WO2005110148A1 - Travel pack - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
- A45F3/04—Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders
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- This invention relates to a travel pack, and more particularly to a novel opening configuration which facilitates greater accessibility to the contents of the travel pack when open.
- the preferred embodiment of the invention also provides a novel removable travel pod
- Top-loading backpacks having a top-opening flap are well known for trekking activities
- a major ergonomic disadvantage of top-loading backpacks is the fact that it is very difficult to access the contents It is not unusual to have to totally empty a top-loading backpack in order to access an object at the bottom of the pack Notwithstanding these ergonomic disadvantages, top-loading backpacks are still the highly preferred style of pack for serious trekking In this regard, top loading backpacks have superior weather resistance, particularly resistance to water ingress during ram
- travel packs are soft skinned and constructed of a robust fabric
- travel packs will typically include an internal frame for mounting the shoulder straps and waist straps
- travel packs open to the rear of the pack
- Known travel pack designs include a zipper which extends around three sides of the rear wall of the travel pack so that, when open, the rear wall of the travel pack can fold open in a flap- like manner about the fourth side of the rear wall of the travel pack in order to reveal the contents thereof
- travel packs allow superior access relative to a top-loading backpack, they still require a certain amount of removal of contents and/or digging through the contents in order to access objects packed close to the front of the travel pack
- FIG 1 is a rear perspective view of a closed travel pack according to the present invention
- FIG 2 is an underside perspective view of the closed travel pack of FIG 1 ,
- FIG 3 is a rear perspective view of the partially-open travel pack of FIG 1 ,
- FIG 4 is a further rear perspective view of the fully-open travel pack of FIG 1 .
- FIG 5 is a reverse perspective view of the partially-open travel pack of FIG 1 .
- FIG 6 is a side perspective view of a fully-open and filled travel pack
- FIG 7 is a rear perspective view of a second embodiment of a fully-open travel pack
- FIG 8 is the fully-open travel pack of FIG 7 with a travel pod in situ
- FIG 9 is a perspective view of the travel pod of FIG 8 when removed from the travel pack.
- FIG 10 shows the travel pod of FIG 9 folded into a carry bag configuration
- the travel pack 10 is constructed of robust fabric such as a woven nylon and includes padded shoulder straps 12 and a padded waist strap 14
- the travel pack 10 includes a front wall (not visible in FIG 1 ), top wall 16, rear wall 18, side walls 20 and rear wall 22 It will be appreciated that due to the curved construction of the travel pack, the walls tend to merge into each other Thus, side wall 20 merges into top wall 16 at a rounded upper corner of the travel pack
- the travel pack is held closed, at least in part, by straps and buckles 24 which extend from wing-like extensions of side walls 20 Once buckles 24 are released and the wing-like extensions of side walls 20 are thus released, a zipper which extends along the sides and top of the travel pack can be undone in order to open the travel pack into two compartments as shown in FIGS 3 to 5, for example
- the bottom wall 18 consists of a forward portion 18F and rearward portion 18R which are separated by a transverse hinge 28
- Each of forward portion 18F and rearward portion 18R contain a generally rectangular section of high-density, closed-cell foam stitched within a complementary-shaped pocket of the bottom wall in order to give forward portion 18F and rearward portion 18R an amount of structural rigidity such that they readily fold about hinge line 28
- the travel pack has been opened and un-folded about hinge line 28 in order to reveal the interior of the travel pack
- zipper 26 has been opened in order to divide the travel pack into a rearward compartment which is defined by rear wall 22 together with rear sections of top wall 16R bottom wall 18R and side walls 20R
- a forward compartment is defined by front wall 30 together with front sections of top wall 16F bottom wall 1 8F (not visible in FIG 3) and side walls 20F
- each compartment may optionally include a cargo net or other fabric for covering each compartment
- a cargo net will prevent objects from spilling out of the forward and rearward compartments during opening and closing of the travel pack
- the compartments may include straps for locating and retaining objects within the compartments Such straps are provided in the forward compartment as can be best seen in FIGS 3 and 5
