EP0549197B1 - Rucksacks - Google Patents
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- EP0549197B1 EP0549197B1 EP19920311232 EP92311232A EP0549197B1 EP 0549197 B1 EP0549197 B1 EP 0549197B1 EP 19920311232 EP19920311232 EP 19920311232 EP 92311232 A EP92311232 A EP 92311232A EP 0549197 B1 EP0549197 B1 EP 0549197B1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
- A45F3/04—Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders
- A45F3/047—Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders with adjustable fastenings for the shoulder straps or waist belts
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- This invention relates to rucksacks and more particularly to adjustable rucksacks.
- the user can move the shoulder harness and/or the hip belt upwardly or downwardly on the rucksack to suit his build and whereby the shoulder straps and the hip belt are comfortably received on the shoulders and the waist respectively of the user.
- a rucksack comprising an upwardly-open body portion of a flexible fabric material, a lid portion for closing said body portion, a pair of shoulder straps the upper ends of which are mounted on the upper regions of the rear of the rucksack, a hip belt on the lower regions of the rucksack, and means for adjusting the distance between the shoulder straps and the hip belt
- said the adjustment means comprising an upper adjustment member mounted on the rear region of the lid portion of the rucksack, the upper ends of the shoulder straps being mounted on said upper adjustment member, and a lower adjustment member mounted on the lower regions of the rucksack, the upper and lower adjustment members co-operating with one another whereby they can be secured in any one of a plurality of different positions relative to one another to vary the distance between the upper ends of the shoulder straps and the hip belt
- the adjustment means further comprising at least one adjustment element mounted on the upper regions of the rear of the rucksack and co-operating with the upper adjustment member in such a manner that, once
- the lid portion and the upper adjustment member mounted thereon are separate from the body portion of the rucksack, the lid portion being attached to the rucksack by co-operating means mounted on the body portion of the rucksack and on the upper adjustment member.
- the co-operating means comprise a pair of support loops secured one to each side of the rear of the upper regions of the rucksack, and a pair of lateral projections one to each side of the upper end of the upper adjustment member and adapted to be received in, to be supported by, associated ones of said loops, it being preferred that there are two adjustment elements in the form of straps the upper ends of which are secured one to each side of the rear of the upper regions of the rucksack adjacent said support loops.
- a preferred rucksack includes, for each adjustment strap, a buckle secured to the rear of the upper regions of the body portion of the rucksack, the free end of each adjustment strap extending through, to be secured by, an associated buckle whereby, on tightening of the adjustment straps, any slack in the rear of the body portion is accommodated in the upper regions thereof above said buckles.
- the upper and lower adjustment members preferably comprise plate-like members adapted to slide one over the other on variation of the distance between the upper ends of the shoulder straps and the hip belt, one of said members being provided with an elongate slot therethrough and the other of said members carrying a projection extending through said slot, locking means reacting between the projection and the slot securing the upper and lower adjustment members together in any one of a plurality of chosen positions.
- the lower adjustment member is housed within a pocket provided on the lower regions of the back of the body portion of the rucksack, and the upper adjustment member includes an elongate extent depending downwardly from the lid portion of the rucksack to underlie said lower adjustment member within the pocket.
- the illustrated rucksack includes an upwardly-open body portion 2 of a flexible fabric material to the rear of which are sewn, adjacent the lower regions, a pocket 4, and, adjacent the upper regions, a pair of laterally-spaced loops 6, and, beneath said loops 6, a pair of similarly-spaced adjustment straps 8.
- each strap 8 is sewn to the rear of the body portion 2 beneath an associated loop 6, the free end of each strap being adapted to pass through an associated buckle 10 also sewn to the rear of the body portion at a position displaced downwardly of the body portion from the one end of the associated strap 8.
- the vertical spacing between the loops 6 and the buckles 10 determines the range of adjustment of the rucksack as will be detailed below.
- a hip belt 12 passes between the pocket 4 and the rear of the rucksack thereby to be mounted on the lower regions of the rucksack, while, in the final assembly, a lumbar pad 14 covers the pocket 4 as seen in Figs. 3 and 4.
