A checkpoint-friendly backpack for allowing a laptop computer stored in a dedicated portion thereof to provide a clear, unobstructed, and distinct image thereof when X-ray screened at an inspection station without having to remove the laptop computer from the dedicated portion. The backpack includes
A checkpoint-friendly backpack for allowing a laptop computer stored in a dedicated portion thereof to provide a clear, unobstructed, and distinct image thereof when X-ray screened at an inspection station without having to remove the laptop computer from the dedicated portion. The backpack includes a dedicated compartment and a non-dedicated compartment. The non-dedicated compartment stores items other than the laptop computer. The dedicated compartment stores only the laptop computer itself, is hingedly attached to the non-dedicated compartment at a common edge, is free of metallic snaps, zippers, and buckles, is free of pockets, and has a non-screening mode where it is replaceably fastened in side-by-side relationship to the non-dedicated compartment by a non-metallic zipper so as to facilitate unfastening the dedicated compartment from the non-dedicated compartment, and a screening mode where it is unfastened from the non-dedicated compartment and unfolded therefrom to lie unobstructed, flat, and substantially coplanar with the non-dedicated compartment on the inspection station so as to allow the laptop computer stored in the dedicated compartment to provide the clear, unobstructed, and distinct image thereof when X-ray screened at the inspection station without having to remove the laptop computer from the dedicated compartment.
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1. A checkpoint-friendly backpack for allowing a laptop computer to be stored therein when X-ray screened at an inspection station, without having to remove the laptop computer therefrom, the backpack comprising: a dedicated compartment for storing the laptop computer, the dedicated compartment cons
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A checkpoint-friendly backpack for allowing a laptop computer to be stored therein when X-ray screened at an inspection station, without having to remove the laptop computer therefrom, the backpack comprising: a dedicated compartment for storing the laptop computer, the dedicated compartment consisting of a single closeable pocket in which only a laptop computer may be stored, devoid of any additional pockets or pouches thereon, the dedicated compartment defined by an exterior wall, an interior wall, and four sidewalls, the four sidewalls comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and two lateral walls, the exterior wall and the interior wall devoid of handles, openings, and zippers, the four sidewalls devoid of straps and buckles;a non-dedicated compartment comprising a plurality of pockets or pouches for storing removable articles, the non-dedicated compartment defined by an exterior wall, an interior wall, and four sidewalls, the interior wall of the non-dedicated compartment devoid of any pockets or pouches thereon;wherein a common edge between one of the sidewalls of the dedicated portion and one of the sidewalls of the non-dedicated portion form a single living hinge positioned at the bottom of the bag, the dedicated compartment rotatable at least 180 degrees about the hinge in a screening mode, the interior wall of the dedicated compartment disposed flush against the interior wall of the non-dedicated compartment in a non-screening mode and a portion of the sidewalls of the dedicated compartment being partially disposed within the sidewalls of non-dedicated compartment;a first non-metallic zipper for accessing the dedicated compartment, the non-metallic zipper disposed continuously on the top wall and along a portion of the two lateral walls of the dedicated compartment, whereby when the backpack is in the non-screening mode the portion of the sidewalls of the dedicated compartment and the first non-metallic zipper are partially disposed within the sidewalls of the non-dedicated compartment so that the portion of the sidewalls and the first non-metallic zipper are not exposed and when the backpack is in the screening mode the portion of the sidewalls and the first non-metallic zipper are exposed; anda second non-metallic zipper to facilitate unfastening the dedicated compartment from the non-dedicated compartment. 2. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the non-dedicated compartment is accessible for the items other than the laptop computer via another non-metallic zipper. 3. The backpack of claim 2, wherein the another non-metallic zipper is disposed continuously on at least three of the sidewalls of said non-dedicated compartment. 4. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the non-dedicated compartment comprises a pair of expandable side pockets. 5. The backpack of claim 4, wherein the pair of expandable side pockets are disposed on at least one of the sidewalls of the non-dedicated compartment, at lower portions thereof, respectively, for storing the items other than the laptop computer. 6. The backpack of claim 4, wherein the pair of expandable side pockets are accessible via a non-metallic zipper and another non-metallic zipper, respectively. 7. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment harbors an expandable pocket on an upper portion thereof. 8. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment harbors an expandable pocket on an intermediate portion thereof. 9. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment harbors an expandable pocket on a lower portion thereof. 