Patent ID: 9687062
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A45C,A45F

Claim:
1. A checkpoint-friendly backpack for allowing a laptop computer to be stored therein when X-ray screened at an inspection station, without having to remove the laptop computer therefrom, the backpack comprising: a dedicated compartment for storing the laptop computer, the dedicated compartment consisting of a single closeable pocket in which only a laptop computer may be stored, devoid of any additional pockets or pouches thereon, the dedicated compartment defined by an exterior wall, an interior wall, and four sidewalls, the four sidewalls comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and two lateral walls, the exterior wall and the interior wall devoid of handles, openings, and zippers, the four sidewalls devoid of straps and buckles; a non-dedicated compartment comprising a plurality of pockets or pouches for storing removable articles, the non-dedicated compartment defined by an exterior wall, an interior wall, and four sidewalls, the interior wall of the non-dedicated compartment devoid of any pockets or pouches thereon; wherein a common edge between one of the sidewalls of the dedicated portion and one of the sidewalls of the non-dedicated portion form a single living hinge positioned at the bottom of the bag, the dedicated compartment rotatable at least 180 degrees about the hinge in a screening mode, the interior wall of the dedicated compartment disposed flush against the interior wall of the non-dedicated compartment in a non-screening mode and a portion of the sidewalls of the dedicated compartment being partially disposed within the sidewalls of non-dedicated compartment; a first non-metallic zipper for accessing the dedicated compartment, the non-metallic zipper disposed continuously on the top wall and along a portion of the two lateral walls of the dedicated compartment, whereby when the backpack is in the non-screening mode the portion of the sidewalls of the dedicated compartment and the first non-metallic zipper are partially disposed within the sidewalls of the non-dedicated compartment so that the portion of the sidewalls and the first non-metallic zipper are not exposed and when the backpack is in the screening mode the portion of the sidewalls and the first non-metallic zipper are exposed; and a second non-metallic zipper to facilitate unfastening the dedicated compartment from the non-dedicated compartment.