Pack

Application filed July 31, 1922. Serial No. 578,623.

To dll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lloyd F. Nelson, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bremerton, county of Kitsap, and State 5 of Washington, have invented certain mew and useful Improvements in Packs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packs, , and more particularly to pack racks 10 and packs of that type used by campers, prospectors, hunters, etc., and which are to be carried on one’s back.

The principal object of this invention resides in the provision of a pack rack of 15 a novel character and pack that is easily and quickly detachable therefrom.

Another object of the invention' is to provide the rack with a ventilated air space by the extending of a canvas or like strip 20 about the same and to provide means for tightening the strip.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a pack rack that is equipped with a plurality of screw eyes, 25 arranged in alinement in its side members, and to provide a pack sack with openings in its edges for receiving said screw eyes therethrough, and to provide rods that may then be extended through the eyelets to retain the 30 pack on the rack.

Other objects of the invention reside in the various details of construction and in the combination of parts and the method of detachably securing the pack to the rack. 85 In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein—

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pack embodied by the present invention, illustrating the manner in which it is carried.

Figure 2 is a view of the rack to which the pack is attached.

Figure 3 is a view showing the rack enclosed by the canvas strip which provides the ventilated air space within the rack.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through the rack, taken substantially on the 50 line 4—4 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the pack attached to the rack; particularly illustrating the means whereby the sack is detachably secured to the rack.

Referring more in detail to the drawings—

The pack rack embodied in this invention comprises two vertical bars 1 and 2, connected rigidly together, in parallel relation, by outwardly curved cross bars 3 and 60 4 extended between them near the upper and lower ends of the rack. The ordinary type of rack would be made of wood, about twenty-eight inches long and fifteen inches wide, and is provided with two supporting 65 straps 5 and 6 which are attached to the cross piece 3 and are adapted to be extended over the shoulders of the person carrying the pack, as shown in Figure 1, and at their ends have snap fastenings 7 adapted to be 70 connected with screw eyes 8 fixed in the lower ends of the bars 1 and 2 so that the rack will thereby be held properly on the carrier’s back.

In order to provide the ventilated air 75 space within the rack, I extend a canvas strip 10 about the rack and draw it tightly .about the side^pieces 1 and 2 and join the ends of the strip by lacing 11, as shown best in Figure 3. Grommets 12 may be fixed 80 in tiie edges of the strip to receive the lacing and when the lacing is drawn tight the strip will be stretched tightly and, due to the curvature of the frame bars 3 and 4, there will be formed an open air space 13 85 between the inner and outer plies of the strip. The strip is held in place by means of screw eyes 14 that are mounted in vertical alinement in the bars 1 and 2 for a purpose presently described, and the strip is pro- 90 vided with slits, as at 15, through which the eyes extend and which permits tightening of the strip as is required.

The pack sack comprises a back wall portion 18 to which a sack 19 is secured. The 95 wall 18 is extended at its upper end to form a flap 20 which may be folded downwardly to cover the open upper end of the sack, ana is provided with a strap 21 that may be attached to a buckle 22 fastened to the wall 100 of the sack.

The side edges of the wall 18 extend beyond the sides of the sack and are provided with oblong grommets 23 adapted to receive therethrough the screw eyes 14 and to be 105 secured thereon by the extending of rods 25 downwardly through the alined eyelets at opposite sides of the sack. The rods 25 have loops 26 at their upper ends forming spring clips for engaging the upper eyelets to yield- no ingly hold the rods in place.

With the rack and sack so constructed, it ι,βοβ,ββι is apparent that the provision of the canvas strip 10 drawn tightly about the rack provides an air space which adds comfort to the carrying of the pack since it prevents the pack from, coming directly in contact with the carrier’s back. This canvas may be kept taut by tightening the lacing 11.

It is also apparent that by the provision of the screw eyes 14 in the frame bars and the grommets 23 in the edges of the sack, the latter may be easily and quickly applied to the rack or removed therefrom; the rods 25 will securely hold it in position, and the latter will be held in place by their spring clip connection with the upper eyes.

It is readily apparent that the device could be made in various sizes and of various materials and that details in its construction could be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.