Pivotal carrier assembly for a harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11058210-B2
Application number	US-201716651224-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2017
Priority date	Sep 27, 2017
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

A carrier assembly for a harness for carrying a handheld motor-driven work tool, the carrier assembly including a back plate having connections for shoulder straps, a hip belt, and a manner for attaching the work tool. The back plate is arranged to be connected to the hip belt by a pivotal connection joint to allow rotation about an axis substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the back plate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A carrier assembly for a harness for carrying a handheld motor-driven work tool, the carrier assembly comprising a back plate including connections for shoulder straps, a hip belt, and means for attaching the work tool, characterized in that the back plate is arranged to be connected to the hip belt by means of a pivotal connection joint to allow rotation about an axis substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the back plate;
wherein the back plate comprises a recess defining a cavity adapted to receive a corresponding tongue-shaped member arranged on the hip belt and the recess further comprises a hole adapted to receive a corresponding protruding boss arranged on a resilient tab on the tongue-shaped member in a snap-fit connection, wherein the back plate is arranged to pivot about the boss on the resilient tab.

2. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the recess is arranged in a lower portion of the back plate and has an opening facing towards the tongue-shaped member on the hip belt.

3. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the hole in the recess has a substantially circular shape and the boss on the resilient tab has a corresponding substantially circular shape.

4. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient tab is biased such that the boss protrudes in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the tongue-shaped member.

5. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient tab is formed by a through-going slit in the tongue-shaped member.

6. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the boss is slanted downwardly in an insertion direction of the tongue-shaped member into the recess.

7. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the recess is dimensioned to allow pivotal movement of the tongue-shaped member in the range ±15°, preferably ±10° with respect to a central position.

8. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue-shaped member is fastened to the hip belt by any one of welding, gluing, sewing, riveting, and stapling.

9. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue-shaped member is fastened to the hip belt underneath a panel such that the pivotal connection joint is hidden from view.

10. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pivotal connection joint between the back plate and the hip belt is releasable.

11. A harness comprising a carrier assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Globe Jiangsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lennings Eric
• Ekberg Emma

Classifications

• A45F5/1575

  Holders or carriers for portable tools · CPC title

• A45F2003/142

  Carrying-straps · CPC title

• A45F5/00

  Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping · CPC title

• A45F2003/122

  Back cushioning parts or details of backpacks, e.g. with ventilation · CPC title

• A45F3/10

  Pack-frames carried on the body · CPC title