MULTI-PURPOSE UTILITY PACK
A multi-purpose utility pack is provided for carrying an object at an approximately 45 degree angle. The multi-purpose utility pack comprises a main body having at least a main compartment, a top portion, a bottom portion, a right portion, a left portion, an outside face and an inside face. The pack includes four strap mounts each including a fastening device, a releasable attachment flap having four strap mounts each including a fastening device for attaching the attachment flap to the main body of the pack. The attachment flap also includes a secondary strap fixedly attached to the attachment flap used to support the object being carried near the object's base.
The invention generally relates to backpacks in general, and more particularly, to a multi-purpose utility pack which holds large object at an angle for ease of mobility.
BACKGROUNDBackpacks, or packs, are commonly used by hikers, bikers and students for carrying any sort of equipment, items or books. Backpacks form an essential part of the gear of the outdoor trekkers and the urban backpackers, allowing mobility and compactness. Most backpacks include a bag attached to a set of shoulder straps. Such packs are used for general transportation of goods, and have variable capacity. Most backpacks consist of a main body with a main pocket to hold the goods or items, and cannot carry large objects, such as surfboards or snowboards. Other strapping mechanisms used for carrying large objects obstruct mobility of the arms or legs of the users.
Therefore, improved multi-purpose utility packs which can hold large objects at an angle while allowing the user to be hands free and providing user mobility, and can also be used as an everyday backpack can be beneficial.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONProvided herein are embodiments of a multi-purpose utility pack which can hold a large object at an angle while allowing the user to be hands free and providing substantially unobstructed user mobility, and which can also be used as an everyday backpack.
The devices, systems and methods disclose herein a multi-purpose utility pack for carrying an object at an approximately 45 degree angle. The multi-purpose utility pack includes a main body having at least a main compartment, a top portion, a bottom portion, a right portion, a left portion, an outside face and an inside face. The pack includes four strap mounts each including a fastening device, a releasable attachment flap having four strap mounts each including a fastening device for attaching the attachment flap to the four fastening devices of the four strap mounts on the pack. The attachment flap also includes a secondary strap fixedly attached to the attachment flap used to support the object being carried near the object's base.
In some embodiments, the multi-purpose utility pack includes two strap mounts at or near the top portion of the pack each including a fastening device, an attachment flap wherein the bottom edge of the attachment flap is fixedly attached at or near the bottom edge of the outside face of the main body of the pack. The top edge or near the top edge of the attachment flap includes two strap mounts each including a fastening device for attaching the attachment flap to the two fastening devices of the two strap mounts on the pack. The attachment flap also includes a secondary strap fixedly attached to the attachment flap used to support the object being carried near the object's base.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following more detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of examples, the principles of the present invention.
Illustrated in the accompanying drawings is at least one of the best mode embodiments of the present invention. In such drawings:
The above described figures illustrate the described invention and method of use in at least one of its preferred, best mode embodiment, which is further defined in detail in the following description. Those having ordinary skill in the art may be able to make alterations and modifications to what is described herein without departing from its spirit and scope. While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the broad aspect of the invention to the embodiment illustrated. All features, elements, components, functions, and steps described with respect to any embodiment provided herein are intended to be freely combinable and substitutable with those from any other embodiment unless otherwise stated. Therefore, it should be understood that what is illustrated is set forth only for the purposes of example and should not be taken as a limitation on the scope of the present invention.
In the following description and in the figures, like elements are identified with like reference numerals. The use of “e.g.,” “etc,” and “or” indicates non-exclusive alternatives without limitation, unless otherwise noted. The use of “including” or “includes” means “including, but not limited to,” or “includes, but not limited to,” unless otherwise noted.
In the example embodiments, the multi-purpose utility pack is shown in
Generally, the pack 100 can hold large objects at an approximately 45 degree angle off the spine of the user's back on the outside face, farthest from the user's back, of the pack 100 for transporting, thus allowing the user substantially unobstructed arms and legs mobility and to be hands free while the user is in motion, for example, walking, hiking, riding a bicycle, etc. The pack 100 may be made of durable and lightweight material known in the art, for example, canvas fabric, neoprene lining, L200 foam, leather, etc. The bottom of the pack 100 may be reinforced. The pack 100 generally includes four strap mounts which allow the user to quickly attach, and switch, attachments to the outside face of the pack 100. At least two of the strap mounts can be adjusted to accommodate different object widths and thicknesses. In some embodiments, different flap attachments designed to carry (for example, wrap around) different object widths and weights can be latched on to the strap mounts. The flap attachment may include at least four strap mounts used to latch the flap attachment on to the strap mounts on the pack 100. The flap attachment can also include a secondary strap used to support the object being carried near the object's base. In the descriptions herein, for illustration purposes, the pack 100 will be described in an upright position. The strap mounts may also be referred to as mounts.
