Patent ID: 9675164
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A45F,A47C

Claim:
1. A backpack frame convertible between a frame worn by a hiker to a cot for the hiker, the backpack frame comprises: a first U-shaped member having a closed end and an open end, a first intermediate member having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end is hingably connected to the open end of the first U-shaped member, a second intermediate member having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the first intermediate member is hingably connected to the distal end of the second intermediate member, a second U-shaped member having a closed end and an open end, the proximal end of the second intermediate member is hingably connected to the open end of the second U-shaped member, the second U-shaped member further includes a first pair of legs hingably connected at a closed end of the second U-shaped member and a second pair of legs with a brace therebetween hingably connected to the second U-shaped member, and the backpack frame is convertible from a frame position to a cot position, in the frame position, the first U-shaped member, the first intermediate member, the second intermediate member, the second U-shaped member, the first pair of legs connected to the second U-shaped member, and the second pair of legs connected to the second U-shaped member lie in a single plane.