US Patent Issued to Under Armour on March 17 for "Backpack with clip" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,660, issued on March 17, was assigned to Under Armour Inc. (Baltimore).

"Backpack with clip" was invented by Derek Campbell (Baltimore), Bradley Johnson (Baltimore) and Alexander Prokopik (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backpack includes a main body including a front side and a rear side, a pair of shoulder straps extending from the rear side, where at least one of the shoulder straps includes a rail disposed on a surface of the shoulder strap that opposes the rear side, and a clip that secures to the rail of the shoulder strap. The clip includes a rail securing member that secures to the rail, and an accessory engagemen...