Quick attachment and release accessory harness

摘要

A quick attachment and release device and base may attach to a tri-pod or be carried on a harness worn by a user and includes a quick release allowing easy attachment of accessories. The device and base includes a shaft which enters a passage in the base and is retained by a toggle at a toggle end of the shaft. The toggle end of the shaft is passed through the passage and the toggle is rotated into a locked position preventing removal of the shaft. A spring on a spring end of the shaft, opposite to the toggle end, retains the toggle in the locked position. The quick release may be used to attach the accessories to the accessory harness which includes a connector supported by a bi-pod carried by suspender straps, and optionally a third leg. The same accessories may be attached to tri-pods using the shoe mount.

主权项

1. A quick attachment and release device comprising:
a shaft having a threaded end having male threads extending to an extremity of the threaded end, the threaded end threaded engagable into an accessory, and a slotted end opposite to the threaded end, the slotted end having a longitudinal slot; a nut threaded onto the threaded end; a spring residing on the shaft between the nut and the slotted end; a one piece toggle pivotally attached to the shaft in the longitudinal slot, the toggle having a first position parallel to the shaft and residing within a projected profile of the shaft, and a second position perpendicular to the shaft; a base (30) configured to attach to a support, the base comprising:
a mounting block (24) having a generally horizontal passage configured for the shaft to pass therethrough when the toggle resides in the first position and to retain the shaft in the passage when the toggle resides in the second position; anda connector (34) configured to mate to the support; and the quick attachment and release device having a locked position wherein:
the shaft resides through the passage through the mounting block;the spring resides entirely between the mounting block and the nut, the spring separated from the toggle by the mounting block, and the spring compressed against the mounting block holding the position of the shaft with respect to the mounting block;the toggle is residing in the second position preventing removing the shaft from the passage; andthe mounting block is linearly slidable on the shaft compressing the spring and separating the mounting block from the toggle, permitting the toggle to be rotated from the second position to the first position wherein the shaft may be removed from the mounting block.