Fall arrest safety harness and tool belt

A safety harness and tool belt which comprises a safety body harness and a tool belt carried by the harness for supporting tools and working supplies;

• said harness comprising strap means establishing a continuous fall arrest connection for supporting a wearer about the wearer's back, shoulders, waist and legs for arresting a fall when suspended from a safety lanyard, and a safety lanyard connection carried by said strap means for connecting said strap means to the safety lanyard;
• said strap means of said harness comprising a single back strap extending from a shoulder apex downward in two segments, said segments being adapted to extend through the wearer's crotch to support the wearer in fall arrest;
• a single shoulder strap loosely engaging said back strap at its shoulder apex and being adapted to extend from said shoulder apex over the wearer's shoulders in two chest segments;
• first connecting means connectable to one of the chest strap segments and to one of the back strap segments at the front of the wearer's torso, and second connecting means connectable to the other chest strap segment and to the other back strap segment at the front of the wearer's torso, so that said back strap is connectable to said shoulder strap chest segments to define a fall arrest sling that extends across the wearer's chest, shoulders and back between the wearers legs, and
• said tool belt comprising at least a tool belt waist band carried by said harness, said strap means having a free sliding connection with said waist band, said tool belt waist band being completely independent from the fall arrest function of the harness straps for establishing said continuous fall arrest connection so that said strap means is independently sufficient to provide for fall arresting apart from said waist band.