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US 5,203,829 AGranted
Safety harness with adjustable front d-ring
AssigneeD B Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrian K. Fisk, Scott C. Casebolt
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Abstract
The safety harness includes a shoulder strap, a waist strap and a seat strap. The seat strap includes end portions that wrap around the upper portions of the right and left legs, respectively. The shoulder strap is effectively continuous, having one break where the first and second shoulder strap portions are buckled to each other. The shoulder strap buckle is also the location for adjusting the effective length of the shoulder strap to fit the person's torso. The waist strap includes a buckle location where the safety harness is fastened to the person wearing it, the waist strap buckle permitting easy donning of the safety harness.
Claims33
A safety harness, comprising:
- a shoulder strap having a first end region and a second end region;
- a waist strap having a first end region and a second end region;
- a front slide assembly, through which pass said shoulder strap and said waist strap;
- a rear suspension assembly, engaging intersecting intermediate portions of said shoulder strap;
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- an adjustable seat strap having first and second end regions and first and second intermediate portions, whereby said first and second end regions of said shoulder strap intersect and engage said first and second intermediate portions of said waist strap is releasably attached to said first intermediate portion of said seat strap, said first end region of said seat strap, respectively, said second end region of said waist strap engages said second intermediate portion of said seat strap, said first end region of said shoulder strap is releasably attached to said first end region of said seat strap, said second end region of said shoulder strap is releasably attached to said second end region of said seat strap, and said rear suspension assembly is maintained in a fixed position relative to said seat strap.
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A safety harness, comprising:
- a shoulder strap having a first end region and a second end region;
- a waist strap having a first end region, a second end region, a first strap segment including said first end region of said waist strap and a second strap segment including said second end region of said waist strap;
- fastening means for releasably fastening said first strap segment and said second strap segment;
- a front slide assembly, through which pass said shoulder strap and said waist strap;
- a rear suspension assembly, engaging intersecting intermediate portions of said shoulder strap;
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- an adjustable seat strap having first and second end regions and first and second intermediate portions, whereby said first and second end regions of said shoulder strap intersect and engage said first and second intermediate portions of said seat strap, respectively, said first end region of said waist strap engages said second intermediate portion of said seat strap, said second end region of said waist strap engages said first intermediate portion of said seat strap, said first end region of said shoulder strap is releasably attached to said first end region of said seat strap, said second end region of said shoulder strap is releasably attached to said second end region of said seat strap, and said rear suspension assembly is maintained in a fixed position relative to said seat strap.
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A safety harness, comprising:
- a shoulder strap having a first end and a second end, said shoulder strap including a first strap segment and a second strap segment;
- means for adjusting the effective length of said second strap segment;
- a waist strap having a first end and a second end;
- means for adjusting the effective length of said waist strap;
- a front slide assembly, through which slidably pass in tangential, non-intersecting relation said second strap segment and said waist strap;
- a rear suspension assembly, engaging in fixed, intersecting relation said first strap segment and said second strap segment;
- a seat strap having first and second end regions and first and second intermediate portions, said first and second ends of said shoulder strap intersect and engage said first and second intermediate portions of said seat strap, respectively, said first intermediate portion of said seat strap being releasably engaged to said second end of said waist strap, said second intermediate portion of said seat strap being fixedly attached to said first end of said waist strap, said first end region of said seat strap being releasably engaged to said first end of said shoulder strap, and said second end region of said seat strap being releasably engaged to said second end of said shoulder strap;
- means for adjusting the effective length of said first end region of said seat strap;
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- means for adjusting the effective length of said second end region of said seat strap.
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