Patent ID: 8960513
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A45C,A45F,F16M

Abstract:
1. A backpack for carrying a spotting scope or other optic device attached to a tripod comprising: a pair of shoulder straps extending from a back of the backpack; an optics storage compartment having an interior that is accessible via an opening within a front of the backpack, the opening longitudinally extending from a top edge of the backpack to adjacent a midline of the backpack; a cover hinged along the top edge of the backpack and having opposing long edges that extend from the top edge of the backpack to adjacent the midline of the backpack, the cover being removable from covering the opening for accessing the interior of the optics storage compartment; a first tripod leg attachment structure positioned below the opening of the optics storage compartment for securing a first leg of a tripod against a corresponding first side of the backpack; and a second tripod leg attachment structure positioned below the opening of the optics storage compartment for securing a second leg of the tripod against a corresponding second side of the backpack that is opposed to the first side of the backpack, wherein when the tripod is attached to the backpack by the first and second tripod leg attachment structures a spotting scope or other optic device attached to the tripod is positioned to be rotatable into and out of the interior of the optics storage compartment by a user via the longitudinally extending opening within the front of the backpack.