Patent ID: 8657169

Claim:
A strap arrangement for carrying a pack portion as a backpack, the pack portion having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and two sides, the strap arrangement comprising: a pair of carrying straps, each carrying strap for securing to the pack portion to at least one of the bottom and sides and for extending upwardly along respective sides of the pack portion, and further comprising strap redirecting members securable to the pack portion at upper regions of the pack portion on the two sides and at the rear, for redirecting each carrying strap while allowing the carrying straps to slide through the redirecting members for being redirected at upper regions of said respective sides to extend around to the rear of the pack portion, and being redirected at upper regions about the top of the rear to extend downwardly for securement at lower regions of the pack portion at the rear, the strap arrangement redirecting forces for supporting a load in the pack portion from the sides of the pack portion.