10. The backpack of claim 7, wherein the expandable pocket on the upper portion of the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment is accessible for the items other than the laptop computer via another non-metallic zipper. 11. The backpack of claim 8, wherein the expandable pocket on said intermediate portion of the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment is accessible for the items other than the laptop computer via another non-metallic zipper. 12. The backpack of claim 9, wherein the expandable pocket on said lower portion of the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment is accessible for the items other than the laptop computer via another non-metallic zipper. 13. The backpack of claim 1, further comprising a handle attached to a top wall of the sidewalls of the non-dedicated compartment. 14. The backpack of claim 1, further comprising a pair of shoulder straps extending from the dedicated compartment. 15. A checkpoint-friendly backpack for allowing a laptop computer to be stored therein when X-ray screened at an inspection station, without having to remove the laptop computer therefrom, the backpack consisting of: a dedicated compartment for storing the laptop computer, the dedicated compartment consisting of a single closeable pocket in which only a laptop computer may be stored, devoid of any additional pockets or pouches thereon, the dedicated compartment defined by an exterior wall and an interior wall and four sidewalls, the exterior wall and the interior wall devoid of handles, openings, and zippers, the four sidewalls devoid of straps and buckles;a non-dedicated compartment comprising a plurality of pockets or pouches for storing removable articles, the non-dedicated compartment defined by an exterior wall and an interior wall and four sidewalls, the interior wall of the non-dedicated compartment devoid of any pockets or pouches thereon;a handle being attached to a top wall of the sidewalls of the non-dedicated compartment;a pair of shoulder straps extending from the dedicated compartment;wherein a common edge between one of the sidewalls of the dedicated portion and one of the sidewalls of the non-dedicated portion form a single living hinge positioned at the bottom of the bag, the dedicated compartment rotatable at least 180 degrees about the hinge in a screening mode, the interior wall of the dedicated compartment disposed flush against the interior wall of the non-dedicated compartment in a non-screening mode and a portion of the side walls of the dedicated compartment being partially disposed within the side walls of non-dedicated compartment;a first non-metallic zipper for accessing the dedicated compartment, the non-metallic zipper disposed continuously on the top wall and along a portion of the two lateral walls of the dedicated compartment, whereby when the backpack is in the non-screening mode the portion of the sidewalls of the dedicated compartment and the first non-metallic zipper are partially disposed within the sidewalls of the non-dedicated compartment so that the portion of the sidewalls and the first non-metallic zipper are not exposed and when the backpack is in the screening mode the portion of the sidewalls and the first non-metallic zipper are exposed; anda second non-metallic zipper to facilitate unfastening the dedicated compartment from the non-dedicated compartment. 16. The backpack of claim 15, wherein the non-dedicated compartment is accessible for the items other than the laptop computer via another non-metallic zipper. 17. The backpack of claim 16, wherein the another non-metallic zipper is disposed continuously on at least three of the sidewalls of said non-dedicated compartment. 18. The backpack of claim 15, wherein the non-dedicated compartment comprises a pair of expandable side pockets. 19. The backpack of claim 18, wherein the pair of expandable side pockets are disposed on at least one of the sidewalls of the non-dedicated compartment, at lower portions thereof, respectively, for storing the items other than the laptop computer. 20. The backpack of claim 18, wherein the pair of expandable side pockets are accessible via a non-metallic zipper and another non-metallic zipper, respectively. 21. The backpack of claim 15, wherein the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment harbors an expandable pocket on an upper portion thereof. 22. The backpack of claim 15, wherein the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment harbors an expandable pocket on an intermediate portion thereof. 23. The backpack of claim 15, wherein the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment harbors an expandable pocket on a lower portion thereof. 24. The backpack of claim 21, wherein the expandable pocket on the upper portion of the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment is accessible for the items other than the laptop computer via another non-metallic zipper. 25. The backpack of claim 22, wherein the expandable pocket on said intermediate portion of the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment is accessible for the items other than the laptop computer via another non-metallic zipper. 26. The backpack of claim 23, wherein the expandable pocket on said lower portion of the exterior wall of the non-dedicated compartment is accessible for the items other than the laptop computer via another non-metallic zipper. 27. The backpack of claim 15, further comprising a handle attached to a top wall of the sidewalls of the non-dedicated compartment. 28. The backpack of claim 15, further comprising a pair of shoulder straps extending from the dedicated compartment.
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