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Portable Tethered Carrier and Method

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Inactive Publication Date: 2012-03-29
AMECHE H KATHLEEN
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Benefits of technology

The system provides secure, private, and convenient storage and access to travel documents and personal items, reducing the risk of loss and enhancing usability across multiple carry items, while maintaining confidentiality and comfort.

Problems solved by technology

This device is not adapted to hold larger items such as a cellular phone, passport, or boarding pass.
With increasing identity theft and terrorism activity, visibility of identification information or travel materials is not necessarily desirable.
Wearing these carriers around the neck, while making the contents available, can be constricting, possibly uncomfortable, and unfashionable.
These devices are not easily extendable to position the carrier in view of security or boarding gate personnel, and may further require some contortion by the user to get at the contents unless the device is taken off.

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[0029]The embodiments of the present invention described hereinafter have been particularly adapted for use in the mass, or public, transportation industry. The portable carrier device could easily be adapted for other environments or applications, without departing from the invention

[0030]Shown in FIG. 1, a portable carrier system 100 includes an enclosable carrier case 102, tether 104 and an anchoring element 106. The enclosable case 102 stows a variety of items 108, such as documents and / or personal articles. Preferably, the portable carrier system 100 is capable of holding items 108 with a combined weight of between and including one ounce and twenty-four ounces, and more preferably between and including two ounces and twelve ounces, and most preferably of at least and including six ounces. This weight range enables use of an economical, retractable tether. Of course, more robust and expensive tethers yield a concomitant increase in the weight of the case 102 along with its cont...

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Abstract

The carrier system of the present invention includes an enclosable case for stowing items, a tether to extend and retract the enclosable case and an anchoring element for quick and easy fastening and removal of the carrier system to something, for example, a piece of luggage.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 331,251 filed Jan. 12, 2006, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to a carrier system in general, and more particularly to a portable carrier system including an enclosable case for stowing items such as documentation and personal articles, a tether and an attachment element.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]With increased security in the mass transportation industry, including airline, train and bus, the need to carry and readily present documents by a traveler, for example identification information or travel materials, is required. Identification information may include such things as a passport, driver's license, birth certificate, military identification, or any photo identification. Travel materials may include, for instance, a boarding pass, ticket, fare card, or baggage claim ticket...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A45F5/00A45C13/00
CPCA45C11/18
Inventor AMECHE, H. KATHLEEN
Owner AMECHE H KATHLEEN