Anti-fall and load distributor harness and a method for manufacturing said harness
AssigneeBLUE ICE Europe
InventorMaxime TURGEON
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Abstract
A harness includes a belt and two separate thigh loops, in which at least one element selected from the belt-and the thigh loops includes a first lower support strip to which at least, firstly, a first portion of an open coil and, secondly, a first upper cover strip are bonded. The at least first portion of the open coil is positioned between the lower support strip and the upper cover strip, the open coil having a single structural yarn wound on itself to form a number of yarn turns. The number of yarn turns being greater than or equal to two, the two ends of the single structural yarn being independent of each other, the yarn turns of the open coil making it possible to distribute the tensile forces exerted on the single yarn in wound form.
Claims20
A harness comprising:
- a belt and two distinct leg loops, wherein at least one element selected from among the belt and the two distinct leg loops comprises a first lower support strip onto which are bonded at least a first portion of a coil and a first upper overlay strip so that the at least first portion of the coil is interposed between the lower support strip and the upper overlay strip, the coil including a single structural yarn wound on itself to form a plurality of loops, wherein the plurality of loops is greater than or equal to two, the loops of the coil allowing distributing tensile forces exerted on the wound single structural yarn.
A method of manufacturing a harness, comprising:
- winding a single structural yarn on itself in order to form a coil comprising a plurality of loops, wherein the plurality of loops is greater than or equal to two, the loops of the coil allowing distributing tensile forces exerted on the wound single structural yarn;
- depositing at least one first portion of the coil over a first lower support strip;
- and
- bonding a first upper overlay strip onto the first lower support strip over which the at least one first portion of the coil is deposited so that the at least one first portion of the coil is interposed between the first lower support strip and the first upper overlay strip.
A harness comprising:
- a belt;
- two distinct leg loops;
- and
- a coil including a single structural yarn wound upon itself to form a plurality of yarn turns, the number of yarn turns in said plurality of yarn turns being greater than or equal to two, the yarn turns of said coil allowing distributing tensile forces exerted on the wound single structural yarn,
- wherein at least one element selected from the belt and the leg loops comprises:
- a lower support strip,
- an upper overlay strip,
- a portion of the coil that is interposed between the lower support strip and the upper overlay strip, and
- wherein the portion of the coil and the upper overlay strip are adhered to the lower support strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.