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An audio equipment carrier with built-in speakers for personal portable radios, tape players and the like. The carrier is adapted to be clamped or otherwise mounted on the handlebars of vehicles such as bicycles, tricycles, mopeds and motorcyles. The speakers project rearwardly from the handlebars t

An audio equipment carrier with built-in speakers for personal portable radios, tape players and the like. The carrier is adapted to be clamped or otherwise mounted on the handlebars of vehicles such as bicycles, tricycles, mopeds and motorcyles. The speakers project rearwardly from the handlebars toward the rider and are on opposite sides of a front control arm or stem. The carrier has a generally flat top and the audio equipment is held thereon by a releasable strap. A plug and leads provide electrical communication between the audio equipment and the speakers. The carrier may be equipped with a battery and audio amplifiers to enhance the sound produced by the audio equipment. A novel strap and buckle combination is also disclosed.

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A carrier for coupling self contained and powered, portable audio equipment to vehicles having handlebars affixed to a fork control arm, said carrier comprising: a main body including a pair of spaced-apart speaker enclosures and a platform formed as a unitary structure; means for removably mounting

A carrier for coupling self contained and powered, portable audio equipment to vehicles having handlebars affixed to a fork control arm, said carrier comprising: a main body including a pair of spaced-apart speaker enclosures and a platform formed as a unitary structure; means for removably mounting said platform to said handlebars; an electric signal-to-audio transducer in each of said speaker enclosures; said platform being adapted to receive the audio equipment of a variety of sizes thereon; strap means for releasably securing the audio equipment on said platform and for frictionally and positively engaging the audio equipment, said strap means being adapted to wrap around the audio equipment and said platform and to be securely coupled together at its ends, said strap means comprising: an elongated strap made form elastic material; buckle means on a first end thereof; and a second end of said strap being shaped and configured to be securely engaged by said buckle means; and means for communicating electric signals from the audio equipment to said transducers. A strap and buckle apparatus comprising: an elongated strap having a first end adapted to be fixed to predetermined structure, a second end being formed with a plurality of spaced transverse ridges projecting from one surface thereof; buckle means comprising: an anchor element; and a wedging slide; said anchor element being adapted to be mounted to a structure at a location spaced from said predetermined structure and being formed with a slot shaped to accommodate said second end of said strap, that portion of said anchor element defining one side of said slot having a length substantially equal to the spacing between two adjacent said transverse ridges on said strap; said wedging slide being formed with opposed parallel walls defining a slot, the distance between said walls being substantially equal to the combined thickness of said strap and said transverse ridges; said anchor element and said strap being adapted to be mated together with said strap passing through and substantially parallel with said slot with two adjacent said transverse ridges engaging said one slot, said wedging slide securing said strap and anchor element together by closely surrounding said mated strap and said one side of said anchor element.