MULTI-FUNCTION HABITABLE BACKPACK

摘要

A load carrying device fitted with shoulder straps and a waist belt that has a load capacity hard-shell exoskeleton and mechanisms whereby it can be used in an un-extended form for shoulder strapped on the back carriage of loads such as portable camping equipment and supplies or mission specific components (see FIG. 1), or used when the inner hull is empty, and the inner hull/exoskeleton is extended out from within the outer hull/exoskeleton as a habitable secure sleeping space within (see FIG. 3 and FIG. 4). To transition from an un-extended load carrying configuration into a habitable secure protected sleeping space configuration, the inner hull(s) or inner exoskeleton(s) is pulled or slid or extended out from inside the outer hull or outer exoskeleton, and the outer hull/exoskeleton is coupled together with the inner hull/exoskeleton (see FIG. 2), thus forming when prone to the ground, an extended habitable space sufficient for a person to lay within for purposes of outdoor sheltered protected sleep within a hard shell exoskeleton/cocoon (see FIG. 4) that serves as shelter and sheltered protection against predatory animals, environment, weather, insects, reptiles and other environment or other hazards. The device in its extended coupled form can also be used for transporting a sick or injured person. In its initial, un-extended form, functions as a shoulder strapped on your back load carrying device for portable outdoor camping supplies and equipment or for mission specific components. To transform the device from a backpack (see FIG. 1) into a personal habitable space in its extended form, the inner hull(s)/exoskeleton(s) slide out from within the main outer hull/exoskeleton effectively lengthening the compact form into a length suitable for an adult person to sleep within (see FIG. 3 and FIG. 4), or to take shelter within. The hull/exoskeleton when in extended form can be release-ably attached to each other along a coupling axis with gusset clasp(s) and channel mechanisms or rails or other such fastening system. When this said fastening system is engaged in the extended form, the combined compartments attach to the other to form a single large compartment with a hinged or sliding access door or other such access that opens to provide entry into (see FIG. 2), where the enlarged expanded compartment is large enough for a person to lay within prone, in a sleeping bag, within, and with the entry access cover closed (see FIG. 4), provides a protection barrier from the environment, insects, reptiles and predatory animals and other environmental hazards. To transform the extended habitable configuration back into a load carrying configuration (see FIG. 1) the extending procedure is reversed, and the gusset coupling or other such mechanism is de-coupled and the inner hull(s)/exoskeleton(s) is slid back into and inside the outer hull/exoskeleton. Supplemental multifunctional rails on both sides are also affixed to the exterior of the exoskeleton for various accessory attachments for full mission specific customization or can be configured as legs (see FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4) to support the extended habitable form off the ground.

主权项

1. A multi-function habitable backpack comprising, in combination:
a main outer hull/exoskeleton with a secondary inner hull or hulls(s)/exoskeleton(s) within, both generally rectangular in shape with voluminous curvatures, and with structures having a top, two sides, a front, a back and a bottom and a top, and an ergonomically shaped web outer back panel attached or made part of the outer hull/exoskeleton with two shoulder straps and harnesses and a padded waist belt. The secondary inner hull or hull(s)/exoskeleton compartment or compartment(s) generally rectangular in the same shape with voluminous curvature of similar contours as that of the outer hull/exoskeleton, with having also a bottom, two sides, a front side, a back side and an access aperture/door/hatch or panel, where the secondary inner hull or hull(s)/exoskeleton(s) compartment or compartment(s) when mechanically de-coupled from the outer or outside hull/exoskeleton retracts into or extends out from within the main outer hull/exoskeleton compartment. The inner and the outer hull/hull(s)/exoskeletons can be fixedly coupled to the other in such a manner that when the inner hull/hull(s)/exoskeleton is extended out from within the outer hull/exoskeleton they form in their combination a storage compartment with an access aperture/door/hatch or panel with a voluminous interior space sufficient for a person to occupy. That the extended coupled/attached inner and outer hull/hull(s)/exoskeletons can also be mechanically de-coupled from the other permitting the inner hull/hull(s)/exoskeleton to slide into the outer hull/exoskeleton thus transforming the extended habitable configuration back into a load carrying configuration; with a pair of shoulder straps fixedly attached to said backpack proximal top rear side of said outer hull/exoskeleton, with the other end being fixedly attached proximal near the bottom rear side of said outer/exoskeleton, to allow said configured as a backpack to be carried on the back of a wearer.