- the rucksack further includes, separate from the body portion 2, a lid or top cover 16 including a depending peripheral skirt portion 18 defined by an upper seam 20.
- a scapula pad 22 depends from the lower edge of the rear extent of the skirt portion 18 of the lid 16.
- This member 24 includes a substantially T-shaped aluminium frame consisting of a transverse arm portion 26 and a vertical leg portion 28, and a plastic top plate 30 secured to said frame.
- the plate 30 is of a generally curved shape to conform with a user's back and includes a pair of opposed projections 32 aligned with the ends of the arm portion 26.
- top plate 30 is rivetted to the transverse arm portion 26 of the frame by rivets 34, and the assembly is secured within the rear of the lid 16 by means of attachment tapes 36 depending from the lid the free ends of which are rivetted between the arm portion 26 of the frame and the top plate 30.
- a pair of slots 38 are formed in the upper regions of the top plate 30 through each of which passes the upper end of one of a pair of shoulder straps 40 associated with the rucksack, a slotted reinforcement plate 42 receiving said upper ends of the shoulder straps 40 and being located between the top plate 30 and the rear of the body portion 2 of the rucksack.
- the lower ends of the shoulder straps 40 are buckled to the lower regions of the body portion 2 of the rucksack in conventional manner.
- a lower adjustment member in the form of a plastic bottom plate 44 in which is formed an elongate slot 46.
- An adjustment plaque 48 is secured externally of the pocket with a central slot 50 therein aligned with the slot 46 in the plate 44, said slot 50 defining therein a plurality of interconnected, axially-spaced locking apertures of generally circular shape as best seen in Fig. 2.
- a shaft extends from the lower regions of the top plate 30 through the slot 46 in the bottom plate 44 and through the adjustment plaque 48, the free end of said shaft carrying a locking key 52 which can be rotated between an inoperative open position in which the plates 30,44 can be slid axially relative to one another with the key 52 moving along the slot 50, and an operative locked position in which the key 52 is locked in a chosen one of the apertures in the slot 50 thereby securing the plates 30,44 relative to one another.
- the described rucksack is adjusted as follows. With the projections 32 on the top plate 30 located one in each of the loops 6 to positions the top plate 30 and attached lid 16 on the rear of the body portion, and with the bottom plate 44 in the pocket 4, the top and bottom plates 30,44 are slid relative to one another within the pocket 4 until the distance between the hip belt 12 and the shoulder straps 40 suits the user.
- the locking key 52 which has been in its inoperative open position, is turned to a locking position within the resultant aperture of the slot 50 in the plaque 48, thereby to retain the plates 30,44 in their desired relative positions.
- the free end extents of the straps 8 are passed through the associated buckles 10, and the straps are tensioned. If the distance between the loops 6 and the hip belt 12 is less than the normal distance between the open top of the body portion 2 and the hip belt 12, this tensioning of the straps 8 causes distortion or pleating of the upper regions of the body portion 2 between the buckles 10 and the open top of the body portion 2 as best seen in Figs. 3 and 5.
- the range of adjustment of the rucksack is typically about 10 cms and is accommodated within the upper regions of the body portion 2 between the buckles 10 and the open top thereof.
- Fig. 3 shows the rucksack adjusted for a relatively short user with fairly extensive pleating of the fabric of the upper regions of the body portion being indicated at 'P'. However the extent of the rear of the body portion 2 below the buckles 10 remains taut.
- Fig. 4 shows the rucksack adjusted for a relatively tall user with minimum overlap of the adjustment members 30,44 and substantially no deformation of the upper regions of the rear of the body portion 2.
- the upper regions of the upper adjustment member 24 are secured within the lid 16 of the rucksack, the arrangement being such that, for all finally adjusted positions of the rucksacks, the seam 20 of the lid 16 is substantially aligned with the upper open end of the body portion 2.
- the skirt portion 18 depending from the seam 20 is of such a length that it extends below the level of the buckles 10 for all positions of adjustment of the rucksack thereby to embrace the upper regions of the body portion 2 whether pleated or otherwise.
