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US 8,038,042 B2Granted
Backpack
Assigneeadidas International Marketing B.V.
InventorKaja Inga Anita Bartel
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Abstract
A backpack which includes a frame and a cover. The frame has a first frame element which is connected with a first portion of the cover and a second frame element which is connected to a second portion of the cover. The second frame element is pivotably arranged on the first frame element at a region lying between an upper region and a lower region of the first frame element.
Claims24
A backpack, comprising:
- a cover having a first portion and a second portion;
- and
- a frame, wherein the frame includes:
- a first frame element attached to the first portion of the cover and having an upper region, a lower region, and side regions, wherein the side regions longitudinally extend from the upper region to the lower region, and wherein the lower region of the first frame element laterally extends between ends of the side regions;
- a second frame element attached to the second portion of the cover, wherein the second frame element is pivotably connected to a portion of each of the side regions of the first frame element in a region between the upper region and the lower region of the first frame element;
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- a third frame element fixedly joined to the first frame element, wherein the first frame element, the second frame element and the third frame element together form the shape of an X in cross-sectional view, and
- wherein an opening in the cover is generated by a movement of the second frame element, and
- wherein the second portion of the cover is attached to the side regions of the first frame element below the region where the second frame element is pivotably connected and above where the lower region of the first frame element laterally extends.
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A backpack, comprising:
- a cover having a first portion and a second portion;
- and
- a frame, wherein the frame includes:
- a first frame element attached to the first portion of the cover and having an upper region and a lower region;
- a second frame element attached to the second portion of the cover, wherein the second frame element is pivotably connected to the first frame element in a region between the upper region and the lower region of the first frame element;
- and
- a third frame element connected to the first frame element,
- wherein the first frame element, the second frame element and the third frame element together form the shape of an X in cross-sectional view, and
- wherein the second frame element is pivotably arranged with respect to the third frame element, and
- wherein the third frame element has a lower region laterally extending between two side regions, wherein the side regions and the lower region of the third frame element together form a substantially U-shape in front view, wherein the lower region of the third frame element defines a base portion for the backpack, and
- wherein the upper region and the lower region of the first frame element are non-pivotally arranged with respect to each other, and
- wherein the first frame element forms one leg of the X and the second frame element and the third frame element together form the other leg of the X.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.