US20210145137A1

US20210145137A1 - Multi-purpose wheeled sports backpack bag

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Publication number: US20210145137A1
Application number: US16/602,704
Authority: US
Inventors: John Williams
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-11-20
Filing date: 2019-11-20
Publication date: 2021-05-20
Also published as: CN112823696A

Abstract

A backpack for moving a variety of different loads from a first location to a second location in a plurality of different ways. The device includes a bag for holding the load. A pair of straps are on the bag for releasably securing the bag to the shoulders and back of a person for transportation by the wearer. The device includes two handles on the bag for hand carrying the bag from location to location. The device further includes two wheels on the bag for wheeling the bag from said first location to said second location and a third handle for use pushing and/or pulling the backpack when the backpack is to be wheeled. The backpack also includes an ice compartment for holding items requiring refrigeration and a drainage plug on the ice compartment for draining water from the ice chest when the need arises located between four luggage bumpers.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a bag resembling a bag for golf clubs, but which has wheels, backpack straps, and handles, such as to be able to be carried in two hands, pushed or pulled on the ground, or worn on one's back as may e desired at any point in time.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to backpacks and more particularly to a backpack which can be transported from one location to another location in a plurality of different ways and which can carry a wide variety of different items including but not limited to, umbrellas and camping chairs. Backpacks are well known in the art and widely used for transporting a load from one location to another location. Backpacks generally include some type of bag for holding the load to be transported and some arrangement such as a pair of straps for releasably securing the bag to the shoulders and back of a person.
Whether it is a trip to the beach or a trip to the woods, or perhaps a trip to the ballfield or soccer game, it is important to have everything that one needs for a successful outing or venture. A forgotten towel or forgotten sunglasses for a beach outing can be harmful as well as just annoying. A trip to the softball game, without a favorite bat or without a glove can be irritating to both the backpack user and his friends in the foursome. The same is true for the venturing camper who forgets a chair or an umbrella in case of rain. And the same is true for parents who have to endure young Johnny playing flag football or young Marlene playing mid-fielder on the Daisies soccer team, without a chair to sit on, or an umbrella for the hot sun. Life can be miserable due to forgotten items large or small or if one needs to make several trips to the car often far from the recreation location to retrieve forgotten items, be they a wallet, a soft drink or the sunglasses, or a large item like the aforementioned chair or umbrella.
Visits to the beach be it in Atlantic City or San Diego can require a person to park a vehicle several blocks away and walk up hill and down dale. Thus, a bag user's hands can get very tired, especially those of teenagers, and heavy to the hands can be heavy on the back as well. Thus the ability to wheel a loaded backpack sports bag is indeed a desired quality by users of such bags of all ages to bring it from the car to the edge of the beach where it can be carried but a short distance.
There are also times when the reverse is true. You want to carry a backpack first from the parking lot and then wheel the backpack into the woods where the dirt and leaves are packed down making it easier to pull the backpack on its wheels than to bear the burden on one's back.
And what about the creature comforts of an ice chest or the ability to carry a cold beer or soda. The backpack of this invention has the storage capacity for these, as well as for one's wallet so a bet can be made on the golf match.
One of the problems with existing backpacks is that they are somewhat limited as to how the user can transport the backpack carrying a heavy load.
Another problem with existing backpacks is that they are somewhat limited as to the types of articles they can carry and be disposed of easily if so desired.
It is still another problem of existing backpacks in that the size of the load and specifics of the user may be such that carrying the load on the user's back and shoulders is not feasible for long time periods.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,004,134 to T. P. Barry there is disclosed a backpack system for personal use in carrying a full day's worth of beach related items. A pliant rectangular shell has adjustable straps for easy carrying capabilities. Numerous external pockets of variable size permits packing of numerous odd-sized items. An umbrella retaining assembly allows the user to carry a beach umbrella for shade purposes and a connector assembly attaches a tubular designed beach chair to the backpack. The shell encloses two individualized cavities to separately carry larger items. A flexible hinge and connection feature allows the user to have easy access to each internal cavity by opening the top cover or the upper portion of the backpack. An ice chest is releasably secured within the lower cavity to carry ice and canned beverages.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,420,103 to D. C. Douglass there is disclosed a backpack with an integral frame formed of plastic sheets without metal supports. A load carrying sack having a front face, a pair of shoulder straps and a waistband, and a support pad mounted on the front face, the pad comprising a foam sheet of a first height, a stiffer sheet of a second height less than said first height, and a protective sheet, with the three sheets attached to the front face by stitching forming vertical panels and upper and lower horizontally pivoting structures with a stiff intermediate structure.
In U.S. Pat. No. 6,601,743 issued to Donald E. Goldshaw there is disclosed a combination backpack and duffel bag. The combination backpack and duffle bag is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped made from a flexible fabric material which includes handles and storage pockets for the handles when the bag is in the form of a duffel bag, and backpack straps stored in a side storage pocket for use in the backpack configuration.
Other patents of interest include U.S. Pat. No. 6,581,736 B1 issued to P. Scicluna.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,386,414B1 issued to E. Kilduff Scichura;
U.S. Pat. No. 5,632,429 issued to R. E. Cantwell;
U.S. Pat. No. 5,878,931 issued to D. A. Morphet;
U.S. Pat. No. 6,409,066B1 issued to R. Schneider et al.; and
U.S. Pat. No. 6,966,439B2 issued to A. M. Welagki.

