Continuous weave quick adjust harness backplate system
AssigneeHalcyon Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorJARROD JABLONKSKI
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Abstract
A system to permit a diver to quickly adjust a one-piece continuous piece of webbing by simply pushing or pulling the webbing in the desired direction. The system includes accessory plate which is fixed to an existing diving backplate, which allows the webbing to slide on through the attached accessories without affecting the location of the accessories with respect to the diver's body. An improved adjustable crotch strap is also secured to the backplate. An ergonomic backplate frame is also disclosed.
Claims13
A device for improving the adjustability of a diver's harness waist webbing associated with a backplate the backplate have a pair of angled slots on at least one side of the backplate, said device comprising:
- a body member having at least one slot, said body member adapted for securement to a diver's backplate adjacent to one or more of a pair of angles slots to position the at least one slot far enough from said backplate such that harness waist webbing received through a first slot, of the pair of angled slots of said backplate is sufficiently raised before being received through a second slot of the pair of angled slots of said backplate in order to greatly reduce friction between the waist webbing and the pair of angled slots of the backplate.
An improved triglide for threaded a webbing or strap therethrough, comprising:
- a body member having a substantially horizontal first elongated end, a substantially horizontal elongated, second end and an upwardly rounded center portion between the first elongated end and the second elongated end, said center portion having a first slot and a second slot which define a substantially horizontal top member which is position vertically higher than the first elongated end and the second elongated end
An ergonomic back plate system for a diver comprising:
- an elongated vertical frame;
- a curved member pivotally secured to said vertical frame adjacent a diver's shoulder area;
- said curved member adjustably secured to the vertical frame at one of a plurality securement locations on said vertical frame, said curved member have a plurality of slots for receiving a harness webbing therethrough;
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- a first roller secured to first side of the vertical frame;
- a second roller secured to a second opposite side of the vertical frame;
- wherein said harness webbing is also passed through the first roller and the second roller.
An adaptor plate adapted for securement to a diver's backplate comprising:
- a body member secured to a diver's backplate and having a first end extending, beyond an adjacent first side edge of the backplate and a second end extending beyond an adjacent second side edge of the backplate, said body member having a first pair of angled slots disposed on a first side of said body member and a second pair of angled slots disposed on a second side of said body member;
- wherein when said body member is secured to said backplate said first pair of angled slots are aligned with a first pair of angled slots located near a first side bottom area of the backplate and the second pair of angled slots are aligned with a second pair of angled slots located near a second side bottom area of the backplate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.