Systems and methods related to a pack and an oxidizing gas generator

Abstract

Systems and methods for detecting presence of a thing, the thing treated with a descenter, one method including in an area in which it is possible that a thing treated with a descenter is present, using a detector to detect a descenter level in the area, producing a detected descenter level, comparing the detected descenter level to a normal descenter level for the area, determining that the detected descenter level is different from the normal descenter level, said determining indicating the possible presence of a thing treated with a descenter; and using a trained service animal to facilitate such a method.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A backpack, comprising:
 a body defining an interior space;   a pair of shoulder straps coupled to the body, the shoulder straps configured to position the body against a back of a hunter; and   a portable gas generator for use by the hunter in a field, at least a portion of the portable gas generator being positioned in the interior space of the body, the portable gas generator configured to apply an oxidizing gas onto the hunter, equipment of the hunter, and clothing of the hunter, while the hunter is in the field.   
     
     
         2 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the portable gas generator applies the oxidizing gas indirectly onto the hunter, equipment of the hunter, and clothing of the hunter, while the hunter is moving in the field.   
     
     
         3 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein the portable gas generator further comprises:
 a port configured to emit the oxidizing gas, the port positioned to direct the oxidizing gas upward toward a head of the hunter when the portable gas generator is positioned in the interior space of the body and the body is positioned against the back of the hunter.   
     
     
         4 . The backpack of  claim 3 , wherein:
 the port directs the oxidizing at a zone above the head of the hunter.   
     
     
         5 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the shoulder straps cooperate with the body to secure the portable gas generator against the back of the hunter between armpits of the hunter.   
     
     
         6 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the portable gas generator directs the oxidizing gas into an open atmosphere adjacent to the hunter in the field.   
     
     
         7 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the portable gas generator directs the oxidizing gas to an area of the body between an inside and an outside of the body.   
     
     
         8 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises:
 an opening to allow the portable gas generator to be positioned in the interior space of the body.   
     
     
         9 . The backpack of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the portable gas generator emits the oxidizing gas while the opening of the body is open.   
     
     
         10 . The backpack of  claim 8 , wherein the body further comprises:
 a zipper to selectively open or close the opening.   
     
     
         11 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the shoulder straps cooperate with the body to secure the portable gas generator in a fixed position relative to a torso of the hunter.   
     
     
         12 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the portable gas generator is an ozone generator and the oxidizing gas is ozone.   
     
     
         13 . The backpack of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the portable gas generator is battery-powered.   
     
     
         14 . A backpack, comprising:
 a portable gas generator for use by a hunter in a field, the portable gas generator configured to apply an oxidizing gas onto the hunter, equipment of the hunter, and clothing of the hunter, while the hunter is in the field; and   a harness coupled to the portable gas generator, the harness including a pair of shoulder straps configured to removably secure the portable gas generator in a fixed position relative to a back of the hunter.   
     
     
         15 . The backpack of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the shoulder straps secure the portable gas generator against the back of the hunter between armpits of the hunter.   
     
     
         16 . The backpack of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the portable gas generator applies the oxidizing gas indirectly onto the hunter, equipment of the hunter, and clothing of the hunter, while the hunter is moving in the field.   
     
     
         17 . The backpack of  claim 14 , wherein the portable gas generator further comprises:
 a port configured to emit the oxidizing gas, the port positioned to direct the oxidizing gas upward toward a head of the hunter when the portable gas generator is secured in the fixed position relative to the back of the hunter.   
     
     
         18 . The backpack of  claim 17 , wherein:
 the port directs the oxidizing at a zone adjacent to the head of the hunter.   
     
     
         19 . A method, comprising:
 inserting a portable gas generator through an opening of a backpack into an interior space of the backpack, the portable gas generator configured to apply an oxidizing gas onto a hunter, equipment of the hunter, and clothing of the hunter, while the hunter is in a field;   positioning a port of the portable gas generator to be directed upward;   positioning a pair of shoulder straps of the backpack on shoulders of the hunter such that the portable gas generator is positioned against a back of the hunter between armpits of the hunter; and   applying the oxidizing gas indirectly onto the hunter, equipment of the hunter, and clothing of the hunter, while the hunter is moving in the field.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 emitting the oxidizing gas upward into an open atmosphere adjacent to a head of the hunter.