Backpack with side bolsters
AssigneeMystery Ranch, Ltd.
InventorDana Gleason
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Abstract
A backpack includes a stabilizing and ventilating side bolster assembly coupled to a frame. The side bolster assembly includes breathable side bolsters received in breathable sleeves that cooperate with the frame to stabilize the backpack under load while providing improved ventilation between the backpack and a back side of a wearer of the backpack. The side bolsters may be customized for a particular environment, for a particular body type, or for particular loads to be carried in the backpack by changing the stiffness, density, material, dimensions or other aspects of the side bolsters.
Claims18
A backpack comprising:
- a frame, the frame having a substantially vertical forward surface with two lateral sides, whereby the forward surface is provided to rest against the backside of a wearer;
- a load compartment coupled to the frame rearward of the forward surface;
- shoulder straps coupled to the frame;
- at least two sleeves coupled to the load compartment, the sleeves made from a breathable material, the sleeves being on either lateral side of the forward surface;
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- at least two side bolsters both configurable into cylindrically-shaped, rolled members receivable within the sleeves, the side bolsters are made from another breathable material that cooperates with the breathable material of the sleeves to allow air flow through both the sleeves and the side bolsters, the side bolsters having rolled axes oriented substantially vertically to structurally cooperate with the frame in providing stability for the load compartment;
- wherein the rolled axes of the side bolsters are spatially separated in a forward direction from the forward surface of the frame, whereby the side bolsters are provided to contour around the backside of the wearer to provide stability for the load compartment and ventilation.
A stabilizing system for a backpack, the stabilizing system comprising:
- a back pad coupled to the backpack, the back pad having a surface oriented substantially vertical, whereby the surface is provided to rest against the backside of a wearer;
- a pair of rolled members each made from a woven synthetic material;
- a pair of sleeves coupled to the back pad and sized to receive the cylindrically-shaped, rolled members, the sleeves horizontally spaced apart from each other by approximately a width of the back pad and the sleeves oriented approximately vertically, the sleeves made from a breathable material, the cylindrically-shaped, rolled members are respectively arranged in the sleeves to provide an amount of structural stabilization to the backpack, the cylindrically-shaped, rolled members cooperate with the sleeves to move air along the back pad within the spaced apart region formed by the sleeves;
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- wherein the rolled members have rolled axes oriented substantially vertically to structurally cooperate with the backpack in providing stability for the backpack, wherein the rolled axes of the rolled members are spatially separated in a forward direction from the surface of the back pad, whereby the rolled members, in combination with the back pad, contour around the backside of the wearer to provide stability for the backpack and to provide ventilation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.