The invention accordingly comprises the device possessing the features properties and the relation of components which are exemplified in the following detailed disclosure and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.
For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be made to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of this invention to provide a new and improved backpack.
It is another object of this invention to provide a backpack which can be transported from one location to another location in a plurality of different ways and which can carry a variety of different loads.
It is another object of this invention to provide a backpack which has a limited number of parts, which is easy to use and which can be easily manufactured.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a backpack with fewer limitations than backpack systems in the past.
It is another object of the invention to provide a backpack having ice storage which can be easily accessible to fill with ice and products requiring refrigeration and easy to remove melted ice water which may be contained in the backpack.
A backpack according to this invention includes a bag for holding a load, first means on the backpack for releasably securing the backpack to the shoulders and back of a person for movement by the person from a first location to a second location, second means on the backpack to enable the person to hand carry the backpack from said first location to said second location if so desired, and third means on the backpack to enable the person to wheel the backpack from said first location to said second location if so desired. The backpack is intended to be used to carry a wide variety of articles, including sports equipment and beach equipment.
Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.
For a further understanding of the nature and objects of this invention, reference should be made to the detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the backpack of this invention taken from the right side and rear;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the backpack of this invention taken from the rear and showing aspects of the left face;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the backpack of this invention taken from the rear;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the backpack of this invention taken from the left side and rear and showing the shoulder straps not connected to each other;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the bottom of the backpack of the backpack of this invention, showing a drainage plug and spaced luggage bumpers;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view taken from the front of the backpack of this invention, and

FIG. 7 is an underside close up view of the wheeled portion of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the bonnet of this invention;

FIG. 9 is a top elevational view of the right face of the device, showing the optional umbrella holder aspect of this invention on the pad compartment;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing pocket 50 with a slot 98 and a charging cable and phone, the later two elements not being part of this invention and a second umbrella holder is seen;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the two shoulder straps and the transverse webbing straps.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of one of the bag hooks used to releasably attach the backpack to a fence;

FIG. 13 is a closeup view of two narrow connection straps;

FIG. 14 is a diagrammatic figure of a potential wearer standing in front of the bag, wherein the various faces of the backpack bag are notated.

FIG. 15 is a diagrammatic figure of the backpack bag in wearable position spaced slightly away from the wearer's back.

FIG. 16 is a diagrammatic view of the device being carried by a user.

FIG. 17 is a top plan view of an optional indicia fabric swatch at is attachable by double faced hook and loop fastener.

FIG. 18 is a plan view of the interior of the upper surface of this invention showing the identification pocket.

