Adjustable carrier device

Abstract

A carrier device includes: a first panel having hooks, and an inward side, the inward side facing an interior of the carrier device; a second panel having an inward side, the inward side facing the interior of the carrier device opposite the inward side of the first panel; and a binding member for releasably connecting the hooks of the first panel to the second panel. The first panel includes an exterior surface opposite the inward side thereof. All portions of the hooks are flush or sunken relative to the exterior surface of the first panel. The binding member draws lateral edges of the first panel toward lateral edges of the second panel to maintain frictional engagement of an inserted magazine or other article with interior contact points of the carrier device. The panels may include mounting holes for mounting the carrier on another device or structure.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A carrier device comprising:
 a first panel comprising hooks, and an inward side, the inward side facing an interior of the carrier device;   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 binding member for releasably connecting the hooks of the first panel to the second panel.   
     
     
         2 . The carrier device of  claim 1 , wherein each said hook of the first panel comprises an inwardly extending tooth for retaining a portion of the binding member. 
     
     
         3 . The carrier device of  claim 1 , wherein each said hook of the first panel is defined by a respective slot formed through the first panel. 
     
     
         4 . The carrier device of  claim 1 , wherein each said hook of the first panel comprises a base connected to a lateral edge of the first panel and an end opposite the base. 
     
     
         5 . The carrier device of  claim 4 , wherein each said hook of the first panel tapers trapezoidally from the base thereof to the end thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The carrier device of  claim 1 , wherein the first panel comprises an exterior surface opposite the inward side thereof, and each said hook of the first panel comprises an end that is sunken relative to the exterior surface. 
     
     
         7 . The carrier device of  claim 6 , wherein the hook comprises an angled face by which the end is sunken, and a base opposite the end; and wherein the hook, from the base thereof to a verge of the angled face thereof, is flush with the exterior surface. 
     
     
         8 . The carrier device of  claim 1 , wherein the carrier device has an open first end for receiving an article to be carried, and a closed second end opposite the first end, and wherein a terminal end of the first panel and a terminal end of the second panel together define an opening at the first end of the carrier device. 
     
     
         9 . The carrier device of  claim 8 , wherein, a ramped inward contact surface at the terminal end of the first panel and a ramped inward contact surface at the terminal end of the second panel together define the opening at the first end of the carrier device as a tapered opening. 
     
     
         10 . The carrier device of  claim 8 , wherein the first panel and the second panel are connected at the second end of the carrier device by a base section that defines the second end of the body member. 
     
     
         11 . The carrier device of  claim 10 , wherein the first panel, the second panel, and the base section are portions of a contiguous body member. 
     
     
         12 . The carrier device of  claim 10 , further comprising a bracket nested with the body member, the bracket comprising two opposing lateral side members connected by a base plate proximal the base section of the body member. 
     
     
         13 . The carrier device of  claim 12 , wherein each side member comprises a respective terminal end opposite the base plate, and wherein the terminal ends of the side members, in cooperation with the terminal ends of the first panel and second panel, define the first end of the assembled carrier device. 
     
     
         14 . The carrier device of  claim 13 , wherein each side member comprises a pair of parallel spaced ribs extending longitudinally from proximal the base plate toward the terminal end thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The carrier device of  claim 14 , wherein the ribs have alternating high portions and low portions to guide the binding member. 
     
     
         16 . The carrier device of  claim 1 , wherein the binding member comprises a stretchable cord having an adjustable loop portion and an adjuster. 
     
     
         17 . The carrier device of  claim 16 , wherein the binding member urges lateral edges of the first panel toward lateral edges of the second panel. 
     
     
         18 . The carrier device of  claim 1 , wherein the second panel comprises hooks for releasable connection to the hooks of the first panel by the binding member. 
     
     
         19 . The carrier device of  claim 18 , wherein:
 the first panel comprises an exterior surface opposite the inward side thereof;   all portions of the hooks of the first panel are flush or sunken relative to the exterior surface of the first panel;   the second panel comprises an exterior surface opposite the inward side thereof;   all portions of the hooks of the second panel are flush or sunken relative to the exterior surface of the second panel.   
     
     
         20 . The carrier device of  claim 18 , wherein at least one of the first panel and second panel comprises mounting holes for receiving fasteners.