- Such an arrangement ensures that all distortion of the body portion 2, whether it be restricted to the rear of the body portion 2 or whether it extends right around the upper regions of the body portion 2, is contained within, to be hidden by, the lid 16 and more particularly by the peripheral skirt portion 18 of said lid 16.
- the lumbar pad 14 and the scapula pad 22 are positioned to cover the adjustment members 30, 44 whereby all adjustability features of the rucksack are hidden from sight.
- the upper adjustment member 30 may be mounted on the rear of the body portion 2 other than by the loops 6/projections 32 arrangement shown in the drawings.
- the projections 32 on the top plate 30 may include or may comprise a pair of opposed loops through which the straps 8 are passed prior to their passage through the buckles 10 and whereby initial tensioning of the straps 8 locates the upper adjustment member against the rear of the body portion 2.
- Other modifications and variations from the illustrated arrangement will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
- a rucksack the length of which can be varied within a predetermined range, typically 10 cms, the adjustability being accommodated within the upper regions of the body portion 2 in such a manner that the positions of the hip belt 12 and the shoulder straps 40 remain fixed with respect to the top and bottom of the rucksack respectively and whereby any distortion of the body portion 2 resulting from adjustment is hidden.
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- This invention relates to rucksacks and more particularly to adjustable rucksacks.
- In view of the varying sizes of the human frame, and in particular the distance between the shoulders and the waist, it is established practice to provide rucksacks having shoulder straps and hip belts the positions of which can be altered to suit a given user.
- Thus the user can move the shoulder harness and/or the hip belt upwardly or downwardly on the rucksack to suit his build and whereby the shoulder straps and the hip belt are comfortably received on the shoulders and the waist respectively of the user.
- However, moving the hip belt up the rucksack from the preferred location adjacent the bottom thereof exposes an increasing length of the rucksack below the hip belt which can interfere with the users thighs and legs and can cause difficulty in walking naturally.
- Similarly, moving the shoulder harness downwardly can result in the upper regions of the rucksack interfering with the user's head movement, again causing discomfort to the user.
- It has been proposed in our European patent application no. 90.313754.5 (EP-A-0 434 336) to provide an arrangement for overcoming these problems in which the shoulder straps and the hip belt remain in their optimum positions relative to the upper and lower regions of the rucksack respectively, all adjustment for the height of the user being accommodated by an extensible intermediate region within the rear of the rucksack.
- However, it has been found that, in some cases, adjustment of the intermediate region of the rear of the rucksack to a position suitable for a relatively short user can cause distortion of the front of the rucksack in a manner which is aesthetically unattractive.
- It would therefore be desirable to be able to provide an adjustable rucksack capable of accommodating all adjustments in a visually attractive manner.
- According to the present invention there is provided a rucksack comprising an upwardly-open body portion of a flexible fabric material, a lid portion for closing said body portion, a pair of shoulder straps the upper ends of which are mounted on the upper regions of the rear of the rucksack, a hip belt on the lower regions of the rucksack, and means for adjusting the distance between the shoulder straps and the hip belt, said the adjustment means comprising an upper adjustment member mounted on the rear region of the lid portion of the rucksack, the upper ends of the shoulder straps being mounted on said upper adjustment member, and a lower adjustment member mounted on the lower regions of the rucksack, the upper and lower adjustment members co-operating with one another whereby they can be secured in any one of a plurality of different positions relative to one another to vary the distance between the upper ends of the shoulder straps and the hip belt, the adjustment means further comprising at least one adjustment element mounted on the upper regions of the rear of the rucksack and co-operating with the upper adjustment member in such a manner that, once the upper and lower adjustment members have been secured relative to one another, tightening of the or each adjustment element tensions the region of the rear of the body portion below said adjustment element, any slack in said rear of the body portion being accommodated in the upper regions thereof, the lid portion including a depending skirt embracing said slack upper regions of the body portion.
- With such an arrangement, at least the extent of the body portion of the rucksack below the adjustment elements is mantained free of distortion regardless of the relative positions of the shoulder straps and the hip belt, all distortion being accommodated in that part of the body portion concealed by the skirt of the lid portion.
