US Patent 10463138 Backpack apparatus and system

A backpack designed to reduce forward head posture is disclosed herein. Such a backpack may include: one or more shoulder straps, where each of the shoulder straps includes a sternal pad in contact with a wearer's sternum and upper anterior ribs when worn; a wedge-shaped sacral pad spanning a bottom of the backpack, the upper edge of which contacting a user's thoracolumbar junction when worn; one or more dorsal pads in contact with a wearer's spine and shoulder blade when worn; and wherein the sternal pad, wedge shaped sacral pad, and one of the one or more dorsal pads when in contact with a wearer's anatomy are arranged in a triangular configuration when viewed from a side perspective of a wearer.