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A seat caddy for secure organization of personal items at a stadium event and having variable attachment means to permit it to be releasably attached to either the seat back or seat bottom of a standard stadium seat and a method for using same. In a first configurations the seat caddy is releasably

A seat caddy for secure organization of personal items at a stadium event and having variable attachment means to permit it to be releasably attached to either the seat back or seat bottom of a standard stadium seat and a method for using same. In a first configurations the seat caddy is releasably attached to the seat back of the seat in front of the user using a strap that wraps around one or more of the horizontal slats of the stadium seat back. In a second configuration, the seat caddy is provided with a hook that hooks the caddy to the back edge of and across the top of the seat base of a stadium seat such that the caddy is disposed in a vertical position at the front edge of the seat base. The caddy contains pockets for holding personal items and that are held in a vertical position according to both methods for attaching the seat caddy to a stadium seat. The caddy is further designed to be waterproof and removable so that a spectator may keep his personal items organized across multiple stadium events.

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1. A seat caddy that is releasably attached in a vertical orientation to a stadium seat having horizontally disposed seatback slats, or alternatively to a seat bottom pivotable at a back edge thereof, comprising: in a first configuration, in which the seatback has horizontally disposed seatback slat

1. A seat caddy that is releasably attached in a vertical orientation to a stadium seat having horizontally disposed seatback slats, or alternatively to a seat bottom pivotable at a back edge thereof, comprising: in a first configuration, in which the seatback has horizontally disposed seatback slats, a body portion having one or more pockets on a first side and a first complementary attachment means on a second side; anda first strap portion extending from a top edge of said body portion, said strap portion having at a distal end a second complementary attachment means for selective engagement with said first complementary attachment means whereby a closed loop is formed around one of said horizontally disposed seatback slats so as to secure said caddy thereto in a vertical orientation; andin a second configuration, in which the seat bottom is pivotable at a back edge, further comprising a second strap portion having at a first end a hook element and at a second end a third complementary attachment means for selective engagement with said second complementary attachment means whereby said hook element is disposed toward said second side of said body portion such that said body portion is rotatably secured in a vertical orientation to a front edge of said seat bottom when said hook element is engaged to said back edge of said seat bottom. 2. The seat caddy of claim 1, wherein said complementary attachment means are hook-and-loop fasteners. 3. The seat caddy of claim 1, wherein said complementary attachment means are a plurality of snap fasteners. 4. The seat caddy of claim 1, wherein said second attachment means is positioned on first side of said first strap portion. 5. The seat caddy of claim 1 wherein said one or more pockets include an opening that is selectively and releasably closeable by a temporary attachment means. 6. The seat caddy of claim 1 further comprising a tab protruding from an edge of said body portion, a hole through said tab, and a grommet placed in said hole to secure a key ring thereto. 7. The seat caddy of claim 1 wherein said seat caddy is formed from synthetic or canvas fabric. 8. The seat caddy of claim 1 wherein said body portion is between six and twelve inches in height. 9. The seat caddy of claim 1 wherein said body portion is between ten and sixteen inches in width. 10. A method of securely organizing personal items in a vertical orientation to a stadium seat having horizontally disposed seatback slats, or alternatively a seat bottom pivotable at a back edge thereof, the method comprising: providing a seat caddy having a body portion having one or more pockets on a first side and a first complementary attachment means on a second side, and a first strap portion extending from a top edge of said body portion, said strap portion having at a distal end a second complementary attachment means for selective engagement with said first complementary attachment means, andproviding a second strap portion having at a first end a hook element and at a second end a third complementary attachment means for selective engagement with said second complementary attachment means whereby said hook element is disposed toward said second side of said body portion,in a first configuration, in which the seatback has horizontally disposed seatback slats, forming said first strap portion into a closed loop around one of said horizontally disposed seatback slats and securing said first complementary attachment means to said second complementary attachment means so as to secure said caddy to said seatback in a vertical orientation, or alternately,in a second configuration, in which the seat bottom is pivotable at a back edge, securing said hook element to said back edge of said seat bottom such that said second strap portion is disposed on a surface of said seat bottom, positioning said body portion at a front edge of said seat bottom, andsecuring said third complementary attachment means to said second complementary attachment means to join said first and second strap portions such that a combined length of said joined first and second strap portions equals a depth of said seat bottom so as to retain said body portion to said front edge of said seat bottom in a vertical orientation when said hook element is engaged to said back edge of said seat bottom.