STRAP LIFTER FOR USE BETWEEN TWO PERSONS

摘要

A strap lifter for use with a harness is shown and described. The harness may have two shoulder straps that support a central, front buckle for use at about the lower, central belly of a user. A generally horizontal buckle strap has a fixed, rigid lower loop beneath a movable, flexible upper loop secured to the front of the buckle strap. The lower and upper loops are generally parallel, and close, to each other. Typically, the distance between the two loops is slightly more than the thickness of a lifter strap which is threaded between the two loops. Preferably, a set of two harnesses is used by two persons standing face-to-face with a single lifter strap between them threaded through both of the buckles.

主权项

1. A buckle system for connection to a lifting harness, the buckle system comprising:
a buckle comprising a rear member, a rigid lower loop having two ends fixed to a front side of the rear member, and a flexible upper loop having two flexible ends connected to the front side of the rear member above said lower loop; a lifter strap threaded through the buckle by extending around the upper loop and through the lower loop, for extending away from the buckle for placement under an object to be lifted; wherein, when the lifter strap is pulled down from the buckle, the upper loop moves toward the lower loop by flexing of said flexible ends, and the lifter strap is pinched between said upper loop and said lower loop to restrain the lifter strap in the buckle.