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A releasable attachment flap 120 can be attached or latched on to the outside face 105, farthest to the user's back, of the pack 100. The attachment flap 120 includes four strap mounts having fastening devices that would match with the four strap mounts 111, 112, 113, 114, for quick attachment to (and release from) the main body of the pack 100. Different attachment flaps 120 designs (as shown in examples in
The pack 100 may have a single strap affixed to the inside face 106, closest to the user's back, of the pack 100 at an approximately 45 degree angle, as shown in
In some embodiments, the pocket 150, or another pocket of the pack 100, includes a rechargeable battery charger that can be used to charge a portable device, for example, a cell phone.
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In some embodiments, the pack 100 includes only two strap mounts 111, 112 at or near the top of the pack 100 as described herein. In these embodiments, an attachment flap is fixedly attached to the bottom edge of the outside face the pack 100.
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The enablements described above are considered novel over the prior art and are considered critical to the operation of at least one aspect of the invention and to the achievement of the above described objectives. The words used in this specification to describe the instant embodiments are to be understood not only in the sense of their commonly defined meanings, but to include by special definition in this specification: structure, material or acts beyond the scope of the commonly defined meanings. Thus if an element can be understood in the context of this specification as including more than one meaning, then its use must be understood as being generic to all possible meanings supported by the specification and by the word or words describing the element.
The definitions of the words or drawing elements described herein are meant to include not only the combination of elements which are literally set forth, but all equivalent structure, material or acts for performing substantially the same function in substantially the same way to obtain substantially the same result. In this sense it is therefore contemplated that an equivalent substitution of two or more elements may be made for any one of the elements described and its various embodiments or that a single element may be substituted for two or more elements in a claim.
Changes from the claimed subject matter as viewed by a person with ordinary skill in the art, now known or later devised, are expressly contemplated as being equivalents within the scope intended and its various embodiments. Therefore, obvious substitutions now or later known to one with ordinary skill in the art are defined to be within the scope of the defined elements. This disclosure is thus meant to be understood to include what is specifically illustrated and described above, what is conceptually equivalent, what can be obviously substituted, and also what incorporates the essential ideas.
Claims
1. A multi-purpose utility pack for carrying an object at an approximately 45 degree angle, the multi-purpose utility pack comprising:
- a main body having at least a main compartment, a top portion, a bottom portion, a right portion, a left portion, an outside face and an inside face;
- four strap mounts on the main body, each including a fastening device;
- a releasable attachment flap having four strap mounts each including a fastening device for attaching the attachment flap to the four fastening devices of the four strap mounts on the main body; and
- a secondary strap fixedly attached to the attachment flap.
2. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein two of the four strap mounts are at or near the top of the outside face of the multi-purpose utility pack, and two of the four strap mounts are at or near the bottom of the outside face of the multi-purpose utility pack.
3. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein at least two of the four strap mounts each including an adjustable strap.
4. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 3, wherein the fastening device is at the distal, free end of the adjustable strap.
5. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein the fastening device is a quick release parachute clip.
6. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein the fastening device is a buckle.
7. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein at least two of the four strap mounts of the attachment flap each includes an adjustable strap.
8. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 7, wherein the fastening device is at the distal, free end of the adjustable strap.
9. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein a single strap is affixed to the inside face of the multi-purpose utility pack at an approximately 45 degree angle.
10. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein the multi-purpose utility pack further comprises a plurality of pockets, wherein one of the plurality of pockets includes a rechargeable battery charger.
11. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein the top portion is approximately 45 degree angle in reference a horizontal axis.
12. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 1, wherein the attachment flap is designed to fit objects of various shapes and sizes.
13. A multi-purpose utility pack for carrying an object at an approximately 45 degree angle, the multi-purpose utility pack comprising:
- a main body having at least a main compartment, a top portion, a bottom portion, a right portion, a left portion, an outside face and an inside face;
- two strap mounts at or near the top portion, each including a fastening device;
- an attachment flap wherein the bottom edge of the attachment flap is fixedly attached at or near the bottom of the outside face of the main body, the top edge of the attachment flap includes two strap mounts each including a fastening device for attaching the attachment flap to the two fastening devices of the two strap mounts at or near the top portion; and
- a secondary strap fixedly attached to the attachment flap.
14. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 13, wherein the two strap mounts each includes an adjustable strap.
15. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 14, wherein the fastening device is at the distal, free end of the adjustable strap.
16. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 13, wherein the fastening device is a quick release parachute clip.
17. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 13, wherein the fastening device is a buckle.
18. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 13, wherein a single strap is affixed to the inside face of the multi-purpose utility pack at an approximately 45 degree angle.
19. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 13, wherein the multi-purpose utility pack further comprises a plurality of pockets, wherein one of the plurality of pockets includes a rechargeable battery charger.
20. The multi-purpose utility pack of claim 13, wherein the attachment flap is designed to fit objects of various shapes and sizes.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 28, 2015
Publication Date: Mar 2, 2017
Inventor: Jonathan Fairbanks (Newport Beach, CA)
Application Number: 14/839,591