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US 5,961,017 AGranted
Backpack
OwnerEdward W. Mehlerinventor
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Abstract
A new backpack for carrying supplies while in the wilderness. The inventive device includes a main compartment with a pair of shoulder straps. A flashlight is detachably attached to one of the shoulder straps. A quiver is detachably attached to one of the sides of the main compartment. A gear bag is detachably attached to another side of the main compartment.
Claims13
A backpack, comprising:
- a main compartment having a top, a bottom, a front, a back and a pair of sides;
- a pair of shoulder straps being attached to said back of said main compartment;
- a flashlight being detachably attached to one of said shoulder straps;
- a quiver having a top and a bottom, said top of said quiver having an opening for holding arrows in said quiver;
- said quiver being detachably attached to one of said sides of said main compartment;
- a gear bag, said gear bag having an interior and an opening into the interior of said gear bag;
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- said gear bag being detachably attached to another side of said main compartment;
- wherein said top of said main compartment has a top flap covering a top opening into the main compartment, said top flap having a free edge;
- wherein said top flap has a pair of spaced apart resiliently elastic loops wherein each of said sides of said main compartment has a pair of gear straps coupled thereto, each gear strap having a free end detachably attached to the associated side of said main compartment, one of said gear straps of each side of said main compartment being positioned adjacent said top of said main compartment, another of said gear straps of each side of said main compartment being positioned adjacent said bottom of said main compartment.
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A backpack, comprising:
- a main compartment having a top, a bottom, a front, a back and a pair of sides;
- a lower pouch being coupled to said front of said main compartment, said lower pouch being positioned towards said bottom of said main compartment;
- said top of said main compartment having a top flap covering a top opening into the main compartment, said top flap having a free edge;
- said top flap having a pair of spaced apart resiliently elastic loops;
- a pair of top flap straps each having a pair of ends, one of said ends of said top flap straps being coupled to said front of said main compartment, said one ends of said top flap straps being positioned between said lower pouch and said top of said main compartment, another of said ends of each of said top flap straps being detachably attached to said free edge of said top flap, wherein each said other end of said top flap straps has a detachable fastener for detachably attaching said other ends of said top flap straps to said free edge of said top flap;
- a pair of shoulder straps being attached to said back of said main compartment;
- a flashlight being detachably attached to one of said shoulder straps, wherein a hook and loop fastener detachably attached said flashlight to said one shoulder strap;
- each of said sides of said main compartment having a pair of gear straps coupled thereto, each gear strap having a free end detachably attached to the associated side of said main compartment, one of said gear straps of each side of said main compartment being positioned adjacent said top of said main compartment, another of said gear straps of each side of said main compartment being positioned adjacent said bottom of said main compartment;
- a quiver being generally cylindrical and having a top and a bottom, said top of said quiver having an opening for holding arrows in said quiver;
- said quiver having first and second pairs of spaced apart quiver loops, said first pair of said quiver loops being positioned towards said top of said quiver, said second pair of said quiver loops being positioned towards said bottom of said quiver;
- said gear straps of one of said sides of said main compartment being looped through said pairs of quiver loops of said quiver such that said quiver is detachably attached to one of said sides of said main compartment, one of said gear straps of said one side of said main compartment being looped through said first pair of said quiver loops, another of said gear straps of said one side of said main compartment being looped through said second pair of said quiver loops;
- a gear bag, said gear bag having an interior and an opening into the interior of said gear bag, a draw string permitting selective closing said opening of said gear bag, wherein said interior of said gear bag has a substantially water impermeable lining;
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- said gear bag having first and second pairs of spaced apart bag loops, said gear straps of another of said sides of said main compartment being looped through said pairs of bag loops of said gear bag such that said gear bag is detachably attached to said other sides of said main compartment, one of said gear straps of said other side of said main compartment being looped through said first pair of said bag loops, another of said gear straps of said other side of said main compartment being looped through said second pair of said gear loops of said gear bag.
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A backpack, comprising:
- a main compartment having a top, a bottom, a front, a back and a pair of sides;
- a pair of shoulder straps being attached to said back of said main compartment;
- a flashlight being detachably attached to one of said shoulder straps;
- a quiver having a top and a bottom, said top of said quiver having an opening for holding arrows in said quiver;
- said quiver being detachably attached to one of said sides of said main compartment;
- a gear bag, said gear bag having an interior and an opening into the interior of said gear bag;
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- said gear bag being detachably attached to another side of said main compartment;
- wherein each of said sides of said main compartment has a pair of gear straps coupled thereto, each gear strap having a free end detachably attached to the associated side of said main compartment, one of said gear straps of each side of said main compartment being positioned adjacent said top of said main compartment, another of said gear straps of each side of said main compartment being positioned adjacent said bottom of said main compartment.
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