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US 8,708,206 B2Granted
Bag that distributes weight over the back of a person
OwnerShawn Onessimo, William Overstreetinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a bag to carry one or more objects on the back of a person, and a cushion for connection to a surface of the bag. The cushion is used for making substantially continuous contact with the back when the bag is carried on the back. The apparatus may be a backpack or any other type of bag.
Claims32
An apparatus comprising:
- a bag to carry one or more objects on a back of a person, the bag having a bottom horizontal surface;
- a central wheeled device that is deployable from the bag while the bag is worn on the back of the person, the central wheeled device comprising:
- a wheel;
- a rod having a first end connected to the wheel;
- and
- a socket for accepting a second end of the rod, the socket located substantially in the middle of the bottom horizontal surface of the bag;
- and
- an activation switch to deploy the central wheeled device from a stored position to a deployed position;
- wherein the wheel resides adjacent to the socket when the central wheeled device is in the stored position, and wherein the central wheeled device is configured to make contact with the ground to support at least a portion of a weight of the bag while the bag is worn on the back of the person when the central wheeled device is in the deployed position.
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An apparatus for carrying one or more objects on a back of a person, the apparatus comprising:
- the pack having a top end and a bottom end having a bottom horizontal surface;
- a handle attached to the top end of the pack, the handle having two rings on opposite lateral ends of the handle;
- two straps having first ends that are attached to the two rings of the handle and second ends that are attached to the pack towards the bottom end of the pack;
- a central wheeled device that is deployable from the pack while the pack is worn on the back of the person, the central wheeled device comprising:
- a wheel;
- a rod having a first end connected to the wheel;
- and
- a socket for accepting a second end of the rod, the socket located substantially in the middle of the bottom horizontal surface of the pack;
- and
- an activation switch to deploy the central wheeled device from a stored position to a deployed position;
- wherein the wheel resides adjacent to the socket when the central wheeled device is in the stored position, and wherein the central wheeled device is configured to make contact with the ground to support at least a portion of a weight of the pack while the pack is worn on the back of the person when the central wheeled device is in the deployed position.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a pack to carry one or more objects on a back of a person the pack having a bottom horizontal surface;
- shoulder straps that are attached to the pack;
- a cushion for connection to a surface of the pack, the cushion for making substantially continuous contact with the back when the pack is carried on the back;
- a central wheeled device that is deployable from the pack while the pack is worn on the back of the person, the central wheeled device comprising:
- a wheel;
- a rod having a first end connected to the wheel;
- and
- a socket for accepting a second end of the rod, the socket located substantially in the middle of the bottom horizontal surface of the pack;
- and
- an activation switch to deploy the central wheeled device from a stored position to a deployed position;
- wherein the wheel resides adjacent to the socket when the central wheeled device is in the stored position, and wherein the central wheeled device is configured to make contact with the ground to support at least a portion of a weight of the pack while the pack is worn on the back of the person when the central wheeled device is in the deployed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.