Patent ID: 9687063
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A45C,A45F

Claim:
1. A backpack, comprising: a body defining a volume for the containment of articles, the body generally having a front surface and an opposing back surface, opposing side surfaces, and opposing top and bottom surfaces, the surfaces being arranged to define a compartment of a backpack; the front surface having upper and lower portions, the upper portion comprising a hingeable section hingeably coupled to the lower portion, the hingeable section having a first condition providing an opening to the compartment in the pack and a second condition closing the opening to the compartment, wherein the front portion is movable relative to the back portion by the front portion's hinging along a joint that is defined by (1) a lower end of the hingeable section and (2) the top end of the lower portion of the front surface; a closure system for locking the hingeable section in the closed condition; wherein the hingeable section being coupled to a spring system that is unloaded when the hingeable section is in the first condition and relatively loaded when in the second condition, so that the compartment automatically opens when the closure system is released; wherein the hingeable section includes a movable frame member that is pivotably connected to the body portion of the pack and coupled to the spring system; and wherein the movable frame member comprises a generally U-Shape, the closed end of the U-shaped frame member being coupled to the hingeably section at a top edge and having downwardly extending legs that pivotably couple with opposite sides of a body portion of the pack.