EP1499212B1 - A backpack for improved distribution of the backpack weight across a user's shoulders - Google Patents
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- EP1499212B1 EP1499212B1 EP03727322A EP03727322A EP1499212B1 EP 1499212 B1 EP1499212 B1 EP 1499212B1 EP 03727322 A EP03727322 A EP 03727322A EP 03727322 A EP03727322 A EP 03727322A EP 1499212 B1 EP1499212 B1 EP 1499212B1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A45F3/042—Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders specially adapted for school children
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- the invention relates to a backpack as set forth in the preamble of the claim.
- a backpack is disclosed in DE 100 00 595 A .
- the backpack attachment is in the form of a rigid frame with rigid brackets whose ends are fixed to a belt round the pelvis.
- a set screw may be provided to adjust the angle between said pieces.
- the present invention relates to a backpack specially intended for use by schoolchildren, whereby the combined weight of the backpack and its contents is distributed across the user's shoulders in a rationalized fashion to prevent the assumption of undesirable bodily attitudes apt to cause discomfort, pain, and eventually lead to muscular and skeletal deformities particularly among young users.
- the situation may be less serious in its consequences, but is still objectionable, with other users of backpacks, e.g. ladies using small backpacks in preference to handbags and loading them with fairly heavy items, or sportsmen/women who may wish to carry things along in a backpack when going out for a hiking, cycling, or cross-country skiing spell.
- This invention is directed to remedy the above-outlined situation by providing a backpack attachment, whereby the backpack weight is better distributed across the user's shoulders and the user is relieved of the constraint to lean unnaturally under the backpack weight.
- this attachment makes a heavily loaded backpack more convenient to carry for a given effort.
- the backpack comprises a bag-like body and a pair of shoulder straps, in particular it is school attendant's backpack, and two curved members effective to stiffen substantially the shoulder strap sections that lie closest to the top of the bag-like body.
- the curved members are preferably substantially inflexible parts mounted either in place of the shoulder strap section (T) that lies closest to the top of the bag-like body (CS), or otherwise associated with said section.
- substantially inflexible curved members have their undersides lined with a soft yielding material for improved user's comfort.
- the backpack further comprises a pair of substantially inflexible curved members which are formed of several pieces jointed together.
- the leading one of the jointed pieces of each member is attached to the top of the bag-like body of the backpack, and the shoulder strap extends from said leading piece through the other pieces.
- the backpack includes arrangements for locking the jointed pieces of each member into a set angle to one another.
- the angular position of the jointed pieces of each member is thus made adjustable.
- the locking device is mounted on one side of the individual jointed pieces, and comprises a gear wheel and a lockable spring-biased slider having an end jaw for engagement with the teeth of the adjacent piece wheel.
- a pair of substantially inflexible curved members 1 are formed of one piece each.
- the members 1 comprise hollow curved pieces 2 of wood, metal, or plastics, which are adapted to be slipped over each shoulder straps T of a commercially available backpack, as shown in Figure 9 , to contact the top rear wall of the bag-like body CS of the backpack Z.
- the underside of the hollow pieces 2 is lined with a soft yielding material 3 for more comfortable contact with the user's shoulder.
- the curved members 1 again comprise curved pieces 2A of wood, metal, or plastics, but need not be of hollow construction. These pieces are hinge-connected to holders 4 that can be secured in areas where the shoulder straps are usually hung.
- This design is especially suitable for the manufacture of new backpacks, whereas it is not adapted for modifying those backpacks which have already been manufactured. It requires, in fact, that the affected areas of the bag-like body wall be provided, by means of any appropriate mechanical means, with holders 4, in order for them to get stiffened .
- the stiffening effect can be obtained in any of several ways, e.g.
- the shoulder straps are made fast here to the end of the piece 2A away from the holder 4.
- the angled set of the pieces 2A relative to the holders 4 can be adjusted and maintained by a device, not shown, in order to tailor the backpack attachment to fit a user's anatomy.
- a pair of substantially inflexible curved members 1 are used which comprise several pieces jointed to one another. These members 1 may comprise hollow pieces 5 adapted to be slipped over the shoulder straps of the backpack as shown in Figure 2 .
- the leading one 7 of the hinge-connected pieces 6 in each member 1 is affixed to a stiffened area at the top of the bag-like body CS of the backpack Z, with the shoulder strap fastened to the trailing one 8 of said pieces 6.
- the leading one 9 of said hinge-connected pieces 6 in each member 1 is provided much longer than the others for more secure connection to the wall of the bag-like body CS of the backpack Z, and the shoulder strap 10 extends from the leading piece 9 through all the others 6, it being connected to such pieces in a suitable manner to produce the curved pattern of the member 1 shown in Figure 5 .
