Abstract: A tent comprises a shell and a frame comprising a plurality of poles extending over the shell holding the shell up in an erect configuration in which the shell encloses a living space. Tension-taking trussing extends between the poles on the exterior of the shell to stabilize the tent.

Abstract: A tent comprises a shell having an opening therein and poles for supporting the shell in erected configuration enclosing a space. The shell includes a bag extending from the shell at the opening in the shell. The bag is made of pliable material such that the bag is eversible. The bag has an exterior position on the outside of the shell and is manipulable through the opening to an interior position inside the shell in the space.

Abstract: A tent comprises a shell having an opening therein and poles for supporting the shell in erected configuration enclosing a space. The shell includes a bag extending from the shell at the opening in the shell. The bag is made of pliable material such that the bag is eversible. The bag has an exterior position on the outside of the shell and is manipulable through the opening to an interior position inside the shell in the space.

Abstract: A slide fastener system and method for attaching two articles at selectively adjustable relative positions. The slide fastener system includes two zipper tracks, each track having a fabric tape adapted for attachment to one of the articles and a row of teeth mounted on the tape. The teeth on one track are interengageable with the teeth on the other track. A slider on at least one of the tracks is slidably moveable therealong to selectively engage and disengage the teeth of the two tracks and thereby attach and detach the articles. A bracket is configured for holding the two zipper tracks in close proximity and in a generally parallel arrangement so that when the slider is at an unlock position wherein no teeth are engaged, the tracks and respective tapes are slidable relative to one another.

Abstract: A collapsible three-wheeled stroller for transporting a child includes a frame movable between folded and unfolded conditions, a handle mounted on an upper portion of the frame for pushing the stroller, one front wheel and two rear wheels rotatably mounted on a lower portion of the frame, and a seat on the frame for supporting a child. The frame is constructed from a plurality of articulated frame members movable from the unfolded condition to the folded condition with accompanying motion of the rear wheels toward one another and a generally forward and downward motion of the handle.

Abstract: A collapsible stroller comprises a single front wheel and a front wheel support mounting the front wheel for rotation on an axis extending transversely with respect to the stroller. Two generally horizontal side frame members extend in a generally rearward direction from the front wheel support. Each side member has a forward end pivotally connected to the front wheel support for pivoting about a generally vertical axis. Two rear wheels are each rotatably mounted on a respective side frame member adjacent its rearward end. A collapsible rear frame member extends between the side frame members generally between the rear wheels. An upper frame extends up from the side frame members for supporting a child seat and a child therein. A handle is attached to the upper frame. The rear frame member is lockable in an uncollapsed condition for holding the side frame members in a diverging relationship in which they diverge rearwardly from the front wheel support.

Abstract: A child carrier for supporting a child adjacent the back of a user's torso includes a forward portion having straps engageable with the user's torso for enabling the user to tote the child carrier in a hands-free manner. A rearward portion is generally rearward of and spaced from the forward portion and a seat portion is connected generally between the forward and rearward portions for supporting a child. A child compartment is between the forward and rearward portions and defined at least in part by the seat portion. A child safety harness includes at least two shoulder straps connected to the carrier at respective first ends of the shoulder straps and positioned in the child compartment to extend over the shoulders of the child when the child is placed on the seat portion. An adjustment strap is coupled to respective second ends of the shoulder straps.

Abstract: A sleeping bag having a compact foot space configuration for user warmth in cold ambient temperatures and an expanded foot space configuration for user comfort in mild to warm ambient temperatures. The sleeping bag includes an elongate shell defining a volume sized and shaped to receive a user therein. The shell has an outer surface, a head end portion, a foot end portion and left and right lateral sides. An opening extends generally along at least one of the lateral sides generally in the foot end portion. A pocket made of limp material and associated with the shell is generally in the opening. In the expanded configuration, the pocket and shell define a first foot space volume of the sleeping bag extending through the opening in the shell to a location spaced from the outer surface of the shell.

Abstract: An adjustable length sleeping bag suitable for use by persons of different height. The bag includes an elongate insulated shell having a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, a foot end and a head end. A fastening system on the outer surface of the shell comprises one or more first fastener elements disposed around the shell generally transverse with respect to the longitudinal axis, and one or more second fastener elements disposed around the shell generally transverse with respect to the longitudinal axis at a location spaced longitudinally from said one or more first fastener elements. The first fastener elements are selectively engageable with the second fastener elements to reduce the length of the shell to accommodate a person of lesser height, and are selectively disengageable to increase the length of the shell to accommodate a person of greater height.

Abstract: A tent has an elongate shell of limp material and a pair of self-erecting frames movable between an erect configuration in which the frames are capable of supporting the shell to define an interior space of the shell and a collapsed configuration in which the shell is compacted and stored in a storage bag. Each of the self-erecting frames comprises a plurality of frame members having an upper end and a lower end. A connecting system connects the upper ends of the frame members and biases the lower ends of the frame members apart to move the frame to its erect configuration. The frame members are movable against the bias of the connecting system to move the frame from its erect configuration to its collapsed configuration. In another embodiment, a portion of the shell comprises a mesh window panel to permit air flow in and out of the interior space of the tent. A window flap is connected to the shell adjacent the window panel for covering the window panel.

Abstract: A backpack comprising a bag, a frame for supporting the bag, a slider carrying a shoulder harness slidable up and down on the frame to adjust the position of the shoulder harness to suit a person wearing the backpack, and strips of VELCRO material secured respectively to the slider and the bag for releasably fastening the slider in adjusted position heightwise of the frame.

Abstract: A backpack having a resilient member associated with one of the panels of material forming the backpack. The resilient member is held in an elastically deformed configuration on the one panel so that it stiffens that panel and tends to hold the backpack open. Shoulder straps of the backpack are constructed with ventilation channels on their undersides of the straps and portion of the body underlying the straps. The underside of each strap includes frictionalizing material for engagement with the top of the shoulder of the person wearing the backpack. Each strap also includes a load distributing region generally located along the length of the strap for engagement with the top of the shoulder of the person wearing the backpack. At least one strap includes a pocket having an opening extending generally longitudinally and transversely across the strap.

Abstract: A child carrier for supporting a child adjacent the back of a hiker's torso comprises a forward portion and a rearward portion. A child compartment is between the forward and rearward portions for receiving a child. A generally rigid frame member is operatively connected to and adjacent the rearward portion of the child carrier. A kickstand having a ground-engageable portion is operatively connected to the frame member via a hinge for pivotal movement of the kickstand relative to the frame member about an axis X. The kickstand is pivotally moveable between a retracted position in which the ground-engageable portion of the kickstand is positioned generally adjacent the frame member, and a propping position in which the ground-engageable portion of the kickstand is positioned away from the frame member.

Abstract: A child carrier for supporting a child adjacent the back of a hiker's torso comprising a forward portion, a rearward portion, a seat portion, and a hood. The forward portion has straps engageable with the hiker's torso for enabling the hiker to tote the child carrier in a hands-free manner. The rearward portion is generally rearward of and spaced from the forward portion. The seat portion is generally between the forward and rearward portions and operatively connected thereto for supporting a child. A child compartment is between the forward and rearward portions and is defined at least in part by the seat portion. The hood is of flexible sheet material and is moveable between a covering position in which the hood extends generally from the rearward portion to the forward portion to cover the child compartment and an uncovering position in which the child compartment is exposed.