Carry harness with chest fastener

Abstract

A carry harness includes: two carry straps, two chest straps connected respectively to the carry straps, a chest fastener configured for joining together the chest straps, the fastener extending along an attachment plane, and at least one tool-carrying strap. The chest straps and the tool-carrying strap are connected to the chest fastener with freedom to pivot in the plane of attachment about at least one axis of pivoting passing through the chest fastener and perpendicular to the attachment plane. The chest fastener has a first part and a second part, which parts are non-pivoting and removable one from the other, the first part and the second part being connected respectively to the chest straps. Application to the carrying of tools and batteries of accumulator cells.

Claims

1. A carrying harness comprising: a dorsal plate; a lumbar belt; a pair of carrying shoulder straps each extending from said dorsal plate to said lumbar belt; a pair of chest straps connected respectively to said pair of carrying shoulder straps; a chest fastener configured for a junction of said pair of chest straps, said chest fastener extending along a fastener plane; and at least one tool-carrying strap distinct from said pair of carrying shoulder straps, wherein said pair of chest straps and said at least one tool-carrying strap are connected to said chest fastener and are free to pivot in the fastener plane around at least one pivot axis that passes through said chest fastener and is perpendicular to the fastener plane, wherein said chest fastener has a first part and second part that are non-swiveling, the first part and the second part being lockable to each other, said chest fastener having a release element that is cooperative with the first part and the second part such that the first part and the second part are releasable from each other, wherein the first part and the second part are respectively connected to said pair of chest straps.

2. The carrying harness of claim 1, wherein the first part is a first buckle and a second part is a second buckle.

3. The carrying harness of claim 2, wherein each of the first buckle and the second buckle has a junction edge and a connection edge opposite to the junction edge, each of the first buckle and the second buckle being respectively connected to said pair of chest straps by the connection edge thereof.

4. The carrying harness of claim 2, wherein said at least one tool-carrying strap is connected to one of the first buckle and the second buckle.

5. The carrying harness of claim 3, where in the connection edge has a semi-circular shape, each of the first buckle and the second buckle having a length greater than a width of one of said pair of chest straps and greater than a width of said at least one tool-carrying strap.

6. The carrying harness of claim 2, wherein each of the first buckle and the second buckle has a fastening bar that separates a pair of buckle slots.

7. The carrying harness of claim 2, wherein said chest fastener has a third buckle, said at least one tool-carrying strap being connected to the third buckle, the third buckle being mounted by a swivel on at least one of the first part and the second part of said chest fastener.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 is view of harness laid flat, according to the invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the chest fastener of the harness in an open or detached configuration in which the straps are not shown.

(3) FIG. 3A is a view of the chest fastener in a closed or attached configuration in which the chest fastener is connected to the two chest straps.

(4) FIG. 38 is a view of the chest fastener in a closed or attached configuration in which the chest fastener is connected to the two chest straps and two tool-carrying straps.

(5) FIG. 3C is a view of another implementation of the chest fastener in a closed or attached configuration in which the chest fastener is connected to the chest straps and a tool-carrying strap.

(6) The figures are shown in free scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MODES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INVENTION

(7) In the description below, identical or similar parts of the different figures are identified with the same reference marks so as to make it possible to refer from one figure to another.

(8) Furthermore, the terms high and low are understood to mean relative to the vertical and relative to the way the harness is usually worn on the back of a wearer.

(9) FIG. 1 shows a harness 10 according to the invention. It is shown lying flat. It includes a dorsal plate 12 for carrying a battery of accumulators, not shown. The dorsal plate is connected to a lumbar belt 14 and to carrying shoulder straps 16a, 16b.

(10) When the harness is being worn, the carrying shoulder straps 16a, 16b extend from the dorsal plate 12 to the lumbar belt 14 by passing over the wearer's shoulders, More precisely, the ends 15a, 15b of a strap of shoulder straps in connection with the lumbar belt 14 are connected respectively to the ends 17a, 17b of the carrying shoulder straps 16a, 16b. The ends 17a, 17b of the carrying shoulder straps 16a, 16b are provided with fastening buckles receiving the ends 15a, 15b of the shoulder strap.

(11) In order to prevent the carrying shoulder strap from sliding, they are provided with chest straps 18a, 18b which extend on the wearer's torso to come together in a chest fastener 20. The chest fastener 20 is shown here in a detached configuration. For comparison, FIG. 3A shows the chest fastener in attached position. The chest straps are fastened to the shoulder straps by means of shoulder strap fasteners 19a, 19b. The chest straps extend in essentially perpendicular manner to the shoulder straps. However, the shoulder strap fasteners 19a, 19b may be provided to permit a swivel of the chest straps and a modification of the angle they form with the shoulder straps.

(12) The chest fastener 20 presents two parts 20a, 20b equipped with a central lock 24, 28. The lock makes it possible to attach the two parts 20a, 20b one to the other along a junction edge 30a, 30b so as to obtain a junction of the chest straps.

(13) The chest fastener 20 is made, for example, of a plastic material or of metal.

