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US 5,427,290 AGranted
Water pouch backpack
AssigneeUltimate Direction, Inc.
InventorG. Bryce Thatcher
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Abstract
A sportsman's or athlete's water pouch backpack having a body portion connected to the person by a pair of padded shoulder straps and a quick-release, buckled hip belt. A removable bladder assembly is contained within the pack and has a bladder having a fill connection, a tube and mouthpiece valve, a handle and an internal baffle that maintains a proper bladder shape and prevents sloshing when the bladder is filled with liquid.
Claims11
A sportsman's water pouch backpack comprising:
- (a) a body having a chamber and an access to the chamber;
- (b) an adjustable hip belt and buckle attaching to a lower portion of the body;
- (c) a pair of adjustable shoulder straps connecting from an upper portion of the body to a loop within a lower portion of the body, said shoulder straps slidably affixed within the loop thereby allowing the pack to remain stationary as a sportsman's shoulders rotate;
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- (d) a bladder assembly inserted within the body further comprising;
- (i) a flexible bladder having a baffle within the bladder thereby preventing a ballooning of the bladder when filled with a fluid;
- (ii) a tube having a first end in communication with an inside of the bladder and having a valve on a second end;
- (iii) a filling connection and filler cap on the bladder in communication with the inside of the bladder and having a fabric handle adjacent to the filling connection.
5 more elements
A sportsman's water pouch backpack comprising:
- (a) a body having a chamber and an access to the chamber;
- (b) an adjustable, mesh hip belt and buckle attaching to a lower portion of the body;
- (c) a pair of adjustable, padded shoulder straps connecting from an upper portion of the body to a loop within a lower portion of the body, said shoulder straps slidably affixed within the loop thereby allowing the pack to remain stationary as a sportsman's shoulders rotate;
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- (d) a bladder assembly inserted within the body further comprising;
- (i) a flexible rectangular bladder having a longitudinal baffle within the bladder thereby preventing a ballooning of the bladder and sloshing when filled with a fluid;
- (ii) a tube having a first end in communication with an inside of the bladder and having a valve on a second end;
- (iii) a filling connection and filler cap on the bladder in communication with the inside of the bladder and having a fabric handle adjacent to the filling connection.
5 more elements
A sportsman's water pouch backpack comprising;
- (a) a body having a chamber and an access to the chamber;
- (b) an adjustable, nylon-mesh hip belt and buckle attaching to a lower portion of the body;
- (c) a pair of adjustable, padded shoulder straps connecting from an upper portion of the body to a loop within a lower portion of the body, said shoulder straps slidably affixed within the loop thereby allowing the pack to remain stationary as a sportsman's shoulders rotate;
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- (d) a nylon, rectangular bladder assembly inserted within the body further comprising;
- (i) a flexible rectangular bladder having a longitudinal baffle within the bladder thereby preventing a ballooning of the bladder and sloshing when filled with a fluid;
- (ii) a tube having a first end in communication with an inside of the bladder and having a valve on a second end;
- (iii) a filling connection and filler cap on the bladder in communication with the inside of the bladder and having a fabric handle adjacent to the filling connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.