Patent ID: 8070030

Claim:
A backpack, comprising: a. a backpack with a first primary shoulder strap on one side of said backpack and a second primary shoulder strap on the opposite side of said backpack, both connected to said backpack; and, b. said first primary shoulder strap comprising two segments, an upper segment with a first end connected near the top of said backpack and a lower segment with a first end connected near the bottom of said backpack, and whose second ends are separably connected together; and, c. a buckle separably connecting said second ends of said upper and lower segments of said first primary shoulder strap; and, d. said second primary shoulder strap with a first end connected near the top of said backpack on the opposite side of said backpack from said first primary shoulder strap and with a second end connected near the bottom of said backpack on the opposite side of said backpack from said first primary shoulder strap; and, e. a secondary shoulder strap with a first end connected to, and connected near the bottom of, said second primary shoulder strap and a second end connected to, and connected nearer the top of, said second primary shoulder strap; and, f. a waist strap connected to said secondary shoulder strap, separably connected to said second primary shoulder strap; and, g. said upper segment of said first primary shoulder strap can be grasped by a wearer to swing said backpack laterally around the outside of said wearer's shoulder.