Patent ID: 7959048

Claim:
A photographic equipment backpack including a main body having a front face, a rear face, and two side faces, the two side faces extending between the front face and the rear face, and which is used in conjunction with a tripod having a first leg, a second leg, and a third middle leg, the photographic equipment backpack comprising: a. a first exterior wing accessory pocket having a main body and a front cover on one side of said rear face with the first exterior wing accessory pocket being openable, and having a longitudinal channel along its exterior inwardly facing sidewall; b. a second exterior wing accessory pocket having a main body and a front cover on an opposite side of said rear face with the second exterior wing accessory pocket being openable, and having a longitudinal channel along its exterior inwardly facing sidewall; c. the first and second exterior wing accessory pockets being parallel to each other so that their respective inwardly facing longitudinal channels are parallel, and a space formed between the first and second exterior wing accessory pockets and between their respective longitudinal channels; and there is an exterior bottom pocket on the rear face of said photographic equipment backpack positioned below and spaced apart from said first and second exterior wing accessory pockets d. a first lower cinch strap, a second middle cinch strap and a third top cinch strap located above the bottom pocket and longitudinally spaced apart along the space between the two exterior wing accessory pockets, the first lower cinch strap having a pair of oppositely disposed strap members, each of which is attached at one end to the rear surface at a location between the first and second exterior wing pockets and connected at their opposite ends by closing means so that the first lower cinch strap is located immediately above the bottom pocket and adjacent lower ends of the main bodies of the respective first and second exterior wing pockets, the second middle cinch strap having a pair of oppositely disposed strap members, each of which is attached at one end to the rear surface at a location between the first and second exterior wing pockets and connected at their opposite ends by closing means so that the second middle cinch strap is located higher up on the rear surface and adjacent two-thirds of a distance up the respective first and second exterior wing pockets, and the third top cinch strap having a pair of oppositely disposed strap members, each of which is attached at one end to the top of the photographic equipment backpack and connected at their opposite ends by closing means so that the third cinch strap is located at the top of the photographic equipment backpack; and e. the photographic equipment backpack retaining legs of the tripod wherein the first lower, second middle and third top of the respective cinch straps wrapped around the first, second and third legs of the tripod to support the tripod on the photographic equipment backpack.