Backpack with quick deploying body armor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10130160-B1
Application number	US-201815898907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 19, 2018
Priority date	Feb 19, 2018
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

A backpack with quick deploying body armor includes a backpack having a front compartment and rear compartment which has an opening on the top of the backpack; the opening can be closed by a flap which has open and closed positions; the flap can be locked to the top of the backpack. A rear ballistic panel is attached to the vertical face of the rear compartment. A front ballistic panel module has two connecting straps connecting to the bottom face of the rear compartment and two pulling straps. The front ballistic panel module has a storage position and deployed position. In the storage to position, the front ballistic panel is in the rear compartment and the pulling straps are attached to the shoulder straps of the backpack. In the deployed position, the front ballistic panel is out of the rear compartment and the pulling strap is fastened to the body of the wearer by connecting the end of the pulling strap.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A backpack, comprising:
a compartment having an opening;
two shoulder straps connected to the backpack;
a ballistic body armor that can be moved, through the opening, from a storage position to a deployed position;
two pulling straps fixing to the body armor and detachably fastened to the shoulder straps when the ballistic body armor is stored in the compartment, wherein said compartment can be closed by a flap cover fixed on the top face of the backpack, wherein said flap cover has at least two detachable locking spots to lock to the said backpack;
wherein each of said pulling straps has a slot to unlock the locking spots on the said flap cover from said backpack.

2. The backpack, as recited in claim 1 , wherein each said pulling strap has at least one detachable connecting component.

3. The backpack, as recited in claim 1 , wherein each said shoulder strap has at least one detachable connecting component.

4. The backpack, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said a ballistic body armor has two connecting straps fastened to the internal surface of the compartment in backpack.

5. The backpack, as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of said pulling straps has a detachable connecting component at an end thereof, wherein the connecting components can be fastened to each other.

6. The backpack, as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of said pulling straps has an ability to adjust the length.

7. The backpack, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said backpack has another compartment besides the compartment for the ballistic panel.

8. The backpack, as recited in claim 4 , wherein each of said two connecting straps has a detachable fastening component at the end.

9. The backpack, as recited in claim 8 , wherein said detachable fastening components at the end of each connecting strap can be connected to each other.

10. The backpack, as recited in claim 4 , wherein each of said two connecting straps has an ability of adjusting length.

11. The backpack, as recited in claim 10 , wherein said ability of adjusting length is such that the opening made by the two connecting straps, backpack and ballistic panel allows the head of a wearer to go through.

12. The backpack, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said compartment has another rear ballistic panel in the compartment.

13. The backpack, as recited in claim 12 , wherein said rear ballistic panel is detachably fastened to the internal surface of the compartment.

Assignees

• Cheng Carson
• Zhang Peng
• Thomas Richard
• Ncstar Inc

Inventors

• Cheng Carson
• Zhang Peng
• Thomas Richard

Classifications

• A45F3/06 Primary

  specially adapted for military purposes · CPC title

• A45F4/02

  Sacks or packs convertible into other articles {or into objects for other use} · CPC title

• F41H1/02

  Armoured or projectile- or missile-resistant garments; Composite protection fabrics {(F41H5/04 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A45F3/04

  Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders · CPC title