This invention pertains to an apparatus that is capable of simultaneously carrying one to five portable chairs, and/or selected equipment securely and safely. Although, several patents have been found of a backpack chair combination where the backpack converts into a chair or a backpack that carries a metal foldup chair horizontally or where the backpack converts into a hunter's tree stand or another that carries an ice chest and a fold up portable chair on a metal structure frame, the Portable Chair Backpack is unique
If a person needs to carry one specific chair or a cot these are some examples U.S. Pat. No. 3,266,686 Inventor J. E. Griffith, Convertible Pack and Chair, U.S. Pat. No. 6,986,445, Inventor James A. Stockman, Backpack and chair apparatus, U.S. Pat. No. 5,409,291, Inventor Timothy Lamb and Albert Mora, Combined chair and backpack, U.S. Pat. No.5,975,389, Inventor Joel L Braun and Kimberly F Braun, Backpack with extendable sub-frame, U.S. Pat. No. 5,957,349, Inventor Irvin W. Miller, Tent/Cot/backpack structure,
A hunter would desire to use the backpack for carrying his weapons as described in these inventions, U.S. Pat. No. 5,465,887, Inventor Keith Hudson, Archery Bow Backpack Carrier, U.S. Pat. No. 4,754,904, Inventor Alan G. Fischer and Edward P. Fitzgerald, Carrier Assembly for Compound Bow or Firearm. Or if a hunter needs a tree stand, U.S. Pat. No. 4,022,292, Inventor James J. Van Gompel, Portable Tree Stand or Crow's Nest.
For the surfer to carry his board and several other things, there is U.S. Pub. No: US 2013/01753310, Backpack for Elongated Items, Inventors Tierre Turner, Camille Turner, Rene Paul Mousseut, or one that will carry the ice chest and a portable chair, U.S. Pub. No: US 2014/0209646, Bulk Item Backpack, Inventor Thomas Hoppa.
The present invention contemplates a new and innovative backpack for carrying portable chairs, and/or selected equipment, safely, and securely.
According to the present invention, the portable chair backpack is designed to carry up to five portable chairs, and/or selected equipment comfortable over a short or long distant.
A patent search of over thousands of patents for a similar invention has revealed the uniqueness of this design. Imagine comfortably carrying all your portable chairs, tent, canopy, baseball bats, in one safe journey with the Portable Chair Backpack. For the camper, one could hike the tent and portable chairs securely and safely through the mountains to the secluded campsite. For example, a group traveling to a festival and someone has the frustrating and difficult task to carry the portable chairs slung over his/her shoulder, possibly walking over a quarter of a mile or more, as the chair bags straps cut into his/her shoulder with every step! However, someone saved the day! He/she bought a Portable Chair Backpack! Now he/she can with ease and comfort carry all of the chairs and/or equipment on the new Portable Chair Backpack.
Each item to be carried has a designated secure location. The three rows of individual Velcro straps and two security straps secures the items to the backpack to avoid mishaps.
The Portable Chair Backpack is comprised of the following components: The shoulder strap assembly back pad, the waist belt with a lumbar pad, two vertical back pads, two lateral security straps and four vertical rows of three lateral Velcro straps rows. The purpose of the Backpack is to carry portable chairs, and/or selected equipment.
