Backpack
OwnerJoan F. Demskeyinventor
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Abstract
A backcarrying including a carrying portion having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear and two sides. A strap arrangement can also be included for carrying the carrying portion as a backcarrying. The strap arrangement can have a pair of carrying straps. Each carrying strap can be secured to the carrying portion at about the bottom and extend upwardly along respective sides of the carrying portion, and redirected at about the top of said respective sides to extend around to the rear of the carrying portion, and being redirected at about the top of the rear to extend downwardly for securement at about the bottom of the carrying portion at the rear. The strap arrangement can redirect forces to support a load in the carrying portion from the sides of the carrying portion.
Claims20
A carrying apparatus comprising:
- an article having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and two sides;
- and
- a strap arrangement for enabling carrying of the article on a body of a user, the strap arrangement comprising a pair of carrying straps, each carrying strap secured to the article to at least one of the bottom and sides, and extending upwardly along respective sides of the article, and further comprising strap redirecting members secured to the article at upper regions of the article on the two sides and at the rear, redirecting each carrying strap while allowing the carrying straps to move through the redirecting members and being redirected at upper regions of said respective sides to extend around to the rear of the article, and being redirected at upper regions of the rear to extend downwardly for securement at lower regions of the article at the rear, the strap arrangement redirecting forces for supporting a load from the article from the sides of the article.
A strap arrangement for carrying an article as a carrying apparatus, the article having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and two sides, the strap arrangement comprising:
- a pair of carrying straps, each carrying strap for securing to the article to at least one of the bottom and sides and for extending upwardly along respective sides of the article, and further comprising strap redirecting members securable to the article at upper regions of the article on the two sides and at the rear, for redirecting each carrying strap while allowing the carrying straps to move through the redirecting members for being redirected at upper regions of said respective sides to extend around to the rear of the article, and being redirected at upper regions of the rear to extend downwardly for securement at lower regions of the article at the rear, the strap arrangement redirecting forces for supporting a load from the article from the sides of the article.
A method of forming a carrying apparatus comprising:
- providing an article having a top, a bottom, a rear and two sides;
- and
- securing a strap arrangement to the article for enabling carrying of the article on a body of a user, the strap arrangement comprising a pair of carrying straps secured to the article to at least one of the bottom and sides and extending upwardly along respective sides of the article, and further comprising strap redirecting members which are secured to the article at upper regions of the article on the two sides and at the rear, redirecting each carrying strap while allowing the carrying straps to move through the redirecting members and being redirected at upper regions of the said respective sides to extend around to the rear of the article, and being redirected at upper regions of the rear for extending downwardly for securement at lower regions of the article at the rear, the strap arrangement for redirecting forces for supporting a load from the sides of the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.