(14) As is better shown on FIG. 2 on which the two parts of the chest fastener are also separated, one of the parts 20a presents a cylindrical button 24 mounted on a flexible blade 26. The central button is seated in a corresponding central cylindrical housing 28 on the other part 20b of the chest fastener when the two parts 20a, 20b are brought close together so as to put into contact their respective junction edges 30a, 30b. The junction edges 30a, 30b extend in essentially vertical manner when the harness is worn.

(15) The central button 24 constitutes with the central housing 28 a lock. The central button also constitutes a releasing element of the lock for one-hand operation. In effect, by pressure of one finger on the central button 24 it can be retracted from the central housing 28 through flexion of the flexible blade 26. This retraction of the central button enables the separation of the two parties 20a, 20b from the chest fastener 20.

(16) Each part 20a, 20b of the chest fastener 20 presents a connection edge 32a, 32b, opposite the junction edge 30a, 30b and extending respectively from a high part of the edge of junction 30a, 30b towards a low part of the edge of junction 30a, 30b. Each part 20a, 20b and in particular its connection edge 32a, 32b, constitutes a buckle 34a, 34b for the connection of the straps. By extension, each part 20a, 20b of the chest fastener 20 of FIG. 1 is considered to be a buckle.

(17) The connection edges 32a, 32b and thus the buckles 34a, 34b present a semi-circle shape centered in the middle of the central button 24 and of the central housing 28. Each buckle 34a, 34b presents furthermore a fastening bar 36a, 36b, also in semi-circle which separates two slots of the buckle.

(18) As FIGS. 1 and 3B show, the chest straps 18a, 18b pass into the slots of the buckles, around fastening bars 36a, 36b so that each buckle 34a, 34b constitutes a strap fastening.

(19) The harness of FIG. 1 also includes a tool-carrying strap 38 to which a tool support 40, indicated symbolically, can be attached. Just like the chest straps 18a, 18b, the tool-carrying strap 38 is fastened to the chest fastener. In the example of FIG. 1, the tool-carrying strap 38 is connected to the buckle 34a of one of the parts 20a of the chest fasteners 20. It should be noted that another end, not shown, of the tool-carrying strap 38 may be connected to the lumbar belt 14 or to the dorsal plate 12.

(20) As shown on FIGS. 1 and 3A, the buckles 34a, 34b present a useful length for strap fastening considerably greater than the width of the straps and even than the cumulative length of the chest straps and the tool-carrying strap.

(21) The various straps can thus slide along the buckles 34a, 34b in a semi-circle. Being able to slide from their fastening point along the arched buckles gives the straps a freedom to swivel in a plane passing through the buckles 34a, 34b and designated by fastening plane. In the example of FIGS. 1 and 3A, the pivoting can take place around a single pivot axis, perpendicular to the fastening plane and passing through the center of the central button 24 or of the central housing 28. These two axes merge when the two parts 20a, 20b of the chest fastener 20 are attached to each other. In effect, the curvature of the buckles 34a, 34b is also centered on this axis.

(22) When no tool-carrying strap is attached to the chest fastener 20, or when no tool is attached to the tool-carrying strap 38, the angle A between the chest straps 18a, 18b is close to 180 degrees as shown on FIG. 3A.

(23) Inversely, if at least one tool, or more generally a heavy load is attached to a tool-carrying strap 38, 38a, 38b, the angle A becomes less than 180 degrees by pivoting of the straps around the pivot axis. This configuration is shown in FIGS. 38 and 3C.

(24) FIG. 38 shows an example of utilization of the chest fastener 20 with two tool straps 38a, 38b in a configuration of the straps essentially in an X,

(25) FIG. 3C shows another possible implementation of the chest fastener 20 and another possibility of fastening the straps on it.

(26) In the example of FIG. 3C, the chest fastener 20 presents itself in the form of a plate in two parts 20a, 20b, capable of being locked one on the other by means of a lock 24, 28, comparable to that of FIGS. 1 and 2. The plate of the chest fastener presents three pivots 44a, 44b and 44c fitted along three pivot axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the fastener plane, which is to say here perpendicular to the chest fastener plate and perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 3c.

(27) The first swivel 44a is integral with one of the parts 20a of the chest fastener, whereas the second and the third swivel 44b, 44c are integral with the other part 20b of the chest fastener 20.

(28) Two fastenings for strap 46a, 46b integral respectively with the chest straps 18a, 18b are mounted as swivels respectively on the first swivel and the second swivel 44a, 44b.

(29) A third fastening for straps, in the form of a third buckle 46c is mounted as a swivel on the third swivel 44c. The third buckle is provided for the removable fastening of the tool-carrying strap 38.

(30) The chest fastener of FIG. 3C like that of the preceding figures, enables the straps to swivel freely in the fastener plane, but along three distinct pivot axes.

(31) According to one variant, the first and the second fastening 46a and 46b may also present themselves in the form of buckles for the fastening of the chest straps.

(32) According to another variant two of the fastenings 46, 46b, 46c, or even all three may be mounted as swivels on a same pivot of the chest fastener.