Knapsack having a one-piece shoulder-blade pad element
AssigneeDecathlon
InventorsOlivier Salom, David Boulange
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The knapsack of the invention comprises a one-piece shoulder-blade pad element (2) whose base for bearing against the back (13) of the knapsack (1) is constituted by a reinforcing plate which has a central zone (3) fixed to the back (13) of the knapsack in the top middle portion thereof, and two side zones (4) of oblong shape which extend the central zone (3) symmetrically both sideways and obliquely downwards. Shoulder-blade pads (8) are placed in the two side zones (4) on the reinforcing plate so as to bear against the back of the user over the shoulder blades. Shoulder straps (9) are fixed to the top edges (12) of the one-piece shoulder-blade pad element (2) in its two side zones (4).
Claims14
A knapsack comprising:
- a bag;
- a one-piece shoulder-blade pad element comprising firstly a reinforcing plate having a central zone and two side zones which extend the central zone sideways symmetrically about the midplane of the knapsack, and secondly two shoulder-blade pads placed in the two side zones on the reinforcing plate and shaped to bear against the shoulder blades of the user;
- and
- two shoulder straps connecting the two shoulder-blade pads to the bag, wherein the reinforcing plate is secured to the back of the knapsack solely via the reinforcing plate central zone in the top middle portion of the back.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.