FIG. 19 is a front perspective view showing the front upper pocket zip such that reader can see the cinch pocket 271 on the interior flap of this upper pocket.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Prior to discussing the various elements of the multi-functional backpack bag of this invention, it is important to understand the perspective applied to the terms used herein. Thus FIG. 12 is a stylized view labeled in words for easy future reference, of the surfaces of the backpack bag of this invention, from the perspective of the backpack being viewed from a forward looking viewer. Whereas FIG. 13 shows a person with the device in a vertical disposition, slightly spaced away from the back of the user. In FIG. 13, the “front” of the backpack bag is the surface distant from the wearer. For ease of understanding and to prevent clutter, many features have been omitted in these two FIGURES. For further ease, the device will be simply referred to hereinafter as the backpack of this invention.
Referring to the drawings and first to FIGS. 1 and 3, there is shown a view of backpack 10 according to this invention.
Backpack 10 has a shape in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped and includes a shell 12 which is formed of a water resistant material such as, but not limited to, a ballistic material such as ballistic nylon, —a fabric originally developed for use in flak jackets during W.W.2; or vinyl, or polyester or treated leather.
Shell 12 has a front face 14, a rear face 16, an upper surface 15, a left side face 18, a right side face 20, an opening 21 at the top of shell 12 and an opening 22 at the bottom of shell 12.
A cover top 23 is attached to opening 21 at the top of shell 12 such as by a zipper 23 z.
Front face 14, which can be seen in FIG. 6, has two pockets, an upper pocket 24 and a lower pocket 26. Both pockets are closed off by a respective zipper, 24 z and 26 z. Upper pocket 24 is plastic lined and can be used to hold for example, moist sox, moist bathing suits, fruit and most other articles. An optional feature of the upper pocket 24 is discussed below. A handle 80, also discussed infra is disposed on the front face slightly above the uppermost set of laterally spaced D rings, to be discussed infra.
Lower pocket 26 is meant for use as an ice chest or ice compartment and has a first lining of plastic film or sheeting, and a second lining of insulation, i.e. flexible urethane foam, between the plastic and the outer layer such that any ice in the ice compartment will not melt quickly or soda or beer cans will stay cold for some time even after any ice melts therein,
Both upper pocket 24 and lower pocket 26 include a gusset that separates the front of the pocket from the shell 12 of the backpack 10. Preferably the gussets 24G and 26G that space the respective front of these pockets 24F, and 26F, from the shell 12 are made of nylon webbing, while the faces are made of canvas.
Attached to rear face 16 is a generally rectangular parallelepiped pad compartment 28. This elongated compartment has a top 30 and bottom 32 spaced surfaces, and left 34 and right 36 side surfaces. A handle 82 is disposed at the very top of the pad holder 28. See FIGS. 2 and 3. Pad compartment 28 is made of a light weight, water resistant fabric such as canvas. Inside element 28 is a sewn in place, a flexible possibly closed cell polyurethane foam pad 38 disposed between a fabric liner, not seen and the front face of the compartment. Pad compartment 28 is attached to rear face 16 along attachment seam 39 and can be used for storage of elongated items such as hockey sticks and baseball bats among other items.
Disposed vertically below the pad compartment 28 is a sealed compartment 40, preferably of canvas, that holds a solid plastic sheet which serves as a vertical stiffener and is not seen and thus is not numbered, at the base of the compartment 40. A stiffener panel, 41 is disposed at the base of sealed compartment 40, to which through the canvas outer layer are attached the two spaced wheel mounts 71 and 73.
It should be as noted that all faces in shell 12 are sewn together along seams at appropriate connection points.
Pad compartment 28 is intended to lie flat against the back of a person carrying backpack 10. A pair of spaced rotational snap hooks 42 and 44 are attached to nylon webbing strips 45 which are attached to top surface 30 of pad holder 28.
Left side 18 and right side 20 faces each have a pair of pockets 46, 48 and 50 and 52 respectively. The left side upper pocket 46 and the two right side pockets, 50 upper & 52 middle are not patch pockets, but include a gusset that separates the front of the pocket from the shell 12 of the backpack 10. Preferably the gussets 46G, 50G and 52G that space the respective front of these pockets 46F, 50F and 52F from the shell 12 are made of nylon fabric, while the aforementioned fronts are made of canvas. The aforementioned zippers are located at the intersection of the front face with the gusset of the respective gusset pockets. Left side middle pocket 48 is a front facing opening mesh pocket.
