US Patent Issued on March 4 for "Hands-free carrying device" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,212, issued on March 4.

"Hands-free carrying device" was invented by William Yeates (Minneola, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hands-free carrying device includes an elongated main body member having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first end, a second end and a pair of side walls. The bottom wall is curved to receive and engage the forearm of a user, and a connector is positioned along the top wall. The connector forms a releasable loop for engaging the handle of an infant carrier perpendicularly relative to the user's forearm and positions the seating area of the infant carrier parallel to the user's forearm. The device includes ...