Adjustable backpack
AssigneeAmer Sports Canada Inc.
InventorsLawrence C. Reid, Christopher R. Hodgetts, Courtney A. Neray, Marie-Alexandre Baribeau
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Abstract
A backpack may include a pack portion having a backside having a first slot and a frame having a second slot, wherein a flexible end portion of the shoulder strap passes through the first slot in the second slot and is adjustably connected to the frame to adjust a length of the flexible end portion of the shoulder strap that extends beyond the first slot. A backpack may include a hip belt having a rear portion connected to a frame, wherein the rear portion has left and right end portions that are repositionable at different angles relative to one another.
Claims18
A backpack comprising:
- a pack portion made a flexible material and comprising a backside and an inner compartment to accommodate a load to be carried during use of the backpack, the backside comprising a slot;
- a frame connected to pack portion between the backside and the inner compartment, the frame comprising at least a rigid or semi rigid sheet, the sheet being more rigid than the flexible material of the pack portion, the sheet comprising an opening;
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- a shoulder strap comprising a flexible end portion passing through the first slot and the opening and adjustably connected to the frame to adjust a length of the flexible end portion of the shoulder strap that extends beyond the first slot, wherein the flexible end portion is releasably connected to the rigid or semi-rigid sheet at one of a plurality of available connection locations to adjust an angle at which the flexible end portion extends parallel to the rigid or semi-rigid sheet from the rigid or semi-rigid sheet to the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.