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US 6,863,201 B2Granted
Backpack for carrying hard-shell headgear
OwnerAdrian Esquedainventor
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Abstract
A specialized backpack including a backpack body with a storage compartment having an openable region and a back panel including a headgear mounting flap with a cuff forming an opening through which a dome a hard-shell head gear with a rim may be passed through to retain the rim against the back panel.
Claims24
A backpack apparatus for carrying a hard shell head gear configured with a dome and a peripheral rim, said backpack apparatus comprising:
- a backpack body constructed with front and back panels cooperating to form a storage compartment and configured with an openable region;
- a headgear retaining flap mounted to the back panel and including a cuff with a circumferential expandible collar forming an opening for passage therethrough of said dome and configured to retainly engage said rim to hold said rim in place positioned against said back panel;
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- a releasable attachment device for attaching said flap to said back panel.
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A backpack for carrying headgear having a dome portion terminating along at least a portion of its base in an outwardly projecting rim, said backpack comprising:
- a pack body including a front panel, a back panel, a bottom panel and two side panels constructed of a flexible material and cooperating to form a primary storage compartment with an openable top region;
- a partition anchored to said bottom panel subdividing said primary storage compartment;
- a layer of padding material inserted into a pocket in said front panel;
- a first fastener secured to said back panel;
- a flexible flap anchored at one end to said back panel and including a second fastener at an opposing end, said second fastener being operably registrable with said first fastener for releasably engaging said flap to said back panel forming a headgear retaining pouch when said fasteners are engaged, said flap further including a retaining cuff with an expandible collar being selectively operable between an unexpanded position with said flap distended away from said back panel, and an expanded position with said flap collapsed against said back panel;
- a pair of shoulder straps secured to said front panel;
- an auxiliary pocket attached to at least one of said shoulder straps;
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- whereby a user may disengage said first and second fasteners and upon inserting said headgear into said pouch with said dome portion facing outwardly, slide said expandible collar over said dome portion until said flap collapses against said back panel and said collar is disposed in covering relation with said rim and reengage said first and second fasteners to releasably retain said headgear in said pouch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.