Patent ID: 7798323
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: A45C,A45F,A61F

Abstract:
1. A portable pack for storing supplies and equipment comprising: a rectangular sheet of flexible polymeric material impervious to water, inorganic and organic compounds, said sheet capable of being folding in half; said sheet having: an exterior side, an interior side, a top edge, a bottom edge, a left side and a right side; and having a grommet positioned substantially in the center of said sheet when folded in half with an opening in said grommet extending through said sheet from said exterior side to said interior side through which a fastener may be passed; said interior side of said sheet having secured thereto: a first alignment of first fastening means positioned at the peripheral edge of and extending continuously along said bottom edge, said left side and said right side; a second alignment of second fastening means positioned adjacent and parallel to one other and extending vertically between said bottom edge and said top edge; a row comprising plurality of expandable loops secured to said sheet in vertical alignment with one another positioned on said left side and said right side and adjacent on said sheet to said first alignment of fastening means extending continuously along said left side and said right side; a pair of two-piece cooperating strap assemblies, in horizontal alignment with each other and extending parallel to and adjacent on said sheet to said alignment of said first fastening means extending continuously along said bottom edge, each said assembly comprising an alignment of fastening means material having a first end secured to said sheet and second end which is free to be inserted through a D-ring and looped back on itself, said D-ring being attached to a strip secured to said sheet, said assembly serving to secure objects; located and positioned diagonally inward at a 45° angle from each apex of the corners of said sheet is an assembly comprising a quick release buckle and a strip of a web-like material, said quick release buckle adapted to adjustably secure extremities of said web-like material including a frame-like body portion, a through slot formed in a trailing end section of said body portion for fixedly securing said buckle to one extremity of said web-like material and means for adjusting the opposite extremity of said web-like material including at least two transverse parallel bars positioned adjacent the opposite end of said body portion, said adjusting means including two transverse parallel bars providing edges spaced from one another on opposite sides of a plane a distance not greater than the predetermined thickness of said web and lying in spaced planes perpendicular to said first mentioned plane; two assemblies comprising strips of web-like material positioned in-line and immediately adjacent said fastening means along the bottom edge of said sheet, each said assembly containing a D-ring attached to a strip of web-like material attached to said sheet and a counterpart length of web-like material having a fastener attached thereto in line with the D-ring, in each case, said length of web-like material extends through the D-ring and loops back onto itself, and is secured together via said fastener; a plurality of flexible pouches arranged in-line horizontally and vertically and removably secured to said interior sheet, said pouches being suitable for storing items within, each said pouch having a backside with fastening means attached thereto which allows said pouch to be secured to said interior to at least one of the plurality of fastening means positioned adjacent and parallel to one other and extending vertically between said top edge and said bottom edge of said sheet; said exterior surface of said material has a continuous support strap secured thereto, and at each end of said pack said continuous strap extends beyond said top and bottom edges of said exterior surface to form a handle and carrying means at each end of said pack, and one of said handles has a handle wrap to secures both ends of said handle wraps into said handle wrap.