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US 5,954,250 AGranted
Harnesses
AssigneeDraeger Limited
InventorsMaurice Van Hall, David Ian Middleton, Henri Schwegman, James Leslie McMillan, Ian Barrett
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Abstract
A harness to enable the wearer to carry an article such as breathing apparatus comprises a waist belt (9) carrying a waist plate (1) to which a back plate (21) is secured. The harness includes shoulder straps (20) and a coupling (41,50) for securing the article to it. The back plate (21) is moveable with respect to the waist plate (1) to facilitate movement of the wearer's body.
Claims6
A harness for securing breathing apparatus to the wearer of the harness, which harness comprises:
- (i) a waist plate having a back portion and side portions, at each end of the back portion, for engaging the hips of the wearer,
- (ii) a waist belt, secured to the waist plate, for fastening around the waist of the wearer to hold the waist plate in position,
- (iii) a back plate mounted on the waist plate,
- (iv) shoulder straps for looping around the shoulders of the wearer and connected to the back plate, and
- (v) a means of securing said article to the harness, wherein one of the plates includes a portion defining an aperture in the form of a slot and the other of the plates includes a protrusion retained in the aperture to permit pivotal movement of the back plate in a plane generally parallel to the wearer's back so that it can pivot laterally with respect to the wearer, the protrusion being displaceable along the slot to accommodate longitudinal movement of the spine of the wearer during use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.