- In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the lid portion and the upper adjustment member mounted thereon are separate from the body portion of the rucksack, the lid portion being attached to the rucksack by co-operating means mounted on the body portion of the rucksack and on the upper adjustment member.
- In one embdiment of the invention, the co-operating means comprise a pair of support loops secured one to each side of the rear of the upper regions of the rucksack, and a pair of lateral projections one to each side of the upper end of the upper adjustment member and adapted to be received in, to be supported by, associated ones of said loops, it being preferred that there are two adjustment elements in the form of straps the upper ends of which are secured one to each side of the rear of the upper regions of the rucksack adjacent said support loops.
- In a alternative embodiment of the invention, there are two adjustment elements in the form of straps the upper ends of which are secured one to each side of the rear of the upper regions of the rucksack, the upper end of the upper adjustment member being provided with a pair of loops thereon one to each side thereof, the adjustment straps extending through associated ones of said loops to attach the lid portion of the rucksack to the body portion thereof.
- A preferred rucksack includes, for each adjustment strap, a buckle secured to the rear of the upper regions of the body portion of the rucksack, the free end of each adjustment strap extending through, to be secured by, an associated buckle whereby, on tightening of the adjustment straps, any slack in the rear of the body portion is accommodated in the upper regions thereof above said buckles.
- The upper and lower adjustment members preferably comprise plate-like members adapted to slide one over the other on variation of the distance between the upper ends of the shoulder straps and the hip belt, one of said members being provided with an elongate slot therethrough and the other of said members carrying a projection extending through said slot, locking means reacting between the projection and the slot securing the upper and lower adjustment members together in any one of a plurality of chosen positions.
- Conveniently the lower adjustment member is housed within a pocket provided on the lower regions of the back of the body portion of the rucksack, and the upper adjustment member includes an elongate extent depending downwardly from the lid portion of the rucksack to underlie said lower adjustment member within the pocket.
- By way of example only, an embodiment of the invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings of which:
- Fig. 1 shows the back of the body portion of a rucksack according to the invention;
- Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the lid portion and the upper and lower adjustment members of a rucksack according to the invention;
- Fig. 3 and 4 are vertical sections through part of a rucksack according to the invention adjusted for use by a relatively short user and a relatively tall user respectively;
- Fig. 5 shows in more detail the action of an adjustment strap, and
- Fig. 6 shows the means by which the upper adjustment member and lid portion are attached to the body portion of a rucksack according to the invention.
- Referring to the drawings, the illustrated rucksack includes an upwardly-
open body portion 2 of a flexible fabric material to the rear of which are sewn, adjacent the lower regions, a pocket 4, and, adjacent the upper regions, a pair of laterally-spaced loops 6, and, beneath said loops 6, a pair of similarly-spacedadjustment straps 8. - More particularly, one end of each
strap 8 is sewn to the rear of thebody portion 2 beneath an associated loop 6, the free end of each strap being adapted to pass through an associatedbuckle 10 also sewn to the rear of the body portion at a position displaced downwardly of the body portion from the one end of the associatedstrap 8. The vertical spacing between the loops 6 and thebuckles 10 determines the range of adjustment of the rucksack as will be detailed below. - A
hip belt 12 passes between the pocket 4 and the rear of the rucksack thereby to be mounted on the lower regions of the rucksack, while, in the final assembly, alumbar pad 14 covers the pocket 4 as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. - The rucksack further includes, separate from the
body portion 2, a lid ortop cover 16 including a dependingperipheral skirt portion 18 defined by anupper seam 20. Ascapula pad 22 depends from the lower edge of the rear extent of theskirt portion 18 of thelid 16. - Secured within the rear of the
lid 16 are the upper regions of an upper adjustment member 24. This member 24 includes a substantially T-shaped aluminium frame consisting of atransverse arm portion 26 and avertical leg portion 28, and aplastic top plate 30 secured to said frame. Theplate 30 is of a generally curved shape to conform with a user's back and includes a pair ofopposed projections 32 aligned with the ends of thearm portion 26. - More particularly, the
