Harnesses
AssigneeDraeger Safety UK Limited
InventorsAaron Chapman, David Graham Storey, Paul Townsend
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Abstract
A harness for use with breathing apparatus has: a flexible hip plate 12 and a flexible bandolier-style shoulder panel 14, linked together by a strap 15, and a waist belt 16 fastenable by a sprung fastener. In use, the flexible hip plate 12 rests against the hip of a user (the left hip in this example), the waist belt is fitted around the waist of the user, and the shoulder panel 14 rests against the shoulder opposite to the hip against which the flexible plate is resting (the right shoulder in this example). At least the bandolier-style panel 14, and optionally also the hip plate 12 of the harness 10, are made of a resilient material which, though flexible, allows the harness substantially to retain its operational configuration even when not being worn.
Claims15
A harness for use with breathing apparatus, the harness comprising at least one flexible shoulder panel, wherein the harness is arranged in use to be worn by a user of breathing apparatus and to adopt an operational configuration when so worn, and wherein the flexible shoulder panel is of material having resilient characteristics such that the harness substantially retains its operational configuration whilst not in use, and wherein the harness further includes a mounting plate for receiving a cylinder of breathing gas, said mounting plate including a flexible portion made of a flexible material and a moulded plastics portion, wherein said moulded plastics portion is coupled to the flexible portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.