Patent ID: 7350683

Claim:
A pack adapted to be carried by an individual in an over-the-back relationship and comprising a single member for supporting the pack about the waist and/or hips of the individual carrying the pack, the pack defining a hollow interior and including a front panel defining an outer surface and a bottom panel, the member being defined by a continuous strip of material which has been bent and shaped to define a base and a pair of arms, wherein said base is located within the interior of the pack and extends along the bottom panel of the pack in a generally horizontal and parallel relationship relative to the bottom panel and wherein said arms extend through respective openings defined in the pack and in a direction generally normal to the front panel, wherein the pair of arms are adapted to engage the waist and/or hips of the individual carrying the pack and are made of a flexible material which allows the shape of said arms to be changed along the length thereof so as to allow said arms to be manipulated by the individual carrying the pack into at least a first selected bent and curved position against the waist and/or hips of the individual carrying the pack, wherein said flexible material of said arms allows said arms to independently retain said at least first selected bent and curved position when said arms are released by the individual carrying the pack.