ONE-BELT HARNESS

摘要

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a body-worn unitary harness having a shoulder portion and a waist portion in tensile communication with one another, such that both the shoulder and the waist portions can be simultaneously adjusted using a single adjustment mechanism to conform to a wearer's body. In an illustrative embodiment, a length of webbing may thread through an angle-turning buckle and change direction therein. Tensile forces in the length of webbing may be directed in different directions on either side of the angle-turning buckle. A single clasp may facilitate both donning and doffing of the unitary harness. An implement connector may be coupled to a hip member and configured to connect an implement to the unitary harness. Various exemplary unitary harnesses may provide comfortable implement carrying capacity while automatically adjusting relative waist and shoulder lengths to accommodate a user's movements and positions.

主权项

1. A Pressure-Demand Air Respirator (PDAR) carrying device to be worn by a user, the device comprising:
a webbing-configuration hub; a direction-changing buckle rotatably connected to the webbing-configuration module, the direction-changing buckle having a webbing aperture having a major dimension sized to receive a webbing having up to a predetermined width and having a minor dimension sized to receive a webbing's thickness such that a portion of webbing is slidable through the direction-changing buckle; an breathable-gas cylinder pocket to releasably receive an air cylinder; a webbing configured to be worn by a wearer, the webbing comprising a shoulder-loop section in a tension relationship with a waist-loop section, wherein a tension in one of the shoulder-loop and waist-loop sections is transmitted to the other of the waist-loop and shoulder-loop sections, respectively, at the direction-changing buckle's webbing aperture through which the webbing threads, wherein, when worn, the webbing travels a path:
a) from a back-left waist location;b) along the waist along the back, around the right side and along the front;c) through the direction-changing buckle at a front-left waist location;d) up and across the front torso and over the right shoulder; and,e) down and across the back to a back-left waist location; a hand-operated clasp coupled to the webbing to open and/or securely close the webbing about a body of a wearer; and a hand-operated tightening mechanism coupled to the webbing to provide combined length adjustment of the shoulder-loop and waist-loop sections, wherein, when worn by the wearer with the clasp securely closed, the direction-changing buckle rotates in response to adjusting the webbing by the tightening mechanism to fit a wearer such that a direction of the minor dimension of the webbing aperture approximately bisects an angle between a waist-loop segment of webbing immediately adjacent to the webbing aperture and a shoulder-loop segment of webbing immediately adjacent to the webbing aperture.