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US 10,765,437 B1Granted
Climbing harness with built-in tourniquet
OwnerIshmael L. Antonioinventor
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Abstract
A system of a combined climbing harness and medical tourniquet, and a method for using the system. A looped thigh strap portion of a climbing harness is detachable from the harness belt for separate alternative use as an emergency tourniquet for the user or a patient. The looped thigh strap is provided with features and components to facilitate its use as a functional tourniquet for either an arm or a leg, while nevertheless in ordinary use allowing it to serve as a component of a climbing harness.
Claims19
A method for applying a tourniquet to an injured limb, comprising:
- providing a climbing harness system comprising a main belt and a thigh strap having a body;
- disposing on the thigh strap a holder loop and a second loop proximate to the holder loop;
- releasably engaging the thigh strap to the main belt;
- wrapping the main belt about a user's upper hips;
- wrapping the thigh strap around the user's thigh, and releasably engaging the thigh strap to define a closed loop;
- engaging the harness system with a rope, and climbing with the rope;
- disengaging the thigh strap from the main belt;
- looping the thigh strap around the injured limb;
- engaging a torsion item with the holder loop by inserting the item between the holder loop and the body of the thigh strap;
- rotating the torsion item to twist the holder loop, thereby shortening an effective circumferential length of the closed loop of the thigh strap, and constricting the injured limb;
- engaging the torsion item with the second loop to maintain the holder loop in a twisted condition.
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A method for applying a tourniquet to an injured limb, comprising:
- providing a climbing harness system comprising a main belt and a thigh strap having a body;
- disposing on the thigh strap a holder loop and a second loop proximate to the holder loop;
- releasably engaging the thigh strap to the main belt, comprising:
- providing a center main loop on the main belt;
- defining on the thigh strap a main strap loop;
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- disposing a carabiner through the center main loop and through the main strap loop, and closing the carabiner;
- wrapping the main belt about a user's upper hips;
- wrapping the thigh strap around the user's thigh, and releasably engaging the thigh strap to define a closed loop;
- disengaging the thigh strap from the main belt, comprising opening the carabiner and detaching it from the center loop and from the main strap loop;
- looping the thigh strap around the injured limb;
- engaging the carabiner with the holder loop by inserting the carabiner between the holder loop and the body of the thigh strap;
- rotating the carabiner to twist the holder loop, thereby shortening an effective circumferential length of the closed loop of the thigh strap, and constricting the injured limb;
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- engaging the carabiner with the second loop to maintain the holder loop in a twisted condition.
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A method for applying a climbing harness as a tourniquet to an injured limb, comprising:
- providing the climbing harness with a main belt and a thigh strap having a body;
- securing on the main belt a center loop means through which a carabiner may be removably attached to the main belt;
- disposing on the thigh strap a holder loop and a second loop proximate to the holder loop;
- wrapping the main belt about a user's upper hips;
- releasably engaging together with the carabiner the center loop and the thigh strap;
- wrapping the thigh strap around the user's thigh, and releasably engaging the thigh strap to define a closed loop;
- engaging the harness system with a rope, and climbing with the rope;
- disengaging the thigh strap from the main belt;
- looping the thigh strap around the injured limb;
- engaging a torsion item with the holder loop by inserting the item between the holder loop and the body of the thigh strap;
- rotating the torsion item to twist the holder loop, thereby shortening an effective circumferential length of the closed loop of the thigh strap, and constricting the injured limb;
- engaging the torsion item with the second loop to maintain the holder loop in a twisted condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.