System and method for carrying loads
OwnerEliahu TAYARinventor
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Abstract
System and method for carrying loads by a user are disclosed. According to embodiments of this invention a load is carried attached to the back of the user and concurrently vertically supported to the ground on supporting means. The system comprising means that allow vertical free movements of the load with respect to the user's back within a defined range so that the load substantially carried by the supporting means while providing stable attachment of the load to the user's back in two other linear axes of freedom and in all three circular axes of freedom. The supporting means includes means to adjust the support according to the user's height and to the grounds bumpiness.
Claims24
A system for carrying loads comprising:
- a harness;
- a back frame;
- a load base;
- vertical-only-free movement connecting means to connect said load base to said back frame so that said load base can move freely with respect to said back frame along one linear axis within a defined range substantially without transmitting vertical load onto said back frame and be steadily connected to said back frame in the other two linear axes and in the three rotational axes;
- load support and adjusting means having upper end and lower end to support said load base from below, said load supporting means is connected to said load base at a location so that when a load is attached onto said load base its center of gravity is substantially vertically above said connection point when said system is in use;
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- gliding means connected to the lower end of said support and adjusting means, to enable easy gliding of said system on the ground when in touch with the ground.
A method for carrying loads comprising:
- attaching a back frame to a load base by means allowing vertical-only-free movement of said load base with respect to said back frame within a defined range substantially without transmitting vertical load onto said back frame;
- supporting said load base with respect to the ground by means of an adjustable load support and gliding means, said load support is connected to said load base at a location so that when a load is attached onto said load base its center of gravity is substantially vertically above said connection point when said system is in use;
- loading a load onto said load base;
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- attaching said back frame to a back of a user by means of a harness attached to said back frame.
The method of claim 8 further comprising:
- restraining the movement of said load base with respect to back frame by means of restraining means connected between them.
A system for carrying loads, the system and comprising:
- a harness adapted to be worn by a user;
- a harness back frame attached to the harness and having a vertical axis;
- a load base comprising a base portion configured for receiving a load thereon, the base portion being oriented transversely to the vertical axis;
- connecting means connecting said base portion to said back frame so as to allow free movement of said base portion parallel to itself, with respect to said back frame, along the vertical axis;
- load support disposed under the base portion and having an upper end connected to the base portion and an opposite, lower end associated with gliding means configured for gliding when in touch with the ground, the load support being configured to provide vertical support to the base portion and while doing so to move along the vertical axis in response to the topography of the ground, causing thereby the load base to perform its corresponding movement parallel to itself along the vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.