Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Patent
1981-07-16
1983-01-25
Pollard, Steven M.
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
224212, 224211, A45F 310
Patent
active
043699030
ABSTRACT:
A pack frame for a backpack which includes structure for transferring a substantial portion of the vertical load component to a position at the hip area of a wearer which is well below the load's center of gravity. The pack frame is comprised of a tubular frame structure which is adapted to support a load on the back of a wearer. A pair of crossed, diagonally extending links connect the upper part of the frame structure to a belt-like support means, e.g. hip saddle, which is adapted to be worn about the hips of the wearer. Each of the links is bent into an arch configuration and is rotatably connected to both the frame structure and the hip saddle by means of bearing-supported ball joints so that the frame fits compactly and comfortably on the wearer and does not substantially interfere with most normal body movements of the wearer. Straps are attached to the upper part of the frame structure and are adapted to extend over the shoulders of the wearer before they are attached to the hip saddle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4214685 (1980-07-01), Pletz
North Face, 1981 Spring-Summer Catalogue.
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