Patent ID: 7350682

Claim:
A pack intended to be carried by a user in an over-the-back relationship, the pack defining an interior shell comprised of a generally vertical front panel adapted to rest against the back of the user, a closed bottom panel defining an interior surface, a pair of opposed side panels, and a back panel, the pack including a clip being defined by a generally U-shaped continuous strip of material extending along the bottom panel of the pack in a generally horizontal relationship and being defined by a generally arcuate and elongate central body which extends through the interior shell and a pair of rigid spaced-apart arms extending outwardly from opposed ends of the central body and protruding through respective openings defined in the front panel of the pack in a relationship and direction generally normal to the front panel of the pack and adapted to rest or engage against the waist and/or hips of the user wherein the arms are adapted to be flexed laterally away from each other for adjusting the width of said clip, said arms being further adapted to spring back towards each other and exert a compressive force against the waist and/or hips of the user.