Patent ID: 9027813
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A45F

Abstract:
1. A backpack and waist bag carrying system, comprising: a backpack comprising a bag portion attached to shoulder straps; the bag portion defining a first compartment in at least an upper portion of the bag portion and a second compartment in a lower part of the bag portion, the second compartment having openings on right and left sides of the lower part of the bag portion; a waist bag comprising a receiver attached to a waist belt, wherein the waist bag extends through the openings on the right and left sides of the lower part of the bag portion and the second compartment wherein the waist belt may be fastened so as to encircle a bearer's waist when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back; wherein the receiver has a cross-sectional size and shape allowing it to be received in the second compartment, whereby the bearer can rotate the waist bag around the bearer's waist, when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back, from a first position in which the receiver is contained in the second compartment and adjacent the bearer's back to a second position in which the receiver is adjacent the front of the bearer; further comprising a tether having a first end connected to the backpack and a second end connected to the waist bag.