ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,322, issued on July 22, was assigned to SUDHAUS GMBH (Iserlohn, Germany).
"Adjustable mount for a backpack or schoolbag" was invented by Stephan Keidel (Iserlohn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable mount for a backpack has a housing secured to the backpack rear wall. A slide movable vertically inside the housing is formed with at least one transversely open recess. A support plate secured to the backpack straps is axially fixed to the slide for joint axial movement therewith. A rack rod rotatable but axially fixed in the housing has a plurality of axially spaced and radially projecting teeth. The rack rod is rotatab...