Patent ID: 8047411

Claim:
A rear-entry athletic pack allowing for access to, and storage and control of, a liquids bladder, the rear-entry athletic pack comprising: a rear side, the rear side residing against the back of a wearer of the rear-entry athletic pack when correctly worn; a back-side flap, the back-side flap generally following along an entire distance of and openable along at least three-quarters of the outside circumference contour of the rear side; a rear bladder compartment, accessed by the back-side flap; a mesh webbing, connected at a bottom end and opposing sides of an interior perimeter of the back-side flap and having at least one cut-out defining an opening at a bottom corner of the mesh webbing; at least one fastener, positioned near a top end of an interior perimeter of the back-side flap; a liquids bladder, removably secured flush against the back-side flap by the mesh webbing and the at least one fastener, and a hose, through which the liquids bladder's contents may be drawn, attached to the liquids bladder and routed through the at least one cut-out of the mesh webbing to outside of the rear-entry athletic pack, wherein the bottom end and opposing side connections of the mesh webbing to the interior perimeter of the back-side flap removably secures a bottom portion of the liquids bladder in position when the liquids bladder is placed inside the mesh webbing, and wherein the at least one fastener is threaded through at least one slot hole formed through a top portion of the liquids bladder and thereby removably secures a top portion of the liquids bladder in position.