Patent ID: 8590759

Claim:
A reversible backpack comprising: a backpack shell having a she front, a shell back, and shell top and a shell bottom, the backpack shell defining a shell interior volume, a backpack access opening proximate to the shell top, and a first strap opening proximate to the shell bottom, the backpack access opening and the first strap opening permitting direct communication with the interior volume from an exterior of the shell, the backpack shell having opposed first and second shell surfaces and being reversible through the backpack access opening such that each of the first and second shell surfaces are selectable as the exterior of the backpack shell with the other of the first and second shell surfaces facing the interior volume; and a first carrying strap extending across the she back from proximate to the shell top to proximate to the first strap opening, the first carrying strap being manually disconnectable proximate to the shell top, insertable through the first strap opening and reconnectable proximate to the shell top to keep the first carrying strap on the exterior of the backpack shell after reversal thereof.