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Pullley System Floating Backpacks

Lightning Pack's New HoverGlide Backpack Uses Bungee Cords

— August 17, 2018 — Lifestyle
Lightning Packs introduces its brand new HoverGlide backpack, coined as the world's first ever floating backpack. The concept of the latest piece is to take off the weight that it strains on the body with every step. The backpack uses a unique double-frame and pulley system to reduce the stress of weight that affects the back, knees, neck, and ankle when walking or running. This system incorporates bungee cords to suspend the weight from the structural frame to allow it to slide vertically along to stay in place as the wearer moves around. The result of this reduces its vertical moment and the vertical force to lighten the overall weight, enabling comfortable travel and reducing the risk of injury.

The HoverGlide packs are available in four different styles that range from 28 to 55 liters -- with the smaller packs boasting a 20-inch frame system and the larger one with a 24-inch frame system. The company will begin taking pre-orders through its Kickstarter campaign in the upcoming weeks.
Trend Themes
1. Floating Backpacks - The HoverGlide backpack by Lightning Packs introduces a unique double-frame and pulley system to reduce strain on the body while walking or running.
2. Bungee Cord Suspension - The HoverGlide backpack incorporates bungee cords to suspend the weight, reducing vertical force and enabling comfortable travel.
3. Reducing Weight Strain - Lightning Packs' HoverGlide backpack aims to lighten the overall weight and minimize the risk of injury by using a pulley system and bungee cords.
Industry Implications
1. Outdoor Equipment - The outdoor equipment industry can explore incorporating pulley systems and bungee cord suspensions in backpack designs to reduce strain on the body.
2. Fitness and Sports - The fitness and sports industry can leverage the bungee cord suspension technology of the HoverGlide backpack to develop innovative gear that minimizes strain on athletes' bodies.
3. Travel and Luggage - The travel and luggage industry has an opportunity to create lighter and more comfortable travel gear by implementing weight-reducing technologies, like the pulley system used in the HoverGlide backpack.
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