Seat/backpack/sled combination

A multi-function wilderness seat/backpack/sled combination capable of functioning as a supporting device, a backpack or a light weight sled, said combination comprising:

• a substantially square base section having first and second ends and first and second sides connecting said first and second ends, said first and second sides having a downwardly extending means for gliding on snow;
• substantially rectangular first and second end sections each having first and second sides, said first and second sides each having a downwardly extending means for gliding on snow, and said first end section having a first end hingeably attached to said first end of said base section and said second end section having a first end hingeably attached to said second end of said base section, and each of of said first and second end sections having an upwardly extending portion on a second end, said first and second sides connecting said first and second ends of said first and second end sections, respectively, such that in a closed position said upwardly extending portions ons aid second ends of said first and second end sections meet to form a substantially box-like structure with said base section to function as a supporting device or a backpack and in an open position with said upwardly extending portions of said first and second ends upstanding said first and second end sections lie substantially in a common plane with said base section to form a sled-like structure;
• first and second support means for supporting a person in a sitting position and attached to said upwardly extending portions of said second ends of said first and second end sections such that in a closed position said combination functions as a seat;
• flexible covering for enclosing said combination having a first elongated portion attached to an covering said first end section, said base section and said second end section, said covering means also having front and back flaps attached on either side of and to substantially the center of said elongated portion and having a width substantially equal to the length of said base section such that in a closed position said flaps can be removably attached to said first and second sides of said first and second end sections to completely enclose said combination to form a backpack;
• means for securing together said second ends of said first and second end sections when said combination is in a closed position;
• means for strapping said combination onto a person's back when the combination is in a closed position and removably attached to either said first or said second end sections;
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• means for pulling said combination when said combination is in an open position removably attached to either second end of said first or said second end sections thereby forming a sled.

A multi-function wilderness seat/backpack/sled combination capable of functioning as a supporting device, a backpack or a light weight sled, said combination comprising:

• a substantially square base section having first and second ends and first and second sides connecting said first and second ends, said first and second sides having a downwardly extending means for gliding on snow;
• substantially rectangular first and second end sections each having first and second sides, said first and second sides each having a downwardly extending means for gliding on snow, and said first end having a first end hingeably attached to said first end of said base section and said second end section having a first end hingeably attached to said second end of said base section, and each of said first and second end sections having an upwardly extending portion on a second end, said first and second sides connecting said first and second ends of said first and second end sections, respectively, such that in a closed position said upwardly extending portions of said second ends of said first and second end sections meet to form a substantially box-like structure with said base section to function as a supporting device or a backpack and in an open positon with said upwardly extending portion of said first and second ends upstanding said first and second end sections lie substantially in a common plane with said base section to form a sled-like structure;
• flexible covering attached to at least said base and said first and second end sections;
• means for securing together said second ends of said first and second end sections when said combination is in a closed position to function as a bakcpack or a supporting device;
• means for strapping said combination onto a person's back when the combination is in a closed position to function as a backpack and removably attached to either said first or said second end of said base section and either of said first or said second end sections;
• and
• means for pulling said combination when said combination is in an open position to function as a sled and removably attached to either second end of said first or said second end sections.