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US 6,681,974 B2Granted
Fanny pack with inflatable lumbar support
OwnerLeah Rotterinventor
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Abstract
A fanny pack of the type worn around a person's waist as a carrying bag has an inflatable air bladder and a hand operated air pump for inflating the air bladder to provide a lumbar support when the fanny pack is worn over the lower back of a seated person.
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A combination fanny pack with inflatable lumbar support comprising:
- a bag having a bag interior defined between a rear wall, a front wall joined to said rear wall at opposite sides of said bag, a bag bottom, and a top releaseably fastened for defining a recloseable access opening into said bag interior, a belt for securing said bag to a person's waist, a bladder in said bag interior, a pump external to said bag operable for inflating said bladder, and an expandable restraint in said bag interior arranged for substantially containing said bladder in a deflated condition against an interior surface of said bag so as to define a carrying space in said bag interior for carrying any articles placed therein by a user of the fanny pack, said bladder being inflatable against said expandable restraint by said pump for substantially filling said bag interior including said carrying space.
A combination fanny pack with inflatable lumbar support comprising:
- a bag having a bag interior defined between a rear wall, a front wall joined to said rear wall at opposite sides of said bag, a bottom, and a top hinged to said rear wall and zippered to said front wall to provide access into said bag interior, a belt fastened to said opposite sides for securing said bag to a person's waist, a bladder in said bag interior, a pump external to said bag operable for inflating said bladder, an elastic partition extending between said opposite ends for substantially containing said bladder in a deflated condition against said rear wall so as to define a carrying space in said bag interior between said restraint and said front wall for carrying any articles placed therein by a user of the fanny pack, said bladder being inflatable against said expandable restraint by said pump for substantially filling said bag interior including said carrying space.
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