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US 1,096,137 · App. 29/950,350 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Backpack

Inventors: Bowden Ormsbee (Longmont, CO); Dale Karacostas (Boulder, CO)
Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,096,137
App. No.
29/950,350
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a backpack as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 19, 2026
From: NITE IZE, INC.
To: NITE IZE, LLC
Reel/Frame 076014/0758 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2024
From: ORMSBEE, BOWDEN; KARACOSTAS, DALE
To: NITE IZE, INC.
Reel/Frame 068016/0957 →
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