| CPC F42B 39/02 (2013.01) | 16 Claims |
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1. A carrier device having an open first end, for receiving an article to be carried into an interior of the carrier device, and a closed second end on an opposite side of the interior from the first end, the carrier device comprising:
a body member comprising
a first panel comprising hooks disposed on an exterior surface opposite an inward side, the inward side facing the interior of the carrier device, wherein each of the hooks is flush with the exterior surface,
a second panel comprising an inward side, the inward side facing the interior of the carrier device opposite the inward side of the first panel, and
a base section affixed to connected ends of the first panel and the second panel and disposed opposite the first end of the carrier device;
a bracket comprising
opposed lateral side members disposed on opposed sides of the interior, each side member having an inward face adjacent the interior and an opposed exterior face, and
a base plate affixed to connected ends of each of the opposed lateral side members and disposed opposite the first end of the carrier device; and
a binding member for releasably connecting the hooks of the first panel to the second panel, the binding member having free ends,
wherein each lateral side member, along the exterior face thereof, comprises a pair of parallel spaced ribs, each of the ribs extending longitudinally between the connected end and an opposed terminal end along a peripheral edge of a respective one of the lateral side members, and a longitudinally extending channel between and separating the ribs, wherein each of the ribs have alternating high portions and low portions to guide the binding member and the channel is configured to accept the free ends of the binding member and the ribs are configured to guide the binding member such that crossed portions thereof secure the free ends thereof in the channel.
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