supporting member from said protected and non-visible location, and positioning the supporting member so that the ski area trail map can be read by the skier around whose neck the holder is placed, in a single maneuver, while the neck-surrounding member is maintained around the neck of the skier, said grabbing, said removing and said positioning being performed by said skier;
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- reading the ski area trail map by the skier around whose neck the holder is placed, while the neck-surrounding member is maintained around the neck of the skier and the map is maintained in the supporting member, so that the map is read without removing the neck-surrounding member from around the neck of the skier, the supporting member being maintained in its protected and non-visible location and removed therefrom, positioned so that the ski area trail map can be read by the skier, and the ski area trail map is read by the skier, all without removing the neck-surrounding member from around the neck of the skier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.