Safety harness with pseudo-crossover ventral straps having two folds

A fall-protection safety harness configured so that when the harness is worn by a user, a first ventral strap of the harness extends from the right shoulder of the user to the right hip of the user and a second ventral strap of the harness extends from the left shoulder of the user to the left hip of the user,

• wherein a first buckle portion is mounted on the first ventral strap and a second buckle portion is mounted on the second ventral strap, the first and second buckle portions being detachably attached to each other to form a ventral buckle,
• wherein the first and second ventral straps and the first and second buckle portions are configured so that the ventral buckle is at least generally aligned with a sagittal plane of the user and harness,
• each of the buckle portions comprise a vertically-elongated slot that is oriented within plus or minus 20 degrees of a vertical axis of the harness,
• wherein at least one of the ventral straps comprises at least two fold portions formed by an upper portion of the ventral strap folded at least partially onto itself and by a lower portion of the ventral strap folded at least partially onto itself,
• wherein the at least one strap performs a 180 degrees twist at the vertically-elongated slot of the buckle portion mounted to the ventral strap thereby forming a securing portion on the ventral strap which is located between the two fold portions and
• wherein the at least one buckle portion is secured to the at least one strap at the securing portion of the strap.