Rigid clip support member for packs, bags and other articles

A pack intended to store and carry articles and adapted to be carried by a user in an over-the-back relationship, the pack including a clip comprising an elongate continuous strip of material which has been bent and shaped to define an elongate central body and a pair of rigid spaced-apart arms extending outwardly from opposed ends of the central body and adapted to rest or engage against the waist and/or hips of the user, the pack defining a shell, a generally vertical front panel and a generally horizontal closed bottom panel and generally vertical opposed side panels defining respective interior faces, and an interior, the clip being located within the interior of the pack in a relationship wherein the central body extends through the interior of the rack from a point adjacent the interior face of one of the side panels to a point adjacent the interior face of the other of the side panels and in a generally horizontal relationship along the bottom panel of the pack and the arms protrude from opposed ends of the central body in a generally horizontal relationship from within the interior of the pack through openings defined in the pack in a direction generally normal to the generally vertical front panel, the pack further defining a pair of sleeves extending outwardly from said openings defined in the shell and the arms of said clip being adapted to extend through said sleeves respectively.

A pack adapted to be carried by a user and adapted to carry articles and comprising:

• a shell defining an interior adapted to receive and store the articles, the interior being defined by a front panel including an outer surface, a back panel, a bottom panel, a pair of opposed side panels, and a longitudinal axis extending through the shell and the bottom panel in a direction and orientation normal to the bottom panel;
• a support member including a central base and a pair of spaced-apart arms which together form a single unitary piece, the central base being located and extending within the interior of the pack in a generally horizontal relationship and direction generally normal to both the longitudinal axis of the shell and the opposed side panels, the spaced-apart arms extending from within the interior of the pack through apertures defined in said pack in a generally horizontal relationship and in a direction generally normal to the longitudinal axis of said shell, said arms being adapted to abut the waist and/or hips of the user;
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• a pair of sleeves in communication with said apertures defined in the outer surface of said pack and extending outwardly from said outer surface of said pack in a direction and relationship generally normal to the longitudinal axis of said shell, said arms of said support member extending through said sleeves.