Single-Bag Pack for Everyday Carry and for Travel

Abstract

A single-bag pack for carrying business and travel items together includes a harness for carrying the pack on one's back; a travel compartment having a suitcase-opening lid to which the harness is attached; a personal items compartment; and a computer compartment within one of the suitcase-opening lid and a wall separating the travel compartment from the personal items compartment; the travel compartment, the personal items compartment, and the computer compartment each inaccessible from within each other of the travel compartment, the personal items compartment, and the computer compartment. More generally, the pack may include a first compartment having a first lid, the first compartment constructed and arranged to be expandable and the be substantially invisible when not expanded; a slender compartment built into the first lid opening outside the first lid; and a second compartment having a second lid accessible from outside the first compartment and the slender compartment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A single-bag pack for carrying business and travel items together, comprising:
 a harness for carrying the pack on one's back;   a travel compartment having a first lid to which the harness is attached;   a personal items compartment; and   a computer compartment within one of the first lid and a wall separating the travel compartment from the personal items compartment;   the travel compartment, the personal items compartment, and the computer compartment each inaccessible from within each other of the travel compartment, the personal items compartment, and the computer compartment.   
     
     
         2 . The pack of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the travel compartment constructed and arranged to be expandable from a condition of occupying substantially no volume.   
     
     
         3 . The pack of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 the travel compartment expandable by use of an expansion zipper joined by an expansion gusset.   
     
     
         4 . The pack of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a flap of material beneath which the expansion zipper is hidden when the expansion zipper is closed.   
     
     
         5 . The pack of  claim 1 , wherein the first lid further comprises:
 a suitcase-opening lid.   
     
     
         6 . The pack of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 the suitcase-opening lid remaining able to open when the travel compartment is compressed.   
     
     
         7 . The single-bag pack of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a tuck-away compartment in the lid into which the harness can be tucked.   
     
     
         8 . The single-bag pack of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an accessory compartment.   
     
     
         9 . A single-bag pack for carrying business and travel items together, comprising:
 a first compartment having a first lid, the first compartment constructed and arranged to be expandable and to be substantially invisible when not expanded;   a slender compartment built into the first lid opening outside the first lid; and   a second compartment having a second lid accessible from outside the first compartment and the slender compartment.   
     
     
         10 . The pack of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 a harness for carrying the pack on one's back attached to the first lid.