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A backpack having a waist encircling belt, and an attached set of shoulder straps which retract into a discreet pocket when not in use. There is a set of shoulder straps having clips on one end, and these are carried in, and attached to, a discreet pocket at the other end which is location on the ou

A backpack having a waist encircling belt, and an attached set of shoulder straps which retract into a discreet pocket when not in use. There is a set of shoulder straps having clips on one end, and these are carried in, and attached to, a discreet pocket at the other end which is location on the outside, rear panel of the pack where the shoulder straps are readily accessible and can easily be drawn out and attached to rear side portions of the waist encircling belt. This provides additional support for the pack on an as-needed basis, and has the added benefit of being quickly and easily stowed when not in use.

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A backpack for carrying a load on a back of a person\s body, the person\s back having an upper back area and a lower back area, and also having i. a lower back location proximate to of the person\s waist; ii. an upper back location approximately just below the height of the person\s shoulders; iii.

A backpack for carrying a load on a back of a person\s body, the person\s back having an upper back area and a lower back area, and also having i. a lower back location proximate to of the person\s waist; ii. an upper back location approximately just below the height of the person\s shoulders; iii. an intermediate back location positioned generally at a juncture area of said upper and lower back areas; iv. right and left shoulder locations; v. a waist location; said backpack comprising: a. a carrying pouch defining therein a load carrying area, said pouch having front and rear panel portions, side portions, and top and bottom portions, said front and rear panel portions being located forwardly and rearwardly, respectively, of a longitudinal axis of said pouch; b. a shoulder strap assembly which in use comprises: i. a back strap section having a lower end connecting at a central rearwardly location of said longitudinal axis of the pouch and engaging at least an upper rear central location thereof, so as to extend upwardly and forwardly therefrom to exert both upward and horizontal force components from said upper rear central location, said back strap section comprising right and left back strap portions which extend forwardly, upwardly and outwardly over the upper back area to the right and left shoulder locations to exert right and left force components directed from said lower end connection upwardly, outwardly and forwardly to said right and left shoulder locations; ii. a shoulder strap section having right and left shoulder strap portions extending over right and left shoulders of the person, and having rear ends connected to upper ends of said right and left back strap portions; iii. a front strap section having right and left front strap portions having upper and lower front strap ends, with the upper front strap ends connecting to front ends of the shoulder strap portions, and with the front strap portions extending downwardly and rearwardly with lower ends thereof connecting to said pouch at forward side connecting locations on said pouch, and with said front strap portions exerting upwardly and forwardly directed force components from the connecting locations of the pouch to the forward ends of the shoulder strap portions; c. left and right waist strap portions each having rear ends connecting to respective side portions of the pouch, front ends connecting to one another so that said waist strap portions extend around the waist of a person in a manner to exert right and left forward force components on the pouch; d. said pouch, said shoulder strap assembly and said waist strap portion being configured and sized relative to the person\s body in the manner that: i. both upper and lower portions of the front panel of the pouch are positioned against the back of the person with the upper portion of the front panel being positioned up to approximately no higher than approximately said intermediate back location; ii. the waist strap extends around the person\s body at a waist location thereof; iii. the lower connecting ends of the front strap portions connect to the pouch at sides of the person\s lower back area; so that the pouch is located and supported by: i. vertical force components reacting relative to said pouch along a vertical axis positioned at a central location between the side portions and between the front and rear panels of the pouch; ii. forward force components reacting at side locations and at an upper central location of the pouch; whereby the pouch is positioned, held and supported to remain at substantially the same position relative to the person\s body and thus closely follows movements of the person\s body.