Carrier frame for a rucksack or equivalent

Carrier frame for a rucksack, comprising:

• a hip frame, which is more rigid in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction, configured for application around a user's hips in order to transfer loads to the carrier's hip region,
• a pair of chest frames,
• wherein the chest frames extend from the hip frame upwards in front of the user's body and are fully or partially in contact with the user's chest area, below the user's collar bone but above the user's waist,
• wherein the chest frames further extend above the user's shoulders without being in contact with them, and
• wherein the chest frames further extend behind the user's head and are flexibly connected allowing resilient relative movement between the chest frames to each other at a load or load-suspension device at a position behind the nape of the user's neck,
• wherein the hip frame comprises connectors positioned at respective side parts of the hip frame,
• wherein the connectors are connected to the chest frames at respective side parts of the hip frame, each connector being configured to be positioned right outside a respective one of the user's iliac crests at a horizontal plane of the iliac crest.