- the backpack attachments shown in Figures 6 to 8 have two members 1, each comprised of several stiff shaped pieces 11 of relatively small thickness adapted to be associated with the backpack shoulder straps in a detachable fashion. Some of the pieces 11 are loosely associated with a respective one of the shoulder straps (not shown in Figures 6 to 8 ) by releasable hoops formed by a pair of strips 12 which are Velcro tipped at 13 to engage with each other over the shoulder strap. At least one 14 of these pieces should incorporate a releasable locking device.
- Figure 6 shows this locking device as comprised of an L-shaped camming lever 15 pivoted about a pin 16 in side retainers 17 of open construction.
- the camming lever can be operated between a position where the member 1 is allowed to run along the shoulder strap and a position where the member 1 is cammed down against the shoulder strap, a suitable distance away from the bag-like body CS of the backpack Z to fit the user's anatomy.
- the pieces 11, 14 of these members 1 have their undersides lined with a soft yielding material 18 for more comfortable contact with the user's body (as basically favored by the shape of the pieces 11).
- a positive engagement means ( Figures 7 and 8 ) is arranged on the individual hinge-connected pieces for locking them in selected mutually angled positions, thereby to further a close fit of the attachment to a user's anatomy and/or meet a user's preference.
- locking devices are provided on one side of said pieces, according to the preferred embodiment of Figure 7 , which devices comprise a small gear wheel 19 and a slider 20.
- the gear wheel 19 locates next to one end of the side of the piece, 11 and/or 14, and the slider 20 is moved along this side.
- the slider 20 is formed at one end with a jaw 21 for engagement with teeth of the gear wheel 19 on the adjacent piece, 11 or 14, and is biased away from the latter by a spring 22 mounted on the other end of the slider. After a desired included angle between two pieces 11 and/or 14 is found, the slider 20 of one piece is shifted against the bias of the spring 22 to engage the gear wheel 19 on the other piece, thereby locking both pieces together in their set positions. To maintain an angled relationship between the two pieces 11 and/or 14, the slider 20 is locked in the engaged position with the wheel 19 by driving a knurled end 25 of a tapered pin 23 through a mating hole in the slider 20.
- a retainer 26 has a shank slidable along a slot 27 to hold the slider 20 close against the side of the piece 11.
- a backpack Z incorporating an attachment and being carried by a girl B is shown in Figure 11 .
- the invention does achieve its object of better distributing the weight of a backpack across the user's shoulders, thereby correcting a prior tendency to assume a leaning attitude under the backpack weight that can harm young users in their growth period. Additionally, the inventive backpack attachment makes the backpack easier and more comfortable to use by that it can be carried more efficiently, even when loaded with contents that may be unusually heavy.
- the attachment according to the present invention can also advantageously be used not only to prevent harm to young users by eliminating the tendency to assume a leaning attitude under the backpack weight, but also to correct already established forms of scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis and other abnormal curvatures of the spine.
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ITMI20020822 | 2002-04-18 | ||
IT2002MI000822A ITMI20020822A1 (it) | 2002-04-18 | 2002-04-18 | Zainetto specialmente per l'uso scolastico da parte di bambini e ragazzi provvisto di mezzi perfezionati per scaricare razionalmente il peso |
PCT/EP2003/004061 WO2003086139A1 (en) | 2002-04-18 | 2003-04-17 | A backpack attachment for improved distribution of the backpack weight across a user's shoulders |
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EP1499212A1 EP1499212A1 (en) | 2005-01-26 |
EP1499212B1 true EP1499212B1 (en) | 2008-09-03 |
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US (1) | US20050173481A1 (it) |
EP (1) | EP1499212B1 (it) |
JP (1) | JP2005522253A (it) |
KR (1) | KR20050013102A (it) |
CN (1) | CN1646040A (it) |
AT (1) | ATE406820T1 (it) |
AU (1) | AU2003233988A1 (it) |
DE (1) | DE60323358D1 (it) |
IL (1) | IL164579A0 (it) |
IT (1) | ITMI20020822A1 (it) |
RU (1) | RU2004133753A (it) |
WO (1) | WO2003086139A1 (it) |
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- 2003-04-17 US US10/511,524 patent/US20050173481A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-04-17 CN CNA038086182A patent/CN1646040A/zh active Pending
- 2003-04-17 AT AT03727322T patent/ATE406820T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
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WO2003086139A8 (en) | 2004-09-10 |
ATE406820T1 (de) | 2008-09-15 |
KR20050013102A (ko) | 2005-02-02 |
WO2003086139A1 (en) | 2003-10-23 |
ITMI20020822A0 (it) | 2002-04-18 |
EP1499212A1 (en) | 2005-01-26 |
IL164579A0 (en) | 2005-12-18 |
AU2003233988A8 (en) | 2003-10-27 |
DE60323358D1 (de) | 2008-10-16 |
JP2005522253A (ja) | 2005-07-28 |
CN1646040A (zh) | 2005-07-27 |
RU2004133753A (ru) | 2005-05-20 |
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