Carrying pocket apparatus

Abstract

A carrier for a portable electronic device is configured with a body deformable to be coupled to a support and having at least one pocket for removably receiving the electronic device. The body of the carrier is configured with at least two sheets coupled together along respective continuous peripheral edges so that the surfaces of the respective sheets opposing one another define the at least one pocket therebetween.

1 . A carrier for receiving a portable item, comprising:
 a flexible body provided with an endless peripheral edge and having a pocket configured to securely receive the item; and   means for securing said flexible body to an external item.   
   
   
       2 . The carrier of  claim 1 , wherein: the body includes at least two sheets of flexible material shaped and dimensioned substantially identically to one another and coupled to one another to define the endless peripheral edge. 
   
   
       3 . The carrier of  claim 1 , wherein: the means for securing includes at least a through opening provided in one portion of the body and configured to be treaded by another portion of the body for releasably coupling the body to a support. 
   
   
       4 . The carrier of  claim 2 , wherein: the sheets of flexible material each have a hole, the holes of the respective sheets being aligned upon coupling of the sheets so as to define the through opening provided in the one portion of the body. 
   
   
       5 . The carrier of  claim 3 , wherein the sheets of flexible material each have a region surrounding the hole, the regions of the respective sheets being coupled to one another to define the one portion of the body surrounding the through going opening. 
   
   
       6 . The carrier of  claim 2 , wherein the other portion of the body is provided with the pocket, the other portion being compressible to be treaded through the opening before receiving the item and restorable to an initial configuration thereof upon being treaded. 
   
   
       7 . The carrier of  claim 5 , wherein one of the sheets has a slit opening at opposite faces thereof and defining an entrance into the pocket, the pocket being defined between opposing inner faces of the sheets upon coupling the sheets together. 
   
   
       8 . The carrier of  claim 6 , further comprising a closure configured to close the slit so as to prevent voluntary displacement of the item from the pocket. 
   
   
       9 . The carrier of  claim 7 , wherein the closure includes a zipper. 
   
   
       10 . The carrier of  claim 8 , wherein the closure includes one of a hooking unit, snap unit, Velcro @  unit. 
   
   
       11 . The carrier of  claim 6 , wherein one of the opposite faces of the one sheet has a reinforcing layer surrounding the slit end and extending along the other portion of the body to reinforce the pocket. 
   
   
       12 . The carrier of  claim 1 , wherein the pocket is isolated from the one portion of the body. 
   
   
       13 . The carrier of  claim 1 , wherein the pocket is configured to fully receive the portable item, the portable item being a portable electronic device. 
   
   
       14 . A carrier for a plurality of portable items, comprising:
 an inner sheet; and   a pair of outer sheets flanking the inner sheet and coupled thereto so as to define a bounding body having an endless peripheral edge, the body being configured with first and second isolated pockets each defined between the inner sheet and a respective one of the outer sheets upon coupling the sheets together and configured to receive the portable item.   
   
   
       15 . The carrier of  claim 14 , wherein the inner and outer sheets are made from flexible material and each have a hole, the holes of the respective inner an outer sheets being aligned with one another to define an opening in the body upon coupling the sheets together. 
   
   
       16 . The carrier of  claim 14 , wherein the body has one portion provided with the opening and another portion adjacent to the one portion, the opening being configured to be treaded by the other portion of the body to form a loop around a support for releasably coupling the body to the support, inner surfaces of the outer sheets each opposing to a respective one of opposite surfaces of the inner sheet and defining therewith the pocket. 
   
   
       17 . The carrier of  claim 16 , wherein the outer sheets each have a slit provided in the other portion of the body and defining an entrance into the pocket, the plurality of portable items comprising portable electronic devices each submergeable in the pocket. 
   
   
       18 . The carrier of  claim 17 , further comprising a pair of zippers each configured to close the slit. 
   
   
       19 . The carrier of  claims 16 , further comprising reinforcing elements each provided on the outer sheet along the other portion of the body and surrounding the slit, wherein the reinforcing elements each have a rubberized surface configured to provide a grabbing area for a user overlaying at least a region of the pocket. 
   
   
       20 . A method of using a carrier for portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:
 looping a body of the carrier about a support;   threading one portion of the body through an opening provided in another portion the body; and   using a pocket located between the one and other portions of the body to removably receive and store the electronic device.   
   
   
       21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the pocket has a closable entrance between the one and other portions of the body and configured to be traversed by the electronic device, the body comprising at least two sheets of flexible material coupled together to define a continuous peripheral edge of the body and having opposing surfaces of the sheets define therebetween the pocket.