US 11,678,735 B2
Portable load distributing carrying apparatus
Mark Huggins, Hilton Head Island, SC (US); Nicholas Campion Godfrey, Charleston, SC (US); Aaron Hunter Pierce, Oviedo, FL (US); Benjamin John Thomas, Anderson, SC (US); and Sean F. Carbonell, Mableton, GA (US)
Assigned to Pelican Pole LLC, Mableton, GA (US)
Filed by Pelican Pole LLC, Mableton, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,300.
Application 17/548,300 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/403,797, filed on Aug. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048003 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A45F 3/10 (2006.01); B65G 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 3/10 (2013.01) [B65G 7/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable carrying apparatus comprising:
a first carrying segment comprising a first load bearing portion and a first connector aperture disposed on an end of the first carrying segment,
wherein the first load bearing portion comprises a first plurality of receiving portions,
wherein the first load bearing portion comprises a first elongated aperture extending through the first load bearing portion adjacent to the first plurality of receiving portions;
a middle segment comprising a first connector protrusion extending from a first end of the middle segment and a second connector aperture disposed on a second end of the middle segment; and
a second carrying segment comprising a second load bearing portion and a second connector protrusion extending from an end of the second carrying segment,
wherein the second load bearing portion comprises a second plurality of receiving portions,
wherein the second load bearing portion comprises a second elongated aperture extending through the second load bearing portion adjacent to the second plurality of receiving portions,
wherein the first connector protrusion extending from the first end of the middle segment is mateably interfaced with the first connector aperture disposed on the end of the first carrying segment,
wherein the second connector protrusion extending from the end of the second carrying segment is mateably interfaced with the second connector aperture disposed on the second end of the middle segment.