US 4,885,812 AGranted

Combination backpack and cot

AssigneeRon Carriere

InventorCharles E. Lindner

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Abstract

A combination cot and backpack having first and second equal sized rigid frame sections which are hinged together at one end and pivot between a closed position to form a backpack and an open position to form an elevated cot. First and second sheets of flexible material are laced tautly between side portions of the first and second frame sections. A third frame section telescopes out from the second frame section to provide additional length for the cot. The third frame section is covered by a third sheet which unfolds from the second sheet and is held tautly by connectors underneath. The frame sections are made of tubular aluminum and have rigid downwardly extending u-shaped cross portions which provide legs for the elevated cot. Removable elongated storage pouches fit between the hinged frame sections in the closed position. A detachable carrying harness extends from a closure strap with a buckle which extends around the pack to hold it in the closed position.

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Dependent claims

A combination cot and backpack structure having an open position to form an elevated cot and a closed position to form a backpack comprising:

(a) first and second rigid frame sections, each of which has first and second ends and a pair of parallel spaced side portions interconnected at the first and second ends respectively by first and second u-shaped cross portions which extend rigidly a predetermined distance downwardly in the open position,
(b) first and second sheets of flexible material mounted respectively on each of the first and second frame sections to extend tautly across between the side portions,
(c) connecting means to interconnect the first and second frame sections in both the open position in which the first end of the first frame section abuts the first end of the second frame section with the side portions of the first and second frame sections substantially aligned, and in the closed position in which the u-shaped cross portions extend inwardly to form a back pack enclosure between the first and second frame sections, and
(d) carrying harness attached to the structure in the closed position.

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