top plate 30 is rivetted to thetransverse arm portion 26 of the frame byrivets 34, and the assembly is secured within the rear of thelid 16 by means ofattachment tapes 36 depending from the lid the free ends of which are rivetted between thearm portion 26 of the frame and thetop plate 30. - A pair of
slots 38 are formed in the upper regions of thetop plate 30 through each of which passes the upper end of one of a pair ofshoulder straps 40 associated with the rucksack, aslotted reinforcement plate 42 receiving said upper ends of theshoulder straps 40 and being located between thetop plate 30 and the rear of thebody portion 2 of the rucksack. - The lower ends of the
shoulder straps 40 are buckled to the lower regions of thebody portion 2 of the rucksack in conventional manner. - Housed within the pocket 4 is a lower adjustment member in the form of a
plastic bottom plate 44 in which is formed anelongate slot 46. Anadjustment plaque 48 is secured externally of the pocket with acentral slot 50 therein aligned with theslot 46 in theplate 44, saidslot 50 defining therein a plurality of interconnected, axially-spaced locking apertures of generally circular shape as best seen in Fig. 2. - A shaft extends from the lower regions of the
top plate 30 through theslot 46 in thebottom plate 44 and through theadjustment plaque 48, the free end of said shaft carrying alocking key 52 which can be rotated between an inoperative open position in which theplates slot 50, and an operative locked position in which thekey 52 is locked in a chosen one of the apertures in theslot 50 thereby securing theplates - The described rucksack is adjusted as follows. With the
projections 32 on thetop plate 30 located one in each of the loops 6 to positions thetop plate 30 and attachedlid 16 on the rear of the body portion, and with thebottom plate 44 in the pocket 4, the top andbottom plates hip belt 12 and theshoulder straps 40 suits the user. - The
locking key 52, which has been in its inoperative open position, is turned to a locking position within the resultant aperture of theslot 50 in theplaque 48, thereby to retain theplates - The free end extents of the
straps 8 are passed through the associatedbuckles 10, and the straps are tensioned. If the distance between the loops 6 and thehip belt 12 is less than the normal distance between the open top of thebody portion 2 and thehip belt 12, this tensioning of thestraps 8 causes distortion or pleating of the upper regions of thebody portion 2 between thebuckles 10 and the open top of thebody portion 2 as best seen in Figs. 3 and 5. The range of adjustment of the rucksack is typically about 10 cms and is accommodated within the upper regions of thebody portion 2 between thebuckles 10 and the open top thereof. - Fig. 3 shows the rucksack adjusted for a relatively short user with fairly extensive pleating of the fabric of the upper regions of the body portion being indicated at 'P'. However the extent of the rear of the
body portion 2 below thebuckles 10 remains taut. - Fig. 4 shows the rucksack adjusted for a relatively tall user with minimum overlap of the
adjustment members body portion 2. - As previously mentioned, the upper regions of the upper adjustment member 24 are secured within the
lid 16 of the rucksack, the arrangement being such that, for all finally adjusted positions of the rucksacks, theseam 20 of thelid 16 is substantially aligned with the upper open end of thebody portion 2. Theskirt portion 18 depending from theseam 20 is of such a length that it extends below the level of thebuckles 10 for all positions of adjustment of the rucksack thereby to embrace the upper regions of thebody portion 2 whether pleated or otherwise. - Such an arrangement ensures that all distortion of the
body portion 2, whether it be restricted to the rear of thebody portion 2 or whether it extends right around the upper regions of thebody portion 2, is contained within, to be hidden by, thelid 16 and more particularly by theperipheral skirt portion 18 of saidlid 16. - In use of the rucksack, and once adjusted, the
lumbar pad 14 and thescapula pad 22 are positioned to cover theadjustment members - The
upper adjustment member 30 may be mounted on the rear of thebody portion 2 other than by the loops 6/projections 32 arrangement shown in the drawings. For example, theprojections 32 on thetop plate 30 may include or may comprise a pair of opposed loops through which thestraps 8 are passed prior to their passage through thebuckles 10 and whereby initial tensioning of thestraps 8 locates the upper adjustment member against the rear of thebody portion 2. Other modifications and variations from the illustrated arrangement will be apparent to those skilled in the art. - Thus there is provided a rucksack the length of which can be varied within a predetermined range, typically 10 cms, the adjustability being accommodated within the upper regions of the
body portion 2 in such a manner that the positions of thehip belt 12 and theshoulder straps 40 remain fixed with respect to the top and bottom of the rucksack respectively and whereby any distortion of thebody portion 2 resulting from adjustment is hidden.
