Convertible backpack

Abstract

A convertible backpack which can be carried on the back of a person has a right pocket and an adjacent spaced apart left pocket with each pocket attached on the back of a person by a shoulder strap. The right pocket has an outer peripheral closure member which can be opened and closed to insert various articles therein and the left pocket has an outer peripheral closure member which can be opened and closed to insert various articles therein. The inner peripheral edges of the two pockets are connected together by means of spaced apart buckles with each buckle having a male part and a female part. The backpack is convertible into a single pocket backpack by simply unfastening the adjacent right and left inner peripheral edges when the male member of each buckle is disengaged from the female member of the opposite buckle member.

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         14 . A backpack for carrying on the back of a person, said backpack comprising two pockets, a right pocket extending along the back of said person and a left pocket extending along the back of said person adjacent said right pocket, a front strap member attached to said right pocket and extending over the right shoulder of said person, and a left strap member extending over the left shoulder of said person, said right pocket having a right outer edge provided with a closure member adapted to open and close said right outer edge of said right pocket, and said left pocket having a left outer edge provided with a closure member adapted to open and close said left outer edge of said left pocket, and wherein said right pocket has a left edge and said left pocket has a right edge adjacent to said left edge of said right pocket wherein said left edge of said right pocket and said right edge of said left pocket are connected together by spaced-apart buckle members. 
     
     
         15 . A backpack as in  claim 14  wherein said closure member of said right pocket and said closure member of said left pocket is each a zipper. 
     
     
         16 . A backpack as in  claim 14  wherein each of said pockets comprises at least one compartment for one or more articles. 
     
     
         17 . A backpack as in  claim 15  wherein each of said pockets comprises at least one compartment for one or more articles. 
     
     
         18 . A backpack for carrying on the back of a person comprising three contiguous pockets, a right pocket, a left pocket and a middle pocket between said right pocket and said left pocket, a first strap member attached to said right pocket and extending over the right shoulder of said person, and a second strap member attached to said left pocket and extending over the left shoulder of said person, said right pocket having a peripheral left side edge and said left pocket having a peripheral right side edge opposite the peripheral left side edge of said right pocket, a zipper member connecting said peripheral edge of said right pocket and said opposed peripheral edge of said left pocket, said zipper member adapted to form a middle pocket between said right pocket and said left pocket when said zipper member is pulled down and around said backpack.