US 5,609,278 AGranted

Articulated backpack apparatus

OwnerAndre Frescoinventor

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Abstract

An articulated backpack apparatus for transporting material while attached to a user in which an upper storage element of the apparatus is capable of pivotal movement in relationship to a lower storage element of the apparatus while attached to the user. The backpack apparatus is capable of being collapsed into a satchel orientation so that the backpack apparatus may be carried by hand. From the satchel orientation the upper storage element and lower storage element may be moved apart by a pair of extensible supports so that the backpack apparatus may be secured over the wheel of bicycle in a pannier orientation. Additionally, the backpack apparatus is provided with a pull handle, an extensible shaft, and wheels, so that the backpack apparatus may be rolled along the ground in a pull cart orientation. The backpack apparatus is provided with a belt member which provides additional support to the backpack apparatus as it is worn by the user, while still allowing a full range of rotational movement relative to the backpack apparatus.

Claims9

Dependent claims

An articulated backpack apparatus for transporting material while attached to a user, in which an upper storage element of the apparatus is capable of pivotal movement in relationship to a lower storage element of the apparatus, said articulated backpack apparatus comprising:

(a) an upper storage element;
(b) a lower storage element operably secured to said upper storage element by pivot means for allowing said upper storage element to pivot relative to said lower storage element when said upper storage element and said lower storage element are attached to a user;
(c) a shoulder strap operably secured to said upper storage element;
(d) a belt member;
(e) said pivot means enabling said upper storage element to pivot from a side-by-side relationship to a face-to-face relationship relative to said lower storage element;
and
(f) means operably secured to said upper storage element and operably secured to said lower storage element for allowing said upper storage element to be moved away from said lower storage element while substantially maintaining said face-to-face relationship relative to said lower storage element and while maintaining operably connected to said lower storage element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/342,153Filed 18 Nov 1994
Granted: 11 Mar 1997
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A45C 5/14
Rigid or semi-rigid luggage: with built-in rolling means
A45F 3/04
Travelling or camp articles ; Sacks or packs carried on the body: sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two…
A45F 4/02
Travelling or camp articles which may be converted into other articles or into objects for other use; Sacks or packs carried on the body and…:…
B62J 9/23
Attached to the cycle as accessories: above or alongside the rear wheel