The Portable Chair Backpack is eighteen inches wide, twenty six inches long with a thickness of one inch. Start from the very top of the backpack then work down to the bottom. A strap handle is attached onto the top of the backpack. The handle is five-inches wide by three-inches high. It can be used to lift the backpack onto the user's back. The backpack enclosed foam allows the backpack to mold to the shape of one's back. The side of the backpack that attaches to the user's back has two reinforced locations where the shoulder harness and the waist harness are attached in place. The shoulder harness will be attached in place in the determined locations. (
The shoulder harness has two straps, three-inches down from the shoulder, which attach to the far right and the other strap attaches to the far left upper section of the chairs, and/or selected equipment. The end of the one-foot long straps have an eyelet for the attachment onto each of the chairs, and/or selected equipment. The other end of the straps has a releasable connection fitting to attach to the backpack. Simply wrap the strap around the metal tubing of the folded metal chair, and/or selected equipment three times and then thread the other end of the strap through the eyelet and tighten. This strap will remain on the chair, and/or selected equipment. Each time the backpack is used, simply strap the chair, and/or selected equipment in place and then connect the eyelet strap with the upper shoulder straps on the left shoulder and the right shoulder with the releasable connection fitting. (
On the bottom of the shoulder harness, these two straps attach to each side of the bottom of the Backpack. The chest strap is attached to each side of the shoulder strap in the center of the chest area. The straps are connected in center with a releasable connection fitting. Two one foot long “Chest Controller” straps connect to the shoulder harness ten inches below the shoulder and are located under the arms and attach to the backpack. Two (eight-inch by two-inch by one and a half inch) foam pads are attach with Velcro below the shoulder harness attachment to the backpack centered three inches apart. The waist harness has a set of two straps, one foot long, on each lateral side of the body to attach to the backpack. This helps balance the weight. The waist belt connects in the center of the waist area with a releasable connection fitting. (FIG.5)
The section facing away from the body (or the useful side of the backpack) has four vertical heavy-duty two inch straps evenly divided and attached onto the backpack, and four horizontal, heavy-duty, two-inch straps attached onto the backpack. The footie pocket acts as the bottom heavy-duty strap attached to the final two inches of bottom edge. The first strap is placed four inches from the bottom. The next strap is five inches up from the top of the previous strap. The next strap is five inches up from the top of that strap. The top strap is four inches up from top of that strap. The two, forty-two inch, security straps are attached onto the backpack on each lateral side with a releasable connection fitting in the center. The bottom secure strap is seven inches from the bottom. The top secure strap is four inches from the top. Four vertical rows of three horizontal individual Velcro secure locations are attached onto the four lateral rows of straps. The first Velcro strap row is located even with the top of the backpack. Each Velcro bases are attached onto the horizontal heavy-duty secure straps. The Velcro straps are twenty-two inches long with each end attached to the lateral sides of the row each overlapping and securing to each other with the Velcro technology. (
Each chair, and/or selected equipment is placed in the footie pockets then secured by four independent rows of lateral Velcro straps. After the three chairs, and/or selected equipment are secured in place by the Velcro, the two security straps are connected and tightened. To carry five portable chairs, and/or selected equipment place the two extra chairs in the footie pockets then secure all together with the security straps. Thread the footie pocket support straps through the legs of the chair, and/or selected equipment, and connect with the releasable connection fitting. The security straps tighten the backpack causing the chairs, and/or selected equipment to act as the frame and support for the backpack. (
The design will hold one to five chairs, and/or selected equipment. A chair, and/or selected equipment is placed in each of the footie pockets. The three main chair, and/or selected equipment create two additional secure slots. Place two more chairs, and/or selected equipment in the footie pocket and connect the security strap. The Portable Chair Backpack is ready for use. (
From the foregoing, it may be seen that the backpack of the present representation is considered illustration or illustrations only of the principles of the invention and may not be drawn to scale and not meant to limit the scope of the invention. Further, since certain changes and modifications such as size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use to those skilled in art, the invention shall not be limited to the exact constraints and operation shown and described. Accordingly, all suitable moderations and equivalents may be implemented, falling within the scope of the said invention. Therefore various changes can be made in the function and assembly of the elements of the said invention—Portable Chair Backpack—without departing from the scope as set forth in the appended claims and the legal equivalents thereof.
U.S. Patent Documents3,266,686August 1966Griffith4,022,292May 1977Van Gompel5,409,291April 1995Lamb and Mora5,465,887November 1995Hudson5,597,101January 1997Barber5,957,349September 1999Drulik5,975,389November 1999Braun and Braun6,986,445January 2006Stockman2013/01753310July 2013Turner, Turner, Moussent2014/0209646July 2014Hoppa
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62198353 | Jul 2015 | US |