Buckle Patents (Class 224/659)
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Publication number: 20090289093Abstract: A support for easier carrying of suitcases, trunks and the like, comprising at least one substantially elongated band, which is provided with elements for fastening at its respective end portions, so that it can be folded onto itself in a loop and closed around at least one suitcase, said band being provided, on at least one face, with elements for detachable coupling to the trunk of the body of the user, so as to allow to carry the suitcase without using one's hands and in a substantially upright position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventor: Massimo Tonelli
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Publication number: 20090283564Abstract: A backpack having a body including a storage compartment formed between first and second ends. A support member can be attached to the body for supporting the body on a user. A skirt may be connected to the first end of the body and a hood can be integrally connected to the skirt. An actuation member may extend along at least a portion of the top edge portion of the skirt and connected to the hood to move the skirt and hood between open and closed positions so that when the actuation member is pulled, the skirt and hood are simultaneously moved to the closed position in a single motion to close the storage compartment at the first end of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventor: Gregory Bass
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Publication number: 20090206118Abstract: A backpack shell construction having a stiff back panel supporting storage compartments projecting outwardly therefrom and carried on the user's back by a pair of shoulder straps and further secured to the user by a waist strap, to which shell a pair of tandem collapsible boot shelves or platforms are integrated at lower corner portions and an outer ski carrier and helmet mounting panel is hingedly attached to the front face of the backpack shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventor: Dan Sabbah
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Patent number: 7021509Abstract: A safety bag with a firm structure is formed by connecting a hard casing and a soft enclosure. The connectors for connecting a cover extending from the soft enclosure and the hard casing are installed with a plurality of buckles. The cover is installed with a first insertion portion at a front surface of the bag and a second insertion portion at two sides of the bag. A band passes through the first insertion portion and second insertion portion. The band out of the first insertion portion and second insertion portion is tightened by the retaining ring. Two ends of the band are buckled to selective two buckled of the plurality of buckles. The band is capable of being buckled to the buckles of different levels so that the tightness of the cover securing to the hard casing is adjusted according to the objects in the bag.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Inventor: Shin Hui Chuang
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Patent number: 6772925Abstract: A hunting pack or vest comprises an internal, angled frame for supporting a seated hunter wearing the vest. A cover proves free-floating pockets for the frame and a cargo pocket is disposed on the back of the cover over a rearwardly extending frame component. A seat is hinged at a juncture of the frame for stowed disposition under the cargo pocket and for deployed disposition extending forwardly of the frame. Angled pockets on the sides of the cargo pockets are accessible by a hunter wearing the pack whether standing or sitting. An orange panel is concealable, yet deployable over the cargo pocket. Two side vest panels are mounted forwardly of the cover and contain a plurality of ergonomically positioned pockets for easy accesses. Shoulder, waist and panel straps provide adjustment for varied sized and shaped hunters wearing a variety of clothing.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Inventor: Daniel P. O'Hare
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Publication number: 20040118891Abstract: A specialized backpack including a backpack body with a storage compartment having an openable region and a back panel including a headgear mounting flap with a cuff forming an opening through which a dome a hard-shell head gear with a rim may be passed through to retain the rim against the back panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventor: Adrian Esqueda
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Patent number: 6722544Abstract: A substantially noiseless fastening system for a carrying pack includes a flap attached to the shell of the carrying pack along one edge of the flap, a fastener button attached to the flap near a second edge of the flap, and a button receiver attached to the shell. The button receiver has a tapered interference fit slot terminating in a notch for receiving the fastener button, the slot narrowing towards the edge of the flap attached to the shell. The fastening system also includes a pouch attached to the shell, a locking channel attached to the pouch, and a locking groove attached to the shell. The pouch has an edge that forms an opening between the pouch and the shell, and the locking channel engages the locking groove in an interference fit to close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2000Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.Inventors: R. Scott Stephens, Joseph B. Wismann, Roger L. Weller, John M. Estes, Thomas J. Galli
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Patent number: 6629629Abstract: The present invention disclose a sack used in an ordinary sack and a hard type sack selectively according to the existence of a hard case. The ordinary sack can be sagged easily when goods is packed into the sack because a material of the sack is usually a soft synthetic fiber. Such softness gives a non-elegant and uncomfortable to carry the ordinary sack. In more, carrying fragile goods in such a sack can make someone to be nervous to prevent unpredicted external impact. Usage of the hard type sack has an advantage to keep a shape without sagging when goods are packed in, and to protect the goods from any external impact, because a backside case is made of a hard material. However, disassembling the backside case from the hard type sack is not easy because the backside case is jointed with a back supporter by bolts and nuts method. In more, bolts are always required to re-assemble the backside case into the hard type sack after disassembling.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Cypher Teams Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gi-Soo Lee, Eun-Sue Whi
