Shoulder sling with means for anchoring equipment

A method for limiting movement of equipment suspended from a sling comprising:

• a) providing a shoulder sling having a primary strap configured to overlay a shoulder of a user and extend downwardly across a front and back of said user toward a hip of the user opposite the overlaid shoulder and equipment suspended from said primary strap by a secondary strap, wherein the secondary strap is in slidable communication with the primary strap;
• b) providing an anchoring mechanism that reversibly limits a range of movement of the secondary strap along the primary strap when the anchoring mechanism is reversibly attached to the secondary strap, wherein the anchoring mechanism comprises a tertiary strap having a first and second end and wherein the tertiary strap has a stabilizing configuration wherein the tertiary strap extends under a user's arm between its first and second ends that are both reversibly attached to the primary strap;
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• c) reversibly attaching said anchoring mechanism to said secondary strap.

An equipment sling with anchor point comprising:

• a first strap configured to overlay a shoulder of a user and extend downwardly across a front and back of said user toward a hip of the user opposite the overlaid shoulder, wherein said first strap has a length;
• a secondary strap having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is in slidable communication with the first strap along the length of the first strap, and wherein the second end comprises means for reversibly fixing the secondary strap to said equipment, wherein the equipment hangs at an idle position when the equipment is not in use, and wherein the anchoring mechanism further comprises:
• a pad that encircles the first strap and is configured to overlay the shoulder of a user, the pad further comprising;
• a first end overlaying a portion of the chest of a user and a second end overlaying a portion of the back of a user, wherein an attachment point is disposed on both ends of the pad;
• a stabilizing strap having a first end and a second end, wherein each end of the stabilizing strap comprises a clip;
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• an anchoring mechanism reversibly attached to the second end of the secondary strap such that the equipment is prevented from moving farther from the idle position than a predetermined distance.