Carrying strap construction

Claim 1

A carrying strap construction comprising: a first thin, soft, pliable strip forming a first surface layer of said strap; a second thin, soft, pliable strip overlying said first strip and forming a second surface layer of said strap; a resilient layer of padding material of greater thickness than said surface layers sandwiched between said surface layers; a thin, flexible strip of high-strength material resistant to stretching forming an inner load-bearing layer of said strap between said resilient layer and one of said surface layers and extending across the full width of said padding layer; and stitching extending through said first and second surface layers and said load-bearing inner layer at the opposite side edge portions of said strap and along the length thereof to stitch together said surface and inner layers and enclose said layer of padding; at least one end portion of said strap being fastened to a carrying bag by attachment means comprising at least two side-by-side rivets extending through both said surface layers and said load-bearing inner layer and through the material of said bag and through a backing patch member on an inside surface portion of said bag material with said rivets compressing the aforesaid layers of strap and bag between the opposite enlarged ends thereof; and cross-stitching extending across the width of said strap and through said surface and inner layers of said strap and through said bag material and said backing patch at a position on said strap spaced toward the end of said strap from said rivets.