Patent ID: 7510104
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: A45F,A47D

Abstract:
1. A frame-supported backpack for a user in carrying a load, the frame-supported backpack being of a configuration tending to topple when standing in an upright condition on a ground-surface while carrying the load, and the frame-supported backpack comprising: a frame structure, the frame structure comprising an L-shape frame having an upright frame-section and a bottom frame-section integral with the upright frame-section, the bottom frame-section projecting from the upright frame-section to have a free end of the bottom frame-section spaced from the upright frame-section; a base on which the frame-supported backpack to stands on the ground-surface in the upright condition during one of loading, unloading and adjustment, the base including the free end of the bottom frame-section of the L-shape frame; a load-receiving means supported on the frame structure; an outer wall of the frame-supported backpack that extends upwardly from the base when the frame-supported backpack stands in the upright condition on the ground-surface as aforesaid; an attachment means for attaching the frame-supported backpack to the user; and a cavity-defining means for defining a cavity located within the outer wall at the base of the end of the frame-supported backpack, the cavity-defining means including a floor-part overlying the free end of the bottom frame-section in the base, and the cavity having an open mouth that is defined by an aperture through the outer wall to enable the user to insert a foot through the open mouth of the cavity onto the floor-part of the cavity-defining means for exerting pressure downwardly on the free end of the bottom frame-section in urging the base onto the ground-surface to hold the frame-supported backpack in the upright condition on the ground-surface, and wherein the cavity is closed apart from at its open mouth through the outer wall.