Snow sport bag

A backpack for skiing equipment, the backpack comprising:

• a bag member including a back surface for contacting a user's back, a front surface, two opposing sides, a bottom surface, a first shoulder strap, and an upper end;
• a central compartment defined by the bag member, the central compartment located between the back surface and the front surface;
• a pair of side compartments located at each of the opposing sides flanking the central compartment, each side compartment having an approximately triangular side profile defined by a respective opposed side surface, each side compartment defining an opening and a closure sufficient to receive a boot, each side compartment sized sufficiently to contain a boot in a generally upright position such that a foot bed of the boot rests on the bottom surface of the bag member, the front surface defined by a plane extending along the longest side of the triangular side profile between the opposed sides;
• a boot void compartment within each of the side compartments and having a closure vertically aligned with at least a portion of the closure of a respective side compartment, the boot void compartment having a generally triangular profile defined by the front surface and a smaller triangle sharing the longest side with the front surface, the boot void compartment defined by the front surface, a respective side surface and the smaller triangle such that when a boot is contained in the generally upright position within the side compartment, each boot void compartment is positioned adjacent the front surface of the bag member;
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• wherein the first shoulder strap has a top end and a bottom end, the top end is attached to the bag member at a first point and the bottom end at a second point, the first point being located on the back surface adjacent to the upper end of the bag member, the second point being located at a lower portion of the bag member adjacent to the bottom surface, wherein the first shoulder strap includes a quick-release detachment mechanism adjacent to the second point of attachment, the quick-release detachment mechanism configured to detach the bottom end of the first shoulder strap from the bag member.

A backpack for skiing equipment, the backpack comprising:

• a bag member including a back surface for contacting a user's back, a front surface, two opposes sides, a bottom surface, at least one shoulder strap attached adjacent to the back surface, and an upper end;
• a pair of side compartments located at each of the opposed sides, each side compartment having a closure and an approximately triangular side profile defined by the respective opposed side, and substantially perpendicular back and bottom surfaces, the front surface defined by a plane extending along the longest side of the triangle and between the opposed sides;
• a central compartment located between the back surface and the front surface and flanked by the side compartments;
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• the substantially triangle side profile having a flat section defining a top surface, the flat section perpendicular to the back and parallel to the bottom surface, and an angle sloping downward toward the bottom surface to define the front surface, the bottom surface extending farther than the top surface to meet the front surface, the front surface defined by a plane extending the longest side of the triangle defining the triangular side profile and extending between the opposed sides;
• a boot void compartment occupying an area between the opposed sides and the front surface on each side of the central compartment and having closures vertically aligned with the closures on respective side compartments, the boot void compartment having a generally triangular profile defined by the front surface and a smaller triangle sharing the longest side with the front surface, the boot void compartment defined by the front surface, a respective side surface and the smaller triangle;
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• a front compartment, the front compartment disposed between the central compartment, and the plane defining the front surface, and between the boot void compartments.