Harness for preventing a fall and for improved suspension support

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9308402-B2
Application number	US-201214239043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2012
Priority date	May 19, 2011
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a roping harness including a belt, a pair of leg loops, front and rear shoulder straps including at least one fall-arresting safety hooking point on the back, the rear shoulder straps being capable of sliding freely in the belt, while being attached by their lower ends to the leg loops. The back part of the belt is connected to the front shoulder straps by connecting means while being disconnected from the back hooking point. This results in holding the belt in place while preventing it from slipping when it must bear a certain weight of equipment, and a transfer of the load to the straps of the leg loops to the back hooking point during a fall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roping harness comprising:
a belt having a back part and a material holder for supporting equipment;
a pair of leg loops;
front shoulder straps and rear shoulder straps;
at least one fall-arresting safety hooking point at an upper back connecting area of the front shoulder straps and the rear shoulder straps, said rear shoulder straps having lower ends attached to the leg loops and being freely slidable relative to the belt so as to prevent the belt from rising when a fall occurs; and
connecting means connecting the back part of the belt to the front shoulder straps, the rear shoulder straps being movable relative to the connecting means, said connecting means being configured to transfer a load of the belt to the front shoulder straps, so as to avoid any downward movement of the belt when said material holder is loaded, wherein
the connecting means are made up of at least one piece of fabric sewn to the back part of the belt, the at least one piece of fabric directly connecting the front shoulder straps to the back part of the belt, and
said at least one piece of fabric is lined to provide a pair of guide sheaths, the rear shoulder straps slidably passing through the guide sheaths.

2. The harness according to claim 1 , wherein the safety hooking point is directly connected with the leg loops via the rear shoulder straps.

3. The harness according to claim 1 , wherein the safety hooking point is connected to the leg loops by means of an adjusting strap inserted between two branches of the rear shoulder straps, so that a height of the safety hooking point can be adjusted based on morphology of a user.

4. The harness according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting means include a second pair of rear shoulder straps interconnected between the belt and the front shoulder straps.

5. The harness according to claim 1 , wherein the safety hooking point is located in a rounded part of a metal buckle, the metal buckle additionally having a first cross-piece for folding the rear shoulder straps to form a first V-shaped strap, and a second parallel cross-piece for folding the front shoulder straps to form a second V-shaped strap.

6. The harness according to claim 3 , further comprising a metal ring configured to ensure sliding of lower branches of the rear straps and the adjusting strap.

7. The harness according to claim 3 , further comprising a metal adjusting buckle configured to provide a passage for upper branches of the rear straps and the adjusting strap.

Assignees

• Chevalier Nicolas
• Zedel

Inventors

• Chevalier Nicolas

Classifications

• A62B35/00 Primary

  Safety belts or body harnesses; Similar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion (buckles A44B11/00; accessories for children's furniture A47D15/00; children's seats B60N2/24; safety belts or body harnesses for land vehicles B60R22/00; harnesses for parachutes B64D17/30; harnessing in aircraft B64D25/06; releasable fastenings F16B) · CPC title

• A62B35/0018 Primary

  Full body harnesses covering at least shoulders and thighs · CPC title

• A62B35/0025

  Details and accessories · CPC title

• A62B35/0037

  Attachments for lifelines and lanyards (lifelines, lanyards A62B35/0043) · CPC title