Patent ID: 7717309

Claim:
A backpack and shelter combination assembly comprising: a satchel having a front wall, a back wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, a first end wall and a second end wall, a pair of shoulder straps being attached to said back wall, said satchel having an elongated opening therein for accessing an interior of said satchel, a closure being attached to said satchel and being configured to selectively close said elongated opening; a support being attached to and extending through said satchel, said support including a lower portion extending away from said first end wall of said satchel and being configured to engage a ground surface, said support including an upper portion extending away from said second end wall and being configured to support said satchel in a spaced relationship with the ground surface and to angle said satchel upwardly from said first end wall to said second end wall, said support being telescopic; a sleeve having an open end, said support being positionable in said open end and covered by said sleeve to define a tent; said lower portion includes a free end positioned opposite of said satchel, a pin being removably extended through said free end, a wheel being rotatably mounted on said pin, said pin having a longitudinal axis orientated substantially parallel to said first end wall; said support includes a first arm and a second arm, said first and second arms each extending through said satchel, said first and second arms each having a first end and a second end, said first ends being aligned with each other and defining said free end of said lower portion, said second ends extending away from said second end wall, said first and second arms tapering toward each other with respect to said first ends and tapering away from each other with respect to said second ends, a vertical portion being configured to engage said second ends and support said second ends above a ground surface; a first elongated member and a second elongated member, each of said first and second elongated members having a top end and a bottom end, each of said first and second elongated members having a bend therein positioned between a respective one of said top and bottom ends, each of said bends having an angle between 90 degrees and 145 degrees, each of said first and second elongated members including a top section positioned between associated ones of said bends and said top ends and a bottom section positioned between associated ones of said bends and said bottom ends, said top ends of said first and second elongated members being removably attached together, each of said bottom ends being pointed, each of said bottom ends being extendable into the ground surface to horizontally orientate said top sections over the ground surface; and a pair of couplers configured to releasably engage one of said second ends of said first and second arms, each of said coupler being attached to one of said first and second elongated members adjacent to an associated one of said bends.