Backpack including a resilient cord assembly with a cord connector, and a resilient cord assembly and cord connector therefor

Abstract

There is provided a bag including a plurality of line positioning members coupled to a peripheral portion of the bag. The bag includes a line extending through the line positioning members. The line has a first position in which the line extends about the peripheral portion of the bag. The line includes a connector slidably coupled to the line. The connector includes a sleeve, a catch facing the sleeve and an elongate member extending between and coupling together the sleeve and the catch. The line is moveable from the first position thereof to a second position in which a pair of looped portions thereof extend towards the front of the bag and are selectively coupled together via the connector.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bag comprising:
 a plurality of line positioning members coupled to peripheral portions of the bag; and   a resilient line extending through the plurality of line positioning members and coupling to the bag thereby.   
     
     
         2 . A bag according to  claim 1 , wherein one or more of: first and second said line positioning members are positioned adjacent to a first side of the bag; third and fourth said line positioning members are positioned adjacent to a second side of the bag; a first pair of said line positioning members are positioned adjacent to a top of the bag; and a second pair of said line positioning members are positioned adjacent to a bottom of the bag. 
     
     
         3 . A bag according to  claim 1 , wherein each said line positioning member comprises an elongate flexible material, with outer ends thereof coupled to the bag. 
     
     
         4 . A bag according to  claim 1 , wherein gear is selectively secured externally on the bag by pulling side portions of the line from each side of a back panel of the bag over the gear and coupling the side portions of the line together thereafter along a front of the bag. 
     
     
         5 . A bag according to  claim 1 , wherein the line has a first position in which one or more of: the line extends about the peripheral portion of the bag; the line is adjacent a rear of the bag; the line is extends about the rear of the bag; and the plurality of line positioning members align within a plane. 
     
     
         6 . A bag according to  claim 1 , including a line connector positioned along a front of the bag, the line connector selectively coupling together looped portions of the line stretch out from opposite sides of the bag. 
     
     
         7 . A bag according to  claim 5 , including a sleeve slidably coupled to the line and including a catch coupled to the sleeve, wherein the line is moveable from the first position thereof to a second position, and wherein a pair of looped portions of the line extend towards a front of the bag and are selectively coupled together via the catch in the second position of the line. 
     
     
         8 . A line connector according to  claim 6 , wherein the line connector includes a first channel, a second channel facing the first channel, and an elongate member extending between and coupling together the channels. 
     
     
         9 . A line connector according to  claim 8 , wherein the elongate member is pivotable about the first channel. 
     
     
         10 . In combination, first and second portions of line and the connector of  claim 8 , with a first portion of line extending through the first channel and a second portion of line extending through the second channel, whereby the second channel is shaped such that pivoting the elongate member from a first plane towards a second plane causes the second portion of line to selectively dislodge from the second channel. 
     
     
         11 . A line connector comprising:
 a sleeve;   a catch facing the sleeve; and   an elongate member coupling together the sleeve and the catch, with the elongate member including a tab which enables the catch to rotate relative to the sleeve from a latched to an unlatched position.   
     
     
         12 . A line connector according to  claim 11 , wherein the elongate member extends tangentially outwards from one or more of the sleeve and the catch. 
     
     
         13 . A line connector according to  claim 11 , wherein the sleeve extends about a longitudinal axis, wherein the catch extends about a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve, and wherein the elongate member has a longitudinal axis which extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the sleeve and the catch. 
     
     
         14 . A line connector according to  claim 11 , wherein one or more of: an inner surface of the elongate member is outwardly concave; and an outer surface of the elongate member is outwardly convex. 
     
     
         15 . A bag comprising one or more of:
 an internal cord lock system comprising a cord including a loop-portion extending within an upper peripheral portion of the bag and an end portion extending outwards from the bag; and the internal cord lock system including a cord lock positioned within a webbing of the bag and via which the end portion of the cord extends; and   a flexible suspension member coupled to opposite sides of the bag so to as to form a haul loop, with the bag being suspendable from a single point via the haul loop, and with the haul loop so positioned being angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the bag.   
     
     
         16 . A bag according to  claim 15 , wherein pulling on the end portion of the cord causes the span of the loop-portion of the cord to reduce, with the cord lock inhibiting enlargement of the loop-portion thereafter until the cord lock is actuated. 
     
     
         17 . A bag according to  claim 15 , wherein one or more of: the cord lock is positioned to be protected from abrasion: the cord lock is at least partially enclosed within the bag; and the bag includes a flap within which the cord lock is positioned. 
     
     
         18 . A bag according to  claim 15 , wherein the cord lock is positioned off center and below an apex of the bag in a closed position of the bag. 
     
     
         19 . A bag according to  claim 15 , wherein the suspension member is mounted off center so that the bag hangs asymmetrically. 
     
     
         20 . A bag according to  claim 15 , wherein the bag includes a sleeve-shaped body with a closed bottom and a top in the form of an asymmetrical cuff.