Backpack with segmented construction body protecting features

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-07-06
SAMSONITE CORP
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[0003] This invention comprises a backpack system that includes a harness to intimately hold the backpack construction against the back of the wearer. The backpack construction includes a foam covered support board that has limited flexibility both laterally as well as in the bilateral plane of symmetry of the wearer. This support board preferably consists of a series of controllably, preferably elastically, connected segments. This support board is covered with at least one layer of material on the wearer side for comfort and/or ventilation, which may include neoprene, mesh tex

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The backpack construction includes a foam covered support board that has limited fle

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[0021]FIGS. 1 and 2 show respectively a pictorial view of an outer side 4 and a wearer's side 6 of the preferred embodiment of the backpack 2. The backpack 2 comprises two components central to the preferred embodiment: shell 24, protruding from the outer side 4 and providing a rigid and stable structure to protect contents therein, and a structural, supportive “back board” portion 40, designed to conform to the shape of the human spine when worn directly adjacent to a user's back, providing comfort and protection to the user while maintaining overall stability of the backpack 2. Back board 40 provides the user with controlled flexibility, resisting the backward bending of the user's back, thereby helping prevent hyper-extension of the back.

[0022] A frame 8 is constructed of injection-molded polymer, forming a structural basis for the outer side 4 of the pack 2. Frame 8 may be of a one-piece contiguous construction or may comprise separate pieces. In the preferred embodiment, frame...

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Backpacks, even those for outdoors sports, generally comprise an envelope of relatively flaccid textile material attached to a structured back-engaging frame, board or pad. Extreme sports such as skiing, motorbike racing, snow boarding, heli-skiing and such would benefit from greater protection to the person's back, as well as to the contents of the backpack. The disclosed backpack 2 includes a segmented and shaped back board 40 which permits limited flexing in certain directions to help protect the user's back from overextension. The container or packing portion 24 of the backpack 2 has corresponding rigid segments 16 interconnected by flexible textile portions 20. The segmented packing portion 24 and the segmented safety board 40 work together to protect both the contents of the backpack 2 and the back of the user.

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[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application 60 / 636,224 entitled “Backpack with Segmented Construction Body Protecting Features”, filed Dec. 15, 2004.BACKGROUND [0002] This invention relates to shoulder carried luggage cases called backpacks specifically designed for outdoor sports like skiing, snowboarding, trekking and the like. The preferred embodiment of this backpack is especially designed for such sports where hyperextension (bending backward) of the wearer's back is a real possibility. Motor sports have embraced the use of polymer body armor to protect vulnerable portions of the participant's body from injury. However, no one has combined the features of controlled flexibility body protection, in particular back protection, with a fully functional backpack. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0003] This invention comprises a backpack system that includes a harness to intimately hold the backpack construction against the back of the wearer....

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IPC IPC(8): A45F3/04A45F3/08A45F3/10
CPCA45F3/047A45F3/08A45F2003/001A45F2003/045A45F2003/125
Inventor SMEUNINX, JORIS
Owner SAMSONITE CORP
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