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US 12,575,660 B2Granted
Backpack with clip
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsDerek Campbell, Bradley Johnson, Alexander Prokopik
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Abstract
A backpack includes a main body including a front side and a rear side, a pair of shoulder straps extending from the rear side, where at least one of the shoulder straps includes a rail disposed on a surface of the shoulder strap that opposes the rear side, and a clip that secures to the rail of the shoulder strap. The clip includes a rail securing member that secures to the rail, and an accessory engagement member that supports an item by the backpack via the clip when the backpack is worn by a user.
Claims14
A backpack comprising:
- a main body including a front side and a rear side;
- a pair of shoulder straps extending from the rear side, wherein one of the shoulder straps includes a rail secured on and extending along a surface of the shoulder strap that opposes the rear side, the rail comprising a strip of material secured along a lengthwise portion of the shoulder strap while lengthwise extending edge portions of the rail are unsecured to the shoulder strap;
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- a clip that secures to the rail of the shoulder strap, wherein the clip comprises:
- a rail securing member that secures to the rail, wherein the rail securing member includes securing elements located at a first side that faces the rail when the clip is secured to the rail, and the rail securing member includes a second side that opposes the first side;
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- an accessory engagement member comprising a curved, U-shaped member that extends away from an end of the rail securing member so as to curve outward and away from the second side of the rail securing member and the rail, and the U-shaped member is dimensioned to receive and retain a loop, a strap or a handle of an item to be supported by the backpack via the clip when the backpack is worn by a user and the loop, strap or handle of the item is coupled with the U-shaped member, wherein the U-shaped member includes a cut-out section that defines an opening through the U-shaped member.
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A clip that is securable to a shoulder strap of a backpack, the clip comprising:
- a rail securing member that secures to a rail of the shoulder strap, wherein the rail securing member includes securing elements located at a first side that faces the rail when the clip is secured to the rail, and the rail securing member includes a second side that opposes the first side;
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- an accessory engagement member comprising a curved, U-shaped member that extends from an end of the rail securing member so as to curve outward and away from the second side of the rail securing member, and the U-shaped member is dimensioned to receive and retain a loop, a strap or a handle of an item to be supported by the backpack via the clip when the backpack is worn by a user and the loop, strap or handle of the item is coupled with the U-shaped member, wherein the U-shaped member includes a cut-out section that defines an opening through the U-shaped member.
A backpack comprising:
- a main body including a front side and a rear side;
- a pair of shoulder straps extending from the rear side, wherein one of the shoulder straps includes a rail secured on and extending along a surface of the shoulder strap that opposes the rear side, the rail comprising a strip of material secured along a lengthwise portion of the shoulder strap while lengthwise extending edge portions of the rail are unsecured to the shoulder strap;
- a clip that secures to the rail of the shoulder strap, wherein the clip comprises an accessory engagement member comprising a curved, U-shaped member that is dimensioned to receive and retain a loop, a strap or a handle of an item to be supported by the backpack via the clip when the backpack is worn by a user and the loop, strap or handle of the item is coupled with the U-shaped member, wherein the U-shaped member includes a cut-out section that defines an opening through the U-shaped member;
- a first panel secured to the front side of the main body;
- a second panel removably secured to the first panel, wherein the second panel defines the rear side of the main body;
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- an enclosure is defined between the first and second panels to secure one or more items within the backpack;
- wherein the second panel comprises:
- an interior surface that faces toward the first panel when the second panel is secured to the first panel;
- an exterior surface that faces away from the first panel when the second panel is secured to the first panel;
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- a pocket defined between the interior and exterior surfaces of the second panel, wherein the pocket includes a first opening that is accessible via the interior surface and a second opening that is accessible via the exterior surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.