A field pack having a blind assembly that includes a tract assembly; a blind, preferably a left blind and a right blind, that extends from the field pack and retracts back into the field pack using the tract assembly; a blind cartridge placed within a body of the field pack housing the blind, the blind cartridge comprising a blind wing roll; and a support rod that supports the blind once the blind has been extended into its desired position. The field pack may additionally include a hood assembly to store a hood and allow the hood to be deployed from the field pack. The field pack may additionally include a seat assembly that may include either a pivoting seat or a sliding seat for use with the field pack. Any of the blind, the hood, and the seat may be detachable from the field pack.

A field pack having a blind assembly that includes a tract assembly; a blind, preferably a left blind and a right blind, that extends from the field pack and retracts back into the field pack using the tract assembly; a blind cartridge placed within a body of the field pack housing the blind, the blind cartridge comprising a blind wing roll; and a support rod that supports the blind once the blind has been extended into its desired position. The field pack may additionally include a hood assembly to store a hood and allow the hood to be deployed from the field pack. The field pack may additionally include a seat assembly that may include either a pivoting seat or a sliding seat for use with the field pack. Any of the blind, the hood, and the seat may be detachable from the field pack.

A field pack having a blind assembly that includes a tract assembly; a blind, preferably a left blind and a right blind, that extends from the field pack and retracts back into the field pack using the tract assembly; a blind cartridge placed within a body of the field pack housing the blind, the blind cartridge comprising a blind wing roll; and a support rod that supports the blind once the blind has been extended into its desired position. The field pack may additionally include a hood assembly to store a hood and allow the hood to be deployed from the field pack. The field pack may additionally include a seat assembly that may include either a pivoting seat or a sliding seat for use with the field pack. Any of the blind, the hood, and the seat may be detachable from the field pack.

A field pack having a blind assembly that includes a tract assembly; a blind, preferably a left blind and a right blind, that extends from the field pack and retracts back into the field pack using the tract assembly; a blind cartridge placed within a body of the field pack housing the blind, the blind cartridge comprising a blind wing roll; and a support rod that supports the blind once the blind has been extended into its desired position. The field pack may additionally include a hood assembly to store a hood and allow the hood to be deployed from the field pack. The field pack may additionally include a seat assembly that may include either a pivoting seat or a sliding seat for use with the field pack. Any of the blind, the hood, and the seat may be detachable from the field pack.

A multi-functional article provides protection from sun/wind exposure when worn as a garment or when converted into a shelter structure. The article may have a stretchy rear panel, side panels, a peak for receiving a pole for supporting the assembled shelter and that lays flat when the article is a garment, and a rear pocket to hold items in the shelter or serve as a collar for the garment or a bag for storing the article when it is not in use. The article may also have a top strap for use as a garment belt or for securing the article to the ground when the article is a shelter, and bottom tiedown straps for shortening side panels when the article is a garment or for securing the article to the ground when the article is a shelter. Multiple articles may be linked together to form a larger shelter.

A multi-functional article provides protection from sun/wind exposure when worn as a garment or when converted into a shelter structure. The article may have a stretchy rear panel, side panels, a peak for receiving a pole for supporting the assembled shelter and that lays flat when the article is a garment, and a rear pocket to hold items in the shelter or serve as a collar for the garment or a bag for storing the article when it is not in use. The article may also have a top strap for use as a garment belt or for securing the article to the ground when the article is a shelter, and bottom tiedown straps for shortening side panels when the article is a garment or for securing the article to the ground when the article is a shelter. Multiple articles may be linked together to form a larger shelter.

A multi-purpose mat comprises a circular flat body portion having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface comprises a structural fold pattern. The outer surface comprises a plurality of wing pockets extending from a peripheral edge and spaced at ninety degree intervals that may be folded into a plurality of interior pockets between the outer surface and the inner surface, a drawstring interwoven through a plurality of eyelets along the perimeter, a pair of webbing straps positioned at right angles to each other, and a pair of pole pockets below the pair of webbing straps, a bag clip and a bag handle. A functional strap and a plurality of tent poles allow the multi-purpose mat to be configured into a beach mat, a backpack bag, a surfboard carrier sling and a shade shelter.

A multi-purpose mat comprises a circular flat body portion having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface comprises a structural fold pattern. The outer surface comprises a plurality of wing pockets extending from a peripheral edge and spaced at ninety degree intervals that may be folded into a plurality of interior pockets between the outer surface and the inner surface, a drawstring interwoven through a plurality of eyelets along the perimeter, a pair of webbing straps positioned at right angles to each other, and a pair of pole pockets below the pair of webbing straps, a bag clip and a bag handle. A functional strap and a plurality of tent poles allow the multi-purpose mat to be configured into a beach mat, a backpack bag, a surfboard carrier sling and a shade shelter.

A backpack with incorporated and separable instant tent, sleeping pad, and sleeping bag cover allows the user to carry supplies within an enclosed back pack, which when deployed, becomes a no-set-up lightweight, portable, compactible shelter. The user can enter said structure easily, close it behind him or herself, and access his or her sleeping system and gear within. It may be used by hikers, campers, hunters, fishermen, disaster relief victims, military personnel, emergency rescue workers or anyone in need of a personal, portable, quick access, no set up, combined shelter and gear carrying system which is lightweight, provides privacy, protection from the elements, and ease of use.

A portable, one-person free-standing blind including a leg assembly for supporting the blind upon the ground, a lower portion rotatably mounted to the leg assembly, a foldable seat mounted above the lower portion, an upper portion, struts extendable from the foldable seat to the upper portion, and a camouflage shroud for concealing a user seated on the seat, the blind being convertible between a disassembled, compact configuration and an assembled, extended configuration, and wherein the blind is roughly cylindrical and sized to accommodate a single user, and wherein the blind is configured and adapted to be rotated by user seated on the seat.