ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,000, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Vorn Equipment AS (Stavanger, Norway).
"Carrying device for carrying an elongated object" was invented by Eirik Andersen (Stavanger, Norway) and Stig Stromsnes (Drammen, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrying device for an elongated object has a rucksack bag, a rucksack frame, a carrying system connected to the rucksack frame, and a carrying pocket at one side of the rucksack bag, openable to an lateral exterior of the rucksack bag and arranged to receive at least a portion of the elongated object to be carried. A rucksack frame is integrated in the rucksack bag, and has a first, uppe...