Patent ID: 8534523

Claim:
A backpack with integral waist bag, comprising: a backpack having shoulder straps and comprising a body contacting wall, a non-body contacting wall, a top wall, a middle wall, and a bottom wall, the body contacting wall and the non-body contacting wall being spaced from and facing each other and joined to the top wall, the middle wall, and the bottom wall whereby the top wall and the bottom wall are spaced from and on either side of the middle wall; a bag portion comprising right and left side walls attached to the top wall, the middle wall, and an upper portion of the body contacting wall and an upper portion of the non-body contacting wall, to define a first compartment; the middle wall, the bottom wall, and a lower portion of the body contacting wall and a lower portion of the non-body contacting wall defining a second compartment that is open to the exterior of the backpack on right and left sides of the backpack; a waist bag comprising a receiver attached to a waist belt, wherein the waist bag extends through the second compartment so as to encircle a bearer's waist when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back and wherein the receiver has a cross-sectional size and shape generally matching that of the second compartment and releaseably containable therein, whereby the bearer can rotate the waist bag around the bearer's waist, when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back, from a first position in which the receiver is contained in the second compartment and adjacent the bearer's back to a second position in which the receiver is adjacent the front of the bearer; hook or loop material located on the lower portion of the body contacting wall for detachable engagement with corresponding loop or hook material located on an inner side of the waist belt opposite the receiver, wherein the loop or hook material located on an inner side of the waist belt opposite the receiver is located beneath at least one window in the inner side of the waist belt; and a releaser plate located within and in slidable engagement with the waist belt and between the loop or hook material and the at least one window on the inner side of the waist belt.