Combination backpack and quiver
View Patent ↗A combination backpack and quiver apparatus includes a backpack, a quiver, a planar insert and first and second quiver mounting rods. The planar insert is received in an outer pocket of the backpack. The insert includes a plurality of elongated quiver mounting receptacles extending substantially parallel to an insert length, the quiver mounting receptacles being spaced apart across an insert width. The quiver includes a hood, first and second elongated quiver rails extending from the hood, and at least one resilient arrow holder mounted on the rails and including a plurality of laterally open arrow receiving recesses defined in the resilient arrow holder. The first and second quiver mounting rods are received in first and second ones of the quiver mounting receptacles and are attached to the at least one resilient arrow holder to mount the quiver on the backpack.
1. A combination backpack and quiver apparatus, comprising:
a backpack including a relatively thinner outer pocket and a relatively thicker interior space, the outer pocket having an open pocket end;
a planar insert received in the outer pocket through the open pocket end, the planar insert having a first insert end and a second insert end and an insert length from the first insert end to the second insert end, the insert including two lateral edges extending from the first insert end to the second insert end, the insert having an insert width between the two lateral edges, the insert including a plurality of elongated quiver mounting receptacles defined in the insert and extending parallel to the insert length, the quiver mounting receptacles being open at the first insert end and the quiver mounting receptacles being spaced across the insert width;
a quiver including a hood, first and second elongated quiver rails extending from the hood, and at least one resilient arrow holder mounted on the rails and including a plurality of laterally open arrow receiving recesses defined in the resilient arrow holder; and
first and second quiver mounting rods received in first and second ones of the quiver mounting receptacles and extending out of the open pocket end, the quiver being mounted on the quiver mounting rods such that the hood is spaced from the back pack and the quiver rails extend toward the back pack, such that an arrow may have an arrow head received in the hood and an arrow shaft laterally received in one of the laterally open arrow receiving recesses with an arrow fletching end of the arrow received in the interior space of the backpack.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the planar insert is snugly received in the outer pocket with the two lateral edges of the planar insert received against internal lateral edges of the outer pocket and with the second insert end received against an internal end of the outer pocket.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the quiver mounting receptacles are formed as blind bores in the planar insert.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one resilient arrow holder includes at least two resilient arrow holders spaced apart along a length of the quiver rails, each of the at least two resilient arrow holders having first and second holes therethrough; and
the first and second quiver mounting rods are received through the first and second holes, respectively, of each of the at least two resilient arrow holders.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein:
the first and second holes of each of the at least two resilient arrow holders are located in a lateral direction between the quiver rails and the laterally open arrow receiving recesses.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein:
the first and second holes of each of the at least two resilient arrow holders are spaced apart by a hole spacing; and
the first and second ones of the quiver mounting receptacles are selected such that the selected receptacles are spaced apart in a direction of the insert width by a receptacle spacing most nearly equal to the hole spacing of any of the receptacle pairs.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the planar insert includes at least one accessory mounting receptacle defined in the planar insert, the at least one accessory mounting receptacle being open at either the second insert end or one of the lateral edges of the planar insert.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:
the backpack has an accessory mounting opening formed in the backpack and associated with each accessory mounting receptacle when the planar insert is received in the outer pocket.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
at least one accessory mounting rod received in one of the accessory mounting receptacles and extending through the associated accessory mounting opening.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:
at least one accessory attached to the at least one accessory mounting rod, the accessory being selected from the group consisting of a flag, a sign bearing legible indica, an umbrella, a light, a camera holder, a headlamp, a bow holder, and a hunting blind.
11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:
the at least one accessory mounting receptacle includes at least three accessory mounting receptacles, there being at least one of the accessory mounting receptacles open to each of the second insert end and the two lateral edges of the planar insert.
12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:
the at least one accessory mounting receptacle includes left and right laterally oriented mounting receptacles; and
the apparatus further includes a portable blind including left and right accessory mounting rods configured to be attached to the left and right laterally oriented mounting receptacles such that the left and right accessory mounting rods extend laterally to a left side and a right side of the backpack, and left and right curtains of flexible material configured to hang downward from the left and right accessory mounting rods, each curtain having a lateral width of at least 1 foot and a vertical length of at least two feet.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein:
each of the curtains has an upper edge and includes laterally inner and outer reinforcing tubes attached to the curtain adjacent laterally inner and outer ends of the upper edge, the reinforcing tubes receiving an associated one of the support rods therethrough.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the planar insert is formed from a block of polymeric material and the quiver mounting receptacles are formed as drilled holes in the polymeric material.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the planar insert is formed from one or more sheets of backing material and the quiver mounting receptacles are formed as cylindrical tubes attached to the one or more sheets of backing material.