Hiker's buddy apparatus for sharing with a hiker the carrying load of a backpack
OwnerMichael R. Keithinventor
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Abstract
An arrangement for replaceably supporting a backpack having a load on the back of a user and transferring the load of the backpack to the ground by way of the legs of the user while allowing the user to take steps unhindered. The arrangement includes a harness and a leg assembly. The harness replaceably supports the backpack having the load on the back of the user. The leg assembly is pivotally mounted to the harness, extends down the legs of the user, and transfers the load of the backpack to the ground by way of the legs of the user while allowing the user to take the steps unhindered.
Claims33
An arrangement for replaceably supporting a backpack having a load on the back of a user and transferring the load of the backpack to the ground by way of the legs of the user while allowing the user to take steps unhindered, comprising:
- a) a harness;
- b) a leg assembly;
- wherein said harness is for replaceably supporting the backpack having the load on the back of the user;
- wherein said leg assembly is pivotally mounted to said harness;
- wherein said leg assembly is for extending down the legs of the user;
- wherein said leg assembly is for transferring the load of the backpack to the ground by way of the legs of the user while allowing the user to take steps unhindered, wherein said harness comprises:
- c) a lap belt;
- d) a pair of shoulder straps, wherein said harness comprises a shelf, wherein said shelf of said harness is generally L-shaped, and as such, has:
- e) an upright portion;
- f) a transverse portion, wherein said harness comprises a pair of pelvic bars, wherein said leg assembly comprises a pair of legs, wherein said pair of legs of said leg assembly depend from said pair of pelvic bars of said harness, respectively;
- wherein said pair of legs of said leg assembly are pivotally mounted to said pair of pelvic bars of said harness, respectively, so as to form a pair of hip joints;
- and
- wherein said pair of hip joints are for running along the buttocks of the user, respectively, wherein each leg of said leg assembly comprises:
- g) an upper femur portion;
- h) a lower tibia portion, wherein each leg of said leg assembly comprises a foot, wherein said lower tibia portion of each leg of said leg assembly has an inner wall;
- wherein each leg of said leg assembly comprises a slide bar;
- wherein said slide bar of each leg of said leg assembly moves rearwardly downwardly and forwardly upwardly along said inner wall of said lower tibia portion of an associated leg of said leg assembly;
- wherein said lower tibia portion of each leg of said leg assembly has:
- i) a front wall;
- j) a rear wall;
- and
- k) an outer wall;
- wherein said inner wall of said lower tibia portion of each leg of said leg assembly has a plurality of slots therethrough;
- wherein said plurality of slots through said inner wall of said lower tibia portion of each leg of said leg assembly are vertically spaced-apart from each other;
- wherein said plurality of slots through said inner wall of said lower tibia portion of each leg of said leg assembly are parallel to each other;
- and
- wherein said plurality of slots through said inner wall of said lower tibia portion of each leg of said leg assembly are diagonally slanted upwardly from said rear wall of said lower tibia portion of an associated leg of said leg assembly to said front wall of said lower tibia portion of said associated leg of said leg assembly.
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