US 6,684,413 B2 · Shoulder harness

Abstract

The present invention a SHOULDER HARNESS comprises a torso mounted shoulder harness for carrying chest mounted objects, said shoulder harness including a horizontal strap encircling the upper torso and including horizontal strap ends for releasably connecting together for mounting and dismounting said shoulder harness; left and right vertical straps for positioning over respective left and right shoulders wherein each vertical strap connecting at the back to said horizontal strap, and each vertical strap connecting at the front to said horizontal strap. The shoulder harness further including locking clips attached proximate horizontal strap ends such that locking said locking clips together places said harness into a pre locked position; and front right and front left tabs, said tabs attached and extending parallel to said horizontal strap and mounted proximate horizontal strap ends, said tabs adapted to interlock together for imparting additional tension on said horizontal strap when said tabs interlocked together and placing said harness into a tensioned position, for preselectively tensioning said shoulder harness thereby adjusting the final tightness of said shoulder harness.

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A torso mounted shoulder harness for carrying chest mounted objects, said shoulder harness comprising:

a) a horizontal strap encircling the upper torso and including horizontal strap ends for releasably connecting together for mounting and dismounting said shoulder harness;
b) left and right vertical straps for positioning over respective left and right shoulders wherein each vertical strap connecting at the back to said horizontal strap, and each vertical strap connecting at the front to said horizontal strap;
c) a first means for locking and pre-tensioning said shoulder harness;
d) a second means for preselectively tensioning said shoulder harness thereby adjusting the final tightness of said shoulder harness;
e) wherein said first locking means including locking clips attached proximate horizontal strap ends such that locking said locking clips together places said harness into a pre locked position;
f) wherein said second tensioning means including front right and front left tabs, said tabs attached and extending parallel to said horizontal strap and mounted proximate horizontal strap ends, said tabs adapted to interlock together for imparting additional tension on said horizontal strap when said tabs interlocked together and placing said harness into a tensioned position;
g) wherein said vertical straps attached to said horizontal strap with attachment loops such that said attachment loops adapted to slidably move along said horizontal strap;
h) wherein said tabs also adapted for urging front attachment loops of said vertical straps inwardly towards the centre of the torso when in said tensioned position;
i) wherein said front left tab attached to said front left attachment loop and said front right tab attached to said horizontal strap at a front tab buckle, said buckle adapted for adjusting said length of said front right tab;
j) wherein said front tab buckle further for urging said front right loop inwardly toward the centre of the torso along said horizontal strap when said front tabs urged into said tensioned position;
k) wherein said second tensioning means including right back tab and left back tabs, said tabs attached and extending parallel to said horizontal strap, said tabs adapted to interlock together for imparting additional tension on said horizontal strap when said tabs interlocked together and placing said harness into a tensioned position;
l) wherein said back tabs mounted at one end to each back attachment loop such that said back tabs adapted for pulling back attachment loops of said vertical straps inwardly towards the centre of the torso when in said tensioned position;
m) wherein said shoulder harness further including a carrying compartment connected to said shoulder harness and including a means for releasably holding objects;
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n) wherein said carrying compartment defined by a bottom flap, a top flap, and two side flaps adapted for releasably folding and attaching onto each other for defining said carrying compartment and holding an object within said folded and interlocked flaps such that the degree of overlap determines the size of the carrying department.

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Summary1,080 words

#The present invention relates to harnesses and more particularly to relates to shoulder harnesses.

#Body harnesses and shoulder harness are well known in the art and have been used and patented in various forms. Historically shoulder harness have been used particularly for carrying and concealing a weapon on a body, for example a pistol and the like. Shoulder harnesses have also been developed to carry other items such as back packs, pouches, devices for carrying bottled water, tools, books and other devices. Most of the shoulder harnesses are designed to conceal and/or to carry the object fairly low across the lower body of the person.

#With the advent of paging devices, cellular telephones, two way radios and other modern communication devices, there is a need for a shoulder harness which will carry these devices high on the chest in the front of a person in order to be able to access them quickly and to make them more user friendly. Shoulder harnesses in particular are useful for people who are working in the outdoors such as on construction sites, in forested areas, in the country or on a farm where it is necessary to carry these communication devices. In these instances, the wearer preferably would like to have the device mounted high and easily accessible on the chest. The problem associated with shoulder harnesses of this kind is that the device must be firmly and securely positioned against the body and not allowed to swing freely or on its own, but rather maintain a very rigid and specific location and yet allow full body range.

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#The invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the following drawings in which:

#FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the carrying compartment.

#FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the carrying compartment shown in FIG. 3.

Detailed description1,999 words

#The present invention a Shoulder Harness shown generally as 30 includes the following major components, namely: horizontal strap 32, vertical straps 38, carrying compartment 44, front tightening tabs 48 and back tightening tabs 46.

#Horizontal strap 32 is a more or less a continuous strap which circles the upper torso of a person as shown in FIGS. 9 through 14 and includes horizontal strap ends 34 which have mounted thereon a locking clip 36 in order to lock together the horizontal strap ends 34 of horizontal strap 32. The length of horizontal strap 32 is adjusted with horizontal strap buckle 50 as shown in FIG. 17.

#Vertical straps 38 include a right vertical strap 40 and a left vertical strap 42. Vertical straps 38 are connected to horizontal strap 32 using attachment loops 52 as shown best in FIGS. 15 and 17. Right vertical strap 40 is attached in the back with back right attachment loop 58 and in the front with front right attachment loop 54. Left vertical strap 42 is attached at the back with back left attachment loop 60 and at the front with front left attachment loop 56. The length of vertical straps 38 can be adjusted using vertical buckle 62 on each vertical strap in order to accommodate any size and shape of torso.

Facts

Application

10/122,350Filed 16 Apr 2002 · us provisional application

Priority

2 May 2001

Published

US 2002/0162872 A17 Nov 2002

Granted

3 Feb 2004

Term ended

18 Apr 2022

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 2 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification9 codes

A45F 3/14
Travelling or camp articles ; Sacks or packs carried on the body: carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
A45F 5/00
Holders or carriers for hand articles
A45C 7/0095
Flexible luggage; Hand bags: comprising a plurality of hinged panels to be unfolded in one plane for access purposes
A45F 3/047
Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders: with adjustable fastenings for the shoulder straps or…

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