Patent ID: 9241557
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A43B,A45C,A45F

Claim Text:
1. A backpack for skiing equipment, the backpack comprising: a bag member including a back surface for contacting a user's back, a front surface, two opposing sides, a bottom surface, at least one shoulder strap attached adjacent to the back surface, and an upper end; a central compartment defined by the bag member, the central compartment located between the back surface and the front surface; and a pair of side compartments located at each of the opposing sides flanking the central compartment, each side compartment having an approximately triangular side profile defined by a respective opposed side surface, each side compartment defining an opening and a closure sufficient to receive a boot, and sized sufficiently to contain a boot in a generally upright position such that a foot bed of the boot rests on the bottom surface of the bag member, the front surface defined by a plane extending along the longest side of the triangular side profile between the opposed sides, a boot void compartment within each of the side compartments and having a closure vertically aligned with at least a portion of the closure of a respective side compartment, the boot void compartment having a generally triangular profile defined by the front surface and a smaller triangle sharing the longest side with the front surface, the boot void compartment defined by the front surface, a respective side surface and the smaller triangle, such that when a boot is contained in the generally upright position within the side compartment, each boot void compartment positioned between the front surface of the bag member, a shin portion of the boot, and a toe portion of the boot, the central compartment disposed between the side compartments and extending to the plane defining the front surface, the central compartment having a shape defined by the side compartments.