A carrier assembly for a harness for carrying a backpack accessory, the carrier assembly including a back plate including connections for shoulder straps and an interface plate adapted to be attached to the backpack accessory. The back plate includes a coupling interface on a rear face arranged to be removably connected to a corresponding coupling interface on a front face of the interface plate.

A high mobility, contoured shoulder and hip pad that can address various needs for body armor, equipment belt, and other types of equipment-users as identified above. The pad is shaped such that the pad can disperse the weight of a body armor system or other load carrying system on the faces of the user's shoulder and trapezius muscle or hip area. The width of the pad can involve reduced dimensions at the middle portion of the pad relative to the width dimensions at the ends of the pad, such as e.g., having an hourglass shape.

The invention relates to a backpack or case, which, in the closed state, is formed or shaped from substantially an underside, upper side, lateral surfaces, a surface to be carried on the back and a front surface, wherein an opening region is formed on or along a surface (3) which is formed with at least one fold-down flap (13), whereby a substantially complete opening (2) of the substantially tub-shaped backpack body is made on the elongated surface to be carried on the back and on the at least one fold-down flap, by means of at least one zip closure (5), and wherein the surface to be carried on the back is provided with backpack straps.

A backpack assembly includes a bag body and a carrying accessory. The carrying accessory includes a back plate, a bag strap, and a waistband. The back plate has a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion which are opposite to each other, and has a middle portion located between the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion. The first engaging portion is adapted to be engaged with the bag body. A first connecting hole is disposed on the middle portion. The bag strap has two shoulder straps and a first connecting strap which passes through the first connecting hole. A first fastening member is disposed on each of the shoulder straps. The waistband engaged with the second engaging portion is connected to the first fastening members. With such design, the backpack assembly could be engaged with different bag bodies with different functions, different capacities, or different sizes.

A hybrid carrier, such as a backpack, is disclosed having a hard shell interior carrier and a soft outer carrier. The hard shell interior carrier has a body with an openable top. The shape of the body of the hard shell interior carrier and the inside shape of the soft outer carrier are complementary so that the hard shell interior carrier form fits into the inside of the soft outer carrier. The soft outer carrier includes attachment devices that are joined to attachment device receivers on the hard shell interior carrier to removably attach the hard shell interior carrier to the soft outer carrier. The soft outer carrier may include handles, backpack straps and/or waist straps for easy carrying.

A padding device (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d; 10e), for a carrying belt system (100) for a respirator (1000), has a closed pad core shell (20) and a pad core (30) configured in the pad core shell. The padding device is formed by injection molding a hollow profiled section, inserting of a pad core material into the hollow profiled section for forming the pad core in the hollow profiled section, and closing the hollow profiled section (21) for creating the closed pad core shell (20). The padding device (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d; 10e) has a closed pad core shell (20) and a pad core (30) arranged in the pad core shell. The pad core shell is seamless as an injection-molded component in at least some sections. A carrying belt system and a respirator with the carrying belt system are provided with the belt system having the padding device.

A carrier assembly for a harness for carrying a backpack accessory, the carrier assembly including a back plate including connections for shoulder straps and an interface plate adapted to be attached to the backpack accessory. The back plate includes a coupling interface on a rear face arranged to be removably connected to a corresponding coupling interface on a front face of the interface plate.

A hip belt includes a center panel, and first and second padded portions connected to the center panel and extending therefrom. Each of the first and second padded portions includes a rear end, an opposed front end, and a face extending therebetween. A pulley assembly is carried on the padded portion, and the pulley assembly includes proximal pulleys located at the rear end, distal pulleys located between the front and rear ends, and a cord wound therebetween. A collapsible panel between the proximal and distal pulleys collapses when the pulley assembly contracts. A buckle is carried at a front end of the respective first of second padded portion.

A process manufactures a padding device (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d; 10e), for a carrying belt system (100) for a respirator (1000), having a closed pad core shell (20) and a pad core (30) configured in the pad core shell. The process includes injection molding a hollow profiled section, inserting of a pad core material into the hollow profiled section for forming the pad core in the hollow profiled section, and closing the hollow profiled section (21) for creating the closed pad core shell (20). The padding device (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d; 10e) has a closed pad core shell (20) and a pad core (30) arranged in the pad core shell. The pad core shell is seamless as an injection-molded component in at least some sections. A carrying belt system as well as a respirator with the carrying belt system are provided with the belt system having the padding device.

The invention relates to a backpack or case, which, in the closed state, is formed or shaped from substantially an underside, upper side, lateral surfaces, a surface to be carried on the back and a front surface, wherein an opening region is formed on or along a surface (3) which is formed with at least one fold-down flap (13), whereby a substantially complete opening (2) of the substantially tub-shaped backpack body is made on the elongated surface to be carried on the back and on the at least one fold-down flap, by means of at least one zip closure (5), and wherein the surface to be carried on the back is provided with backpack straps.