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- A rucksack comprising an upwardly-open body portion (2) of a flexible fabric material, a lid portion (16) for closing said body portion (2), a pair of shoulder straps (40) the upper ends of which are mounted on the upper regions of the rear of the rucksack, a hip belt (12) on the lower regions of the rucksack, and means for adjusting the distance between the shoulder straps and the hip belt, characterised in that the adjustment means comprise an upper adjustment member (30) mounted on the rear region of the lid portion (16) of the rucksack, the upper ends of the shoulder straps (40) being mounted on said upper adjustment member (30), and a lower adjustment member (44) mounted on the lower regions of the rucksack, the upper and lower adjustment members (30,44) co-operating with one another whereby they can be secured in any one of a plurality of different positions relative to one another to vary the distance between the upper ends of the shoulder straps (40) and the hip belt (12), the adjustment means further comprising at least one adjustment element (8) mounted on the upper regions of the rear of the rucksack and co-operating with the upper adjustment member (30) in such a manner that, once the upper and lower adjustment members (30,44) have been secured relative to one another, tightening of the or each adjustment element (8) tensions the region of the rear of the body portion (2) below said adjustment element (8), any slack in said rear of the body portion (2) being accommodated in the upper regions thereof, the lid portion (16) including a depending skirt (18) embracing said slack upper regions of the body portion (2).
- A rucksack as claimed in claim 1 in which the lid portion (18) and the upper adjustment member (30) mounted thereon are separate from the body portion (2) of the rucksack, the lid portion (16) being attached to the rucksack by co-operating means (6,32) mounted on the body portion of the rucksack and on the upper adjustment member (30).
- A rucksack as claimed in claim 2 in which the cooperating means comprise a pair of support loops (6) secured one to each side of the rear of the upper regions of the rucksack, and a pair of lateral projections (32) one to each side of the upper end of the upper adjustment member (30) and adapted to be received in, to be supported by, associated ones of said loops (6).
- A rucksack as claimed in claim 3 in which the adjustment elements comprise two adjustment straps (8) the upper ends of which are secured one to each side of the rear of the upper regions of the rucksack adjacent said support loops (6).
- A rucksack as claimed in claim 2 in which the adjustment elements comprise two adjustment straps (8) the upper ends of which are secured one to each side of the rear of the upper regions of the rucksack, the upper end of the upper adjustment member (30) being provided with a pair of loops thereon one to each side thereof, the adjustment straps (8) extending through associated ones of said loops to attach the lid portion (16) of the rucksack to the body portion thereof.
- A rucksack as claimed in claim 4 or claim 5 and including, for each adjustment strap (8), a buckle (10) secured to the rear of the upper regions of the body portion (2) of the rucksack, the free end of each adjustment strap (8) extending through, to be secured by, an associated buckle (10) whereby, on tightening of the adjustment straps (8), any slack in the rear of the body portion (2) is accommodated in the upper regions thereof above said buckles (10).
- A rucksack as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6 in which the upper and lower adjustment members comprise plate-like members (30,44) adapted to slide one over the other on variation of the distance between the upper ends of the shoulder straps (40) and the hip belt (12), one of said members (44) being provided with an elongate slot (46) therethrough and the other of said members (30) carrying a projection extending through said slot (46), locking means (48,50,52) reacting between the projection and the slot (46) securing the upper and lower adjustment members (30,44) together in any one of a plurality of chosen positions.
- A rucksack as claimed in claim 7 in which the lower adjustment member (44) is housed within a pocket (4) provided on the lower regions of the back of the body portion (2) of the rucksack, and the upper adjustment member (30) includes an elongate extent depending downwardly from the lid portion (16) of the rucksack to underlie said lower adjustment member (30) within the pocket (4).
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