The embodiments herein relate in general to a carrier of oversized and odd shaped items such as outdoor collapsible folding chairs, while also serving as a multi-purpose tool to be used as a mat, shade device, and multipurpose carrier.

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, upper transverse connecting member, and a first transverse frame extension element accommodated inside the rucksack bag and connected to the upper connecting member at a distance therefrom, forming at one lateral side of the rucksack bag a U-shaped upper support for the carrying pocket. The upper support is open to one side of the carrying pocket, and the first transverse frame extension element is extending in opposing directions, forming an upper support extending over a full width of the rucksack bag.