Optionally, but preferably disposed on both the left and the right face of backpack 10 are spaced side opening lower patch type pockets On the left face is a first such cinch closure mesh pocket 25L and a second such cinch closure canvas pocket 27L. On the right face is mesh pocket 25R also having a cinch closure and canvas cinch pocket 27R. All four cinch closure pockets are forward facing respectively.
These are called patch pockets as they are attached in the same manner as would be a patch pocket on a mens suit jacket, external to the main body of backpack 10. Pockets 25L & 25R are preferably made of mesh material and are closed off by a respective elastic cinch strap 25C, while the second cinch pocket 27L & 27R are preferably made of canvas and are closed off by a respective cinch strap 27C that passes through a series of donut shaped grommets, 27D. These two pocket sets are disposed below the aforementioned gusset pockets, with no criticality attached to which of the two cinch pockets is lowermost. In the FIGURES, the canvas ones are lowermost.
A pair of shoulder straps 54,56 are seen in FIGS. 4,6, & 11, having pairs of parachute buckles 62A & 62B respectively on opposite ends of said straps are removably attached to D rings 58A,58B and 60A,60B to the left side 18 and right side 20 of backpack, respectively when being used by a person in a conventional backpack arrangement. As seen in FIG. 11, optional webbing straps 55A and 55B may be removably attached transversely by suitable connectors such as an parachute buckle assembly, 57 to each of the shoulder straps 54,56 to keep the shoulder straps in close proximity to facilitate hand carrying of the device by the two shoulder straps.
Other D rings 67, may be placed at other suitable locations on the font face, near the top handle, at about the midpoint on each side of the front face, and near the lower handle on the front face.
Inside of lower pocket 26 behind the front face is the ice chest or ice compartment which is an ice storage area 63 for carrying ice and other articles such as freezable ice packs and soda, beer or fruit or anything else to be kept cold. Storage area 63 is partially closed off by a zipper 64 at the opening at the top 65T and one side 65S and closed at bottom 66. The front face of this gusset pocket has a flexible plastic lining on its reverse side for cold retention. Ice storage area 63 communicates fluidly with a drainage plug 68 for removing water in area 63 when said plug is in an open position. When in a closed position no liquid will be removed. Drainage plug 68 may be the unit seen in FIG. 5, the Igloo® standard Triple-snap drainage plug sold by WWW.COOLCOOLERPARTS.COM, The drainage plug 68 is disposed on the underside 15 of the shell 12 rearwardly of two spaced pairs of spaced conventional luggage bumper sets 69A and 69B, present to keep the device level when in a vertical position as well as to prevent scraping of the drainage plug on the ground due to the bumpers relative location. The Igloo® threaded drainage plug, available from the same source can also be used.
A pair of luggage wheel assemblies 71 and 73 having wheels 70 and 72 are provided, per FIG. 7 for use in wheeling backpack 10. Wheel 70 is attached to an axle 74 and wheel 72 is attached to an axle 75. Each axle 74 and 75 terminates at each of its respective wheel assembly 71,73 which are disposed on the shell 12, on the interior side of its respective wheel. These wheels are mounted below the rear compartment —which is also known as the pad holder 28—on the sealed compartment 40 in wheel mounts 71 and 73 respectively. The purpose of wheels 70 and 72 is to enable pushing and/or pulling backpack 10, if so desired.
Backpack 10 also includes three handles 80, 81 and 82. Handle 82 is fixedly attached to the top of backpack 10, on the rear compartment, to assist in wheeling backpack 10, when wheeling device 10 is so desired. Handles 80 and 81 are fixedly attached to shell 12, one handle 80 at the bottom front of backpack 10 and the other handle 81 at the top front of backpack 10 for use in hand carrying backpack 10, if so desired. Each of these three handles is preferably made of elastic webbing and covered over with a tubular covering of real or artificial leather. See FIGS. 2, 3, & 6.
Backpack 10 per FIG. 8, may further include a bonnet 92, hemispherically shaped, with a first elastic band 94 around its periphery and a second elastic flat band 96 larger than elastic band 94 to attach bonnet 92 to the interior of rear top accessed compartment 28 in backpack 10. Bonnet 92 can be placed over the top of protruding articles, such as an umbrella or a plurality of baseball bats (not shown) to keep the items free from dust or rain when and as such articles are present in rear compartment 28
