Patent ID: 9586065
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A45F,A62B

Claim:
1. An SCBA backpack for holding air cylinders, comprising: a) a chassis with a cradle receiving arrangement, wherein the cradle receiving arrangement has a longitudinal axis, a base, a pair of upper walls protruding from the base, and a pair of lower walls protruding from the base and offset from the pair of upper walls, each of the upper walls and the lower walls having a bore extending therethrough, wherein the base, the pair of upper walls, and the pair of lower walls define at least one cavity such that the at least one cavity extends between the pair of upper walls and the pair of lower walls; and b) a tank cradle for holding at least one air cylinder, wherein the tank cradle has an attaching arrangement configured to directly or indirectly interact with the cradle receiving arrangement of the chassis to thereby removably secure the tank cradle to the chassis via a single attaching member that extends through the bores of the pair of upper walls, the bores of the pair of lower walls and across the at least one cavity of the cradle receiving arrangement and through a bore of the attaching arrangement, wherein the attaching arrangement of the tank cradle is received within the at least one cavity defined by the cradle receiving arrangement.