US 4,396,137 A · Camera body harness

Abstract

A harness for snuggly securing a camera against the torso of a human body includes a quick release fastening means assembled from two members that are releasably engaged securely with each other and operable with a single hand for releasing such engagement. One of the two members of the quick release fastening means is secured to a belt which encircles the torso for restraining that member thereto. The other of the two members is adapted to be secured to the camera. Engagement of the members of the quick release fastening means, when the members are respectively secured to the camera and to the human body, secures the camera against the torso. The harness further includes an elongated neckstrap worn around the neck of the camera user, which is adapted for attachment to the camera so that the camera is supported at a location where it may be secured against the torso by the cooperating quick release fastening means and belt.

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Dependent claims

A harness for securing an article snuggly to a human torso, said article to be secured being separately supported from said torso, the harness comprising:

an elongated, circumtorso belt formed with two longitudinally opposed ends defining a length and adapted to be secured about said human torso;
and
a quick release fastener including a pair of engageable members comprising an attaching member and an attached member, said attaching member having a pair of elements pivotally secured together at a pivot for separation that permits selective engagement and disengagement with said attached member, said two longitudinally opposed ends of said circumtorso belt attached to said attaching member at spaced locations on opposite sides of the pivot along a line extending in the direction of the length of said belt midway between the pivot and a location on said attaching member opposite said pivot, said attached member adapted to be fastened to an article for securing said article to a human torso when said engageable members are engaged with said circumtorso belt secured about said human torso, the pair of pivotally secured elements of said attaching member of the quick release fastener pivotable with a single hand for engaging and disengaging said attached member.

A quick release fastener for releasably engaging an attached member fastened to an article and releasably securing said article to an elongated circumtorso belt encircling a human torso, comprising:

a pair of opposed clamping plates pivotally secured to each other at a pivot at adjacent first locations of adjacent edges of said plates;
a spring interposed between the opposed clamping plates to apply a separating force to said clamping plates that urges said clamping plates away from each other;
a restraining means joined to the clamping plates for restraining separation of said clamping plates;
a pair of separable elements defining an aperture for enclosing the attached member, one of said elements secured to one of the pair of opposed clamping plates and the other of said elements secured to the other of said pair of opposed clamping plates, said pair of elements secured to said clamping plates spaced from the pivot along a first line, said elements separable upon urging said clamping plates together against the separating force for passing the attached member into and out of the aperture;
and
a pair of connectors for securing the quick release fastener to opposed ends of the elongated circumtorso belt, the connectors respectively attached to the pair of pivotally secured opposed clamping plates at spaced locations at opposite edges of the quick release fastener midway between the pivot and opposite adjacent second locations of adjacent edges of the clamping plates along a second line perpendicular to the first line.

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Camera body harness

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Camera body harness

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Abstract

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