Patent ID: 8690029

Claim:
A backpack with integral waist bag, comprising: a backpack having shoulder straps and defining a lower compartment in a lower part of the backpack and an upper compartment in the upper part of the backpack, the lower compartment having openings on right and left sides of the lower compartment; and a waist belt attached to a receiver, wherein the waist belt extends through the compartment so as to encircle a bearer's waist when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back, the waist belt comprising a left belt portion that extends from the left side of the receiver and through the left opening on the lower compartment and a right belt portion that extends from the right side of the receiver through the right opening on the lower compartment, the receiver has a cross-sectional size and shape generally matching that of the compartment and releaseably containable therein, and at least one of the openings on the right and left sides of the lower part of the backpack has a size and shape that will permit withdrawal of the receiver from the compartment and entry of the receiver into the compartment, whereby the bearer can rotate the waist belt around the bearer's waist, when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back, between a first position in which the receiver is contained in the compartment and adjacent the bearer's back and a second position in which the receiver is adjacent the front of the bearer, and the bearer may rotate the waist belt around the bearer's waist, when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back, from the second position to the first position.