Backpack 10 also includes at least one optional umbrella holder 84 attached to one or both side wall(s) of the rear compartment, 28. Umbrella holder 84 includes a cup 86 in which an umbrella tip is placed and vertically spaced elastic straps 88 and 90 for holding umbrella 84 on the backpack 10. Reference is made to FIGS. 9 and 10. Both or no umbrella holders are options. These can carry umbrellas or bats, or hockey sticks etc.
According to a further feature of this invention, wheels 70 and 72 may have a flat surface 98,100 to provide more contact area with the different surfaces i.e. street, stone unpaved roads, etc. that the wheels 70 and 72 may come into contact with instead of an arcuate surface as is present in most wheels used for pushing and/or pulling a backpack.
According to still a further feature of the invention is seen in FIG. 10, wherein pocket 50 may include a slot 102. A phone charging cord 104 extends through slot 102. The end of cord 104 outside pocket 50 can be attached to a cell phone (not shown) and the end of cord 104 inside pocket 50 can be attached to a portable charging device (not shown).
Another feature of this invention is an optional pair of fence hooks 108 and 110 for use in attaching backpack 10 to a fence. One of the fence hooks is shown in FIG. 12. As can be seen, the hook portion of hook has been rotated so that the hook portion is disposed with the curved area in line with the webbing strap portion so that when backpack 10 is lifted up by the two hooks 108,110 to be attached to a fence, the body portion of the hook is easier to handle when attaching the hook to a fence.
Yet another feature, shown in FIG. 13, consists of two narrow approximately ½ inch or less in diameter elastic nylon straps, designated 112 and 114, one of which narrow straps terminates in a plastic hook 118 at its first end, and the other of which terminates at its first end 116 in a folded over loop of the strap, which loop end is sewn to the strap itself. The second end of each of these straps is attached to a respective zipper 112 z, 118 z, also by a sewn loop in the strap placed through an opening in the zipper handle. The purpose of the narrow straps is for attaching the hook of one strap to the sewn loop of the other strip is to keep the two zippers, 112 z & 118 z at a desired semi-closed location to help retain the contents extended out of the back pocket from moving laterally, and thus upsetting the balance of the bag.
One last feature that can optionally be added as may be desired is a small interior pouch to be added to the front face upper pocket. This pocket, unnumbered a not seen, is intended for the storage of a product known as Sneaker Balls®, which are approximately 1.5 inch diameter deodorizer balls that would placed there to remove the smell from athletic shoes that had been or are being stored in this pocket.
FIGS. 14,15, and 16 are self-explanatory stick people who are in the process of relocating bag 10 in one of the three modes discussed infra, pushing, carrying on one's back and carrying by two handles using both hands, respectively.
FIG. 17 depicts a patch or swatch of material that may be generally rectangular in configuration of any desired size onto which can be embroidered or stitched a team name, the name of a camp, or school, or just the owner's name and phone number or other indicia as may be desired. Here the word MINE is illustrative of this. This swatch may be attached by double face hook and loop closures to the top of the bag or to the rear surface of the bag as may be desired. Speaking of indicia, the interior of the upper surface 15 may also include a conventional windowed identification card holder similar to those found in luggage, wallets, and briefcases. See FIG. 18 which shows the top pocket 15 open with a clear glassine card holder 155 having a business card 156 therein.
FIG. 19 shows front pocket 24 with its zipper open in order to depict optional inner cinch pocket 271 on the flap of the pocket. This is a convenient storage location for golf trees and/or a set of keys.
The embodiments shown of the present invention are intended to be merely exemplary and those skilled in the art shall be able to make numerous variations and modifications to it without departing from the spirit of the present invention. All such variations and modifications are intended to be within the scope for the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A backpack enabling a person to move a load from a first location to a second location in a plurality of different ways and carry a variety of different loads comprising:

