Claims
- 1. A shoulder harness for carrying a weapon, comprising:
- right and left hand shoulder straps for encircling the right and left shoulders of a wearer, respectively;
- a first flat plate having a fold forming slot threadably receiving one of said straps to form a fold between adjacent portions of the strap at a location beneath one of the arms of a wearer;
- a first retainer on the plate for releasably retaining one portion of the strap on one side of the fold flat against the plate;
- a second retainer on the plate for releasably retaining a portion of the strap on the opposite side of the fold flat against the plate;
- the first and second retainers being at a predetermined angle to one another to form a flattened fold in the strap with adjacent strap portions on opposite sides of the fold at said predetermined angle to one another;
- first connecting means parallel to said fold forming slot for connecting said plate to another strap;
- a tie down strap secured to said first connecting means for securing said plate to a wearer's belt:
- said plate having a center axis of symmetry, said first connecting means lying on said center axis, said fold forming slot extending transversely across said center axis, and said first and second retainers being arranged symmetrically on opposite sides of said center axis;
- a second flat plate identical to said first flat plate and threadably receiving the other of said straps at a location beneath the other arm of a wearer to form a flattened fold in the strap;
- each plate having second connecting means adjacent said first connecting means for selectively connecting the plate to a holster;
- a holster connected to the second connecting means of said second flat plate;
- said first and second connecting means lying on said axis of symmetry between said fold forming slot and the edge of said plate; and
- a pivotal connector connecting the right hand shoulder strap to the left hand shoulder strap at a location behind the wearer's back, the pivotal connector comprising a pair of flat connector plates identical to said first and second flat plates and a pivot connection between the plates for pivotally securing said plates together in a flat orientation, each of said shoulder straps extending through the fold forming slot of a respective one of said pair of pivoted plates to form a substantially flat fold in said strap, said retainers of said one plate frictionally resisting sliding movement of said strap through said slot.
- 2. The harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein each plate is of five sided, generally triangular shape having an apex and two truncated corners, said first and second pairs of slots each being arranged adjacent and parallel to a respective one of said truncated corners.
- 3. The harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second connecting means comprises pivot means for pivotally suspending a holster from the plate.
- 4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first connecting means comprises an additional slot parallel to said fold forming slot and spaced outwardly from said fold forming slot on said central axis.
- 5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plate has at least one additional opening lying on said center axis for securing accessories to said plate.
- 6. The harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second retainers comprise first and second pairs of parallel retaining slots, said retaining slots and said fold forming slot being arranged in a triangular pattern on said plate.
- 7. The harness as claimed in claim 6, wherein each plate has a central axis of symmetry and said slots are arranged symmetrically about said central axis.
- 8. Shoulder harness for carrying a weapon, comprising:
- right and left hand shoulder straps for encircling the respective right and left shoulder of a wearer;
- a pivotal connector for connecting the right hand shoulder strap to the left hand shoulder strap at a location behind the wearer's back, the pivotal connector comprising a pair of identical flat connector plates and a pivot connection between the plates for pivotally securing said plates together in a flat orientation, each connector plate having at least one fold forming slot for threadably receiving one of said shoulder straps and forming a substantially flat fold in said strap with portions adjacent said fold extending at a predetermined angle to one another, a first retainer for releasably retaining one portion of said one strap on one side of the fold flat against the plate, and a second retainer for releasably retaining a portion of said one strap on the opposite side of the fold flat against the plate, the retainers comprising means for frictionally resisting sliding movement of said strap through said slot;
- a third flat connector plate identical to said first pair of plates, the third connector plate threadably receiving a portion of one of said straps at a location beneath one of the arms of a wearer to form a flattened fold in the strap;
- each plate having connecting means adjacent said fold forming slot for selectively connecting the plate to a holster; and
- a holster connected to the connecting means of said third connector plate.
- 9. The harness as claimed in claim 8, wherein each flat plate has at least two additional slots comprising said first and second retainers, each slot being positioned for threadably receiving a respective portion of said strap on opposite sides of said fold.
- 10. The harness as claimed in claim 9, wherein said plate has a first pair of slots for threadably receiving a portion of said strap on one side of said fold, and a second pair of slots at an angle relative to said first pair for threadably receiving a portion of said strap on the other side of said fold.
- 11. The harness as claimed in claim 8, wherein each plate has an opening adjacent a position on its peripheral edge, said peripheral edge positions on said plates being overlapped with said openings in alignment, and said pivot connection extends through said aligned openings to pivotally secure said plates together.
- 12. The harness as claimed in claim 8, wherein a fourth connector plate is located beneath the off-arm of a wearer, the harness including a tie down strap secured to the fourth plate for securing the fourth plate to a wearer's belt.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 07/639,792 filed Jan. 10, 1991 and entitled "Connector Piece for Shoulder Harness".
US Referenced Citations (10)
Foreign Referenced Citations (4)
Number |
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106478 |
Feb 1939 |
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787550 |
Sep 1935 |
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551156 |
May 1932 |
DEX |
283084 |
Feb 1931 |
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