- FIG 3 shows the pack open at approximately 90°
- FIG 4 shows the travel pack fully open at 180° with both the forward compartment and rearward compartments laid flat
- FIG 5 shows a reverse angle view with the travel pack open at approximately 90° Bottom wall 18F which was not visible in FIG 3, is visible in this view
- the forward wall 30 will typically include a rigid frame in order to provide a structural integrity to the front wall and provide a secure mounting point for the padded shoulder straps 12 and padded waist strap 14 Typically, there is no rigid frame in any of the bottom, top, rear or side walls
- the inclusion of the semi- ⁇ gtd rectangles of high-density, closed-cell foam in the bottom wall gives the bottom wall a certain amount of structural integrity and, more importantly, defines the hinge about which the travel pack opens in a "clam-shell" style
- the pack may also include a sheet of high density closed cell foam within the front wall which acts to maintain the shape of the forward compartment and to provide the forward compartment with a flat "floor"
- the rear wall 22 may optionally include a pocket or locker for receiving a day pack or the like Alternatively, the day pack may be mounted on the exterior of the rear wall 22 as is well known in the art
- the wing-like extensions of the front portions of the side walls 20F also include inserts of high-density closed cell foam in order to provide the wings with sufficient structural integrity to stand up as shown most clearly in FIG 6
- the wing-like extensions are optional, and closure of the travel pack may be complete upon closing of the zipper 26
- hinge 28 has been formed in the bottom wall of the pack
- the present invention is significant in that it provides superior accessibility to the contents of the travel pack
- the provision of a hinge in the bottom wall of the pack allows the pack to open about that hinge in a clam-shell manner to define two distinct luggage containing compartments
- double the surface area of the interior of the pack is exposed relative to the known design of travel pack
- the luggage-containing compartments are of substantially identical depth That is, the zipper 26 is located such that it is approximately mid-way between the front wall 30 and rear wall 22 Put differently, the zipper 26 which of course aligns with the hinge 28, evenly divides the side walls 20 into a forward portion 20F and rearward portion 28R, and it also divides the top wall 16 into equal portions 16F and 16R
- the forward compartment may be of greater depth than the rearward compartment In one embodiment, the forward compartment is approximately double the depth of the rearward compartment
- FIGS 7 to 10 there is shown a highly preferred embodiment of the travel pack which includes a removable travel pod 32
- the rearward compartment includes an array of male and female buckles 34 distributed about the perimeter of the rearward compartment
- the travel pod 32 includes a complementary array of female and male buckles about its perimeter
- FIG 8 shows the travel pod 32 located within the rear compartment of the travel pack via the inter-engagement of the complementary arrays of buckles
- the travel pod is zipped into the rearward compartment of the travel pack It has been found that the zippered version provides a neater result and a better finish.
- the provision of the travel pod 32 adds a number of advantages for the traveller Firstly, the pod makes unpacking of the travel pack easier It can simply be undipped or unzipped from the travel pack and then placed into a drawer, or hung from a hook on a wall When the time comes to move on, the traveller can simply re-clip or re-zip the travel pod into the travel pack.
- the travel pod provides the option of creating additional storage space Specifically, a traveller can leave the travel pod out of the travel pack and use it as a carry bag instead
- the travel pod is designed to be folded into a convenient carry bag, as shown in FIG 10.
- a typical travel pack will have a capacity of 65-80 litres and a typical travel pod will have a capacity of 25-30 litres
- the traveller has the original capacity of the travel pack, plus an additional 25-30 litres Whilst the invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, it will be appreciated that many variants will fall within the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims
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DE3817239A1 (en) * | 1988-05-20 | 1989-11-23 | Harald Kutzke | FOLDING BACKPACK |
EP0900535A1 (en) * | 1997-09-08 | 1999-03-10 | Decathlon S.A. | Bag-type luggage element convertible in a backpack and vice-versa |
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DE20001853U1 (en) * | 2000-02-02 | 2001-06-07 | Thorka Produktionsgmbh | School backpack |
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