Ergonomic chest mounted tackle box

A chest-worn tackle box assembly, comprising:

• a breast plate for engaging a front of a person's chest, said breast plate comprising a thin panel member having an upper portion that is forwardly, convexly curved about a horizontal axis for ergonomically engaging a convexly curved upper portion of a person's chest;
• a harness mounted to said breast plate for supporting said breast plate from a person's shoulders;
• a tackle storage box having at least one interior compartment and an access opening in a top thereof, said storage box comprising:
• first and second generally parallel side walls having tracks that support first and second edges of said tambour door for sliding motion therein, said first and second side walls of said storage box extending substantially perpendicular to said breast plate so that access opening is selectively covered and uncovered by sliding said tambour door in first and second directions perpendicular to said breast plate;
• at least one boss portion extending laterally outwardly from at least one of said side walls for detachably receiving a spool of fishing line in rotating engagement therewith;
• a sliding tambour mounted to said storage box so as to selectively cover said access opening;
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• means for pivotally mounting a rearward portion of said tackle storage box to a lower portion of said breast plate so that when said breast plate is supported from a person's shoulders said tackle storage box is selectively pivotable from a vertical stowed position, in which said top of said storage box engages said breastplate, to a horizontal deployed position, in which said top of said storage box is disposed upwardly and said interior compartment is accessible by sliding said tambour door from over said access opening.

A chest-worn tackle box assembly, comprising:

• a breast plate for engaging a front of a person's chest;
• a harness mounted to said breast plate for supporting said breast plate from a person's shoulders;
• a tackle storage box having an access opening in a top thereof and at least one interior compartment, said tackle box comprising:
• first and second parallel side walls extending substantially perpendicular to said breast plate;
• a sliding tambour door mounted to said side walls so as to selectively cover said access opening;
• tracks on said first and second side walls that support first and second edges of said tambour door for sliding motion therein, said tracks comprising upper runs that extend forwardly along upper edges of said side walls, forward runs that extend downwardly along forward edges of said side walls, and lower runs that extend rearwardly along lower edges of said side walls;
• a floor panel that forms a bottom of said interior compartment, said floor panel spanning said side walls at a position above said lower runs of said tracks;
• an outer wall mounted to said lower edges of said side walls at a position below said lower runs of said tracks, so that a spaced gap is formed with said floor wall for passage of said tambour door therein;
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• a front wall mounted to said outer wall and said forward ends of said side walls at a position forward of said forward runs of said tracks, said front wall extending over a forward end of said storage box so as to exclude rainwater from entering said gap between said floor and outer walls when said storage box is stowed in a vertical orientation;
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• means for pivotally mounting a rearward portion of said tackle storage box to a lower portion of said breast plate so that when said breast plate is supported from a person's shoulders said tackle storage box is selectively pivotable from a vertical stowed position, in which said top of said storage box engages said breastplate, to a horizontal deployed position, in which said top said tackle storage box is selectively pivotable from a vertical stowed position, in which said top of said storage box engages said breastplate, to a horizontal deployed position, in which said top of said storage box is disposed upwardly and said interior compartment is accessible by sliding said tambour door from over said access opening.