Patent ID: 8678258

Claim:
A backpack support frame, comprising: a) a support frame having a top-end and a bottom end wherein the top end is greater in horizontal length than the bottom end so that said support frame has a Y-shaped configuration; b) said support frame being curved horizontally and vertically to conform to the shape of a back of a user, and extending in length at least from the thoracic to the sacral portions of a spinal column; c) said support frame having a front face and an opposite rear face, said rear face having a raised Y-shaped structure; d) said support frame having an upper portion with a longitudinal central opening, and a plurality of holes positioned on either side of the longitudinal central opening; and e) said support frame having a lower portion, said raised Y-shaped structure having a lower stem which originates in said lower portion, extending towards the longitudinal central opening, and branching left and right to form branches which extend around said longitudinal central opening.