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US3347429A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Contour shoulder pack

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1966-11-07
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Granted: 1967-10-17
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Expires: 1986-11-07
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Harold Stuart Ruth

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 23:28
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45F; A45F3/00; A45F3/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 276 words
IN A PACKSACK FOR CAMPERS, HIKERS AND THE LIKE, THE COMBINATION OF A PACKSACK FOR CONTAINING ARTICLES TO BE CARRIED, TWO PACKSACK SECURING STRAPS SEWED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO THE BACK OF SAID PACKSACK WITH FREE ENDS EXTENDING, A VERTICALLY EXTENDING RIGID STAY OVERLAYING EACH OF SAID STRAPS HAVING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE SLOTS AT THEIR ENDS THROUGH WHICH THE FREE ENDS OF SAID STRAPS ARE LACED TO SECURE SAID STAYS TO THE PACKSACK, A HORIZONTALLT EXTENDING SPACING STAY FAT THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID VERTICAL STAYS HAVING MATCHING SLOTS THROUGH WHICH THE EXTENDING ENDS OF SAID SPACED VERTICALLY EXTENDING STRAPS ARE ALSO THREADED, SAID PACKSACK SECURING STRAPS AFTER LACING THROUGH THE TRANSVERSING EXTENDING SLOTS AT THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID STAYS BEING SECURED BY BUCKLES TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF SAID PACKSACK, A D-RING SECURED AT THE LOWER ENDS OF EACH OF SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING RIGID STAYS BY SAID STRAP LACING, A SHOULDER STRAP EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM EACH OF SAID D-RINGS AND CROSSED TO PASS OVER AND OPPOSITE SHOULDER OF A USER, SNAP HOOKS EACH HAVING A STRAP ACCOMMODATING LOOP THROUGH WHICH SAID SHOULDER STRAP MAY PASS FROM THE D-RINGS AT THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING RIGID STAYS, A PAIR OF STRAP-CINCHING D-RINGS SECURED AT THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID STAYS BY SAID STRAP LACING, AND CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT SAID SHOULDER STRAPS AFTER PASSING OVER THE SHOULDERS OF A USER ARE DOUBLED BACK THROUGH THE LOOPS OF SAID SNAP HOOKS TO SAID STRAP-CINCHING D-RINGS, WHEREBY SAID PACK MAY BE DRAWN INTO FIRM CONTACT WITH THE BACK OF A USER WHILE HELD EXTENDED BY SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING STAYS.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

FR908270A Cited
FR979142A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-10-16 1971-04-17 1971-10-17 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-10-16 1975-04-17 1975-10-17 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-10-16 1979-04-17 1979-10-17 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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