a. a bag for holding the load;

b. first means on the bag for releasably securing the bag to the shoulders and back of the person for movement by the person from said first location to said second location;

c. second means on the bag to enable the person to easily hand carry the bag from said first location to said second location; and

third means on the bag to enable the person to wheel the bag from said first location to said second location.

2. The backpack of claim 1 and wherein the first means comprises a pair of straps attached to the bag.

3. The backpack of claim 1 and wherein the pair of straps is adjustable.

4. The backpack of claim 1 and wherein the second means comprises a first pair of spaced vertically handles attached to the bag for hand carrying the bag.

5. The backpack of claim 1 and wherein the third handle comprises a third handle on the bag for use in pushing and/or pulling the bag.

6. The backpack of claim 1 and further including an ice chest on the bag.

7. The backpack of claim 6 and wherein the ice chest includes drainage means for easily removing water in the ice chest.

8. The backpack of claim 7 wherein the bag includes a shell and the first pair of handles which handles are fixedly attached to the shell of the backpack and wherein the backpack is in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped.

9. The backpack of claim 8 wherein the shell has a front face, a rear face, a left side face, a right side face, an opening at the top of the shell and an opening at the bottom of the shell.

10. The backpack of claim 9 wherein the front face includes a pad compartment that may be used for storage of elongated items such as a hockey stick and baseball bats.

11. The backpack of claim 10 wherein the left side face and right side face each have a pair of vertically spaced pockets.

12. The backpack of claim 11 wherein there are two pockets on the front face of the shell, which are an upper pocket and a lower pocket.

13. The backpack of claim 12 wherein the lower pocket on the front face of the shell, defines an ice compartment having a plastic film waterproof lining in said pocket and a drainage means.

14. The backpack of claim 13 wherein the drainage means ice chest comprises an openable drainage plug.

15. The backpack of claim 1 wherein the third means comprises a pair of wheels assemblies.

16. The backpack of claim 15 wherein each wheel assembly includes a flat wheel having a flat road contacting surface mounted on an axle.

17. The backpack of claim 16 wherein the backpack further includes a holder for holding large items such as umbrellas.

18. The backpack of claim 17 wherein the backpack further includes a bonnet for covering the tops of items, which bonnet is attached to the interior of rear top accessed compartment.

19. The backpack of claim 3 wherein the shoulder straps include transversely mounted means for connecting the shoulder straps together.

20. A dual wheeled backpack enabling a person to move a load which may include sporting goods, from a first location to a second location in a plurality of different ways and carry a variety of different loads comprising:

a. a bag having a shell made primarily of canvas, for holding the load having a top, a bottom, a front and rear and left and right side faces;

b. a spaced connectable pair of releasably mounted shoulder straps on the bag for releasably securing the bag to the shoulders and back of a person for movement by a person from said first location to said second location;

c. a pair of vertically spaced handles on the bag for assisting the person to hand carry the bag from said first location to said second location; and

d. a third handle mounted on the top rear of the bag for assisting the person to wheel the bag from said first location to said second location

e. and an ice compartment on the bag, wherein the ice compartment includes a plastic waterproof lining, and an openable and closeable drainage plug at one end for removing water from the ice compartment.

21. The backpack of claim 20 wherein the shell has a front face, a rear face, a left side face, a right side face, an opening at the top of the shell and an opening at the bottom of the shell,

and the front face includes a pad compartment that may be used for storage of elongated items such as a hockey stick and baseball bats, and

wherein the left side face and right side face each have a pair of vertically spaced pockets, and

wherein there are two pockets on the front face of the shell, which are an upper pocket and a lower pocket.

22. The backpack of claim 20 further including a hook and loop attachable indicia patch and a windowed identification card holder for a business card or other identification.

23. A backpack enabling a person to move a load which may include sporting goods, from a first location to a second location in a plurality of different ways and carry a variety of different loads comprising:

d. a third handle mounted on the top rear of the bag for assisting the person to wheel the bag from said first location to said second location;

e wherein the backpack further includes at least one three element holder for holding an umbrella, two such elements being an attached strip of nylon webbing;

f. an attached bonnet and

g. two wheel assemblies each having one wheel, and at least one pair of spaced luggage bumpers.

24. The backpack of claim 23 further including an interior identification pocket, and a hook and loop attachable indicia information panel attachable to the rear surface thereof and a front interior cinch pocket inside the top front pocket.