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Patent number: 6547110Abstract: An improved backpack includes two capacious storage pockets secured to a flexible envelope for retaining a frame. A seat pad is adjustable between three positions for carrying, to provide seated cushioning and to provide recline support. Side pockets on the pack open upwardly and forwardly with respect to a user for carry, seated and recline positions of the backpack, in whichever orientation it is placed. A plurality of support straps carry partial weight of stored items to the top area and shoulder straps of the pack. A roll down, hunter orange panel is selectively concealed or unfurled for safety.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Inventor: Daniel P. O'Hare
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Patent number: 6435390Abstract: A backpack apparatus including a rigid box with a hinged lid for access downwardly into and having a canopy surmounted on such lid to define an accessible storage compartment the lid. A pair of shoulder straps are mounted to the front side of such canopy and box.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Inventor: Dean Abramowicz
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Patent number: 6290114Abstract: A back pack for use with a hunting bow typically employed by a hunter in pursuit of game in the bush includes an outer shell having a spacious enclosed compartment for holding hunting gear. The outer shell includes a pair of shoulder straps for carrying the pack on the hunters back. The back pack includes at least a first securing strap for retaining a hunting bow to the back pack. A bow pouch is also included for supporting the bottom end of the hunting bow and a cushioned flap attached to the outer shell is included for covering and protecting the hunting bow. In its most fundamental embodiment, the back pack for use with a hunting bow exhibits a construction including an outer shell having a front surface and a rear surface for forming an enclosed compartment. The enclosed compartment is readily accessible to the hunter. A pair of shoulder straps are attached to the rear surface of the outer shell for carrying the back pack.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2000Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: BBC MFGInventor: Nick O. Berberian
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Patent number: 6253978Abstract: A motorcycle saddlebag lock that can be used to lock a soft saddlebag having a body, a lid coupled to the body, and a strap interconnecting the lid to the body. The lock is attached to the strap when in a strapped position to inhibit the strap from being moved to an unstrapped position. Preferably, the saddlebag includes a retaining member (e.g., a buckle) attached to the body to define an opening through which the strap is received when in the strapped position. In this embodiment, the retaining member is positioned between the lock and the lid, and the lock is larger than the retaining member to thereby prevent the strap from being pulled through the retaining member. The lock includes a body having an opening adapted to receive the strap, and an engaging member coupled to the body and movable relative to the body between an unlocked position out of the opening and a locked position in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor CompanyInventors: Dale Swenson, Forrest Barnes, Norm Reynolds
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Patent number: 5803333Abstract: A pack for wearing on a person's back, comprising a front facing outwardly when the pack is worn and a pocket attached to and extending at least partially across the front of the pack. The pocket overlies generally the small of the person's back when the pack is worn, and includes an open entrance defined by an upper edge oriented for readily being located by touch when the person reaches behind their back, thereby guiding and facilitating access into the pocket. The pocket preferably includes an upwardly extending pocket flap that provides the upper edge of the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: FasTrak Systems, Inc.Inventor: Roger R. Fawcett
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Patent number: 5779121Abstract: A pocket closure and pack compression strap arrangement includes a pocket closure panel and a compression strap designed to extend across the internal storage volume of a pack. The pocket closure panel may be secured to a front panel of the pack or to a pocket panel forming an external pocket. The strap preferably includes a first portion secured to the pocket closure panel and a second portion secured to a back panel of the pack or to a portion of an internal or external frame. A latch or buckle allows the first and second portions of the strap to be secured to one another for closing the pocket and compressing a load packed in the internal storage space. The strap is drawn tight to maintain the pocket closed and the load compressed. The pocket closure panel is preferably secured to the pack along an attachment region that is wider than an attachment region along which the strap is secured to the pocket closure panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1996Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc.Inventor: Linda Lee Capwell
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Patent number: 5676293Abstract: The backpack includes a main storage compartment having a back engageable portion, and a pair of shoulder straps attached thereto. A lumbar support member attached to a lower portion of the back engageable portion is attached to the lower ends of each shoulder strap to surround the abdomen of the wearer and provide support to the lumbar region of the wearer's spine. To provide protection to the wearer's head, a hood member is attached to the upper portion of the back engageable portion, and which can be placed over the head of the wearer when desired. Another backpack includes a pair of waist belt members secured at one end thereof to the back engageable portion, and having a storage compartment disposed between the waist belt members for storing them therein. A hood is secured to the back engageable portion by a strap member to space apart the hood from the back engageable portion by a given distance.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1995Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Inventor: Beverly Wesley Farris
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Patent number: 5634579Abstract: A backpack with integral front panel vest-like construction including a front panel, a back panel, a shoulder bib and straps or the like for attaching the front and back portions together. The front panel has a front panel top, a front panel bottom, and two front panel sides. The back panel has a back panel rear backside pack, a back panel top, a back panel bottom, and two back panel sides. The shoulder bib attaches the front panel top and the back panel top, and the shoulder bib has a shoulder bib head opening. Straps attach the front panel sides and the two back panel sides together and secure the backpack to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1995Date of Patent: June 3, 1997Inventor: Bonnie M. Baclawski