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EP1712259B1
EP1712259B1 EP06425248.9A EP06425248A EP1712259B1 EP 1712259 B1 EP1712259 B1 EP 1712259B1 EP 06425248 A EP06425248 A EP 06425248A EP 1712259 B1 EP1712259 B1 EP 1712259B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B35/00—Safety belts or body harnesses; Similar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion
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    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
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  • the object of the present invention is a harness for securing a user, for example for the securing during either sports or professional activities exposing the user to the possibility of falling such as the mountaineering activities, the operations at height within the ambit of either work or mountain rescue, the acrobatic routes at height.
  • a known example of harness comprises a waist belt and a pair of leg loops.
  • the waist belt and the leg loops are joined to each other by a tape on the front side thereof and by a pair of bands on the back side thereof, being preferably elastic.
  • a belay ring allows the user to have an attachment point being substantially at barycentre-level, after the harness has been worn.
  • the safety rope can be connected to this attachment point by means of a suitable carabiner. Thereby, the rope traction, if any, is distributed onto the waist belt and the leg loops. Accordingly, the user can effectively resist the traction on the rope due to the possibility that a rope-climbing partner may fall.
  • WO 98/011187 discloses a harness similar to the one set forth in the preamble of claim 1.
  • This type of harness is particularly appreciated for performing mountaineering activities such as the rock climbing, the progression on either ice or rock-ice mixed ground, for performing either mountain skiing activities or even speleological, mountain-rescue and acrobatic-route at height activities because of the safety and comfort it ensures.
  • the rock-climbing safety can be compromised by the accidental movement of the carabiner coupled with the belay ring.
  • the carabiner which is usually used for this purpose is of the so-called sleeve or "screwgate"-type.
  • This screwgate carabiner is usually of a pseudo-oval shape, with a bend of a longer radius and a bend of a shorter radius arranged along the major axis. The two bends are connected to each other by means of a fixed branch and a movable branch called carabiner gate.
  • the carabiner opens and closes - respectively - by moving the gate.
  • the screwgate is a safety device. The gate can be locked in the closed position by screwing the screwgate in order to avoid accidental openings of the carabiner.
  • the screwgate carabiner is designed for traction working along the major axis thereof, with the closed gate and the screwed screwgate.
  • the carabiner offers the maximum tensile stress resistance thereof and ensures the maximum load limit thereof. If the screwgate carabiner should be accidentally traction working along the minor axis thereof, or with the gate opened, it ensures a drastically lower load limit, which is equal to about a third of the maximum one.
  • the user has to fasten the rope to his/her own harness described above and usually proceeds such as described herein below: the gate of the screwgate carabiner is opened, the carabiner is passed into the belay ring, the gate is closed and locked by screwing the screwgate.
  • the shorter-radius bend is arranged such as to accommodate the harness belay ring.
  • the rope is fastened onto the longer-diameter bend, for example by means of a suitable sliding knot or hitch.
  • suitable safety devices instead of the sliding knot is also possible. As this does not involve any difference with regard to the present invention, reference will be generally made herein below to the use of the sliding knot.
  • a wrong position is for example the one where the harness belay ring rests on the closed gate and the sliding knot on the fixed branch or vice versa.
  • the carabiner works along the minor axis instead of along the major axis as per design and therefore it offers a resistance which is much lower than the one expected.
  • the same safety device may be transversally positioned to the carabiner. Since the safety device is usually metallic, it can potentially cause either the damage or the break of the carabiner screwgate. In these conditions, the carabiner gate is free to open and release the safety connection between the harness and the rope.
  • the sliding knot may be located around the screwgate and that the rope sliding may tend to unscrew the same screwgate, thus freeing the gate movement, with the carabiner which is wrongly arranged. It should be understood that such an event may be dangerous and therefore it may need to be avoided at all costs, since it potentially brings to the carabiner opening.
  • the harnesses of the known type further comprise some buckles intended to adjustably accommodate the bands, being preferably elastic, connecting the leg loops to the same waist belt. These buckles can be fastened onto the back of either the waist belt or the leg loops and therefore they are located at the back of the user, during the use.
  • the buckles are fastened onto the back of the waist belt, i.e. on the lumbar area, they can be particularly tiresome in the fairly frequent case where the user wears a knapsack, besides the harness. In this case, in fact, the buckles may give rise to tiresome pressures situated on the lumbar area, because of the dimensions thereof.
  • the though least projection of the buckles can make them become a hindrance.
  • the simple operation of either wearing or taking off the knapsack may become complicated if one of the several knapsack straps gets entangled in one of the buckles.
  • rock climber may sometimes be facing some particular climbing passages called “chimneys". Said passages are characterized in that the rock climber advances within a wide fissure in the rock, being thus surrounded by rock faces on three sides.
  • the contact, rubbing and impacts with the rock may further cause either the damage or break of the same buckles.
  • harnesses of the known type are manufactured according to market sizes which are defined based on the average anthropometric measures of the population practising mountaineering. Many of the harnesses available on the market have a fixed circumference of the leg loops which is determined based on their respective size, so that the user's leg may be comfortably accommodated.
  • experience also shows, on the other hand, that during the suspension step in which the user is hanging, a leg loop with a circumference which is slightly narrower, more tight-fitting to the thigh circumference is preferred, such as to better distribute the user's weight, of course without absolutely limiting the blood flow.
  • the user can shift from the progression step to the suspension step and vice versa several times.
  • the adjustable leg loops can completely meet the user's needs, being absolutely impossible that the adjustability occur every time the user shifts from the progression step to the suspension step or vice versa.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a harness having such structural and functional characteristics as to overcome said drawbacks mentioned with reference to the prior art.
  • a task of the present invention is to provide a harness preventing dangerous accidental movements of the screwgate carabiner, typically preventing the rotation of the carabiner within the plane thereof.
  • Another task of the present invention is to provide a harness limiting the encumbrances and projections on the back as much as possible, especially on the lumbar area.
  • a task of the present invention is to provide a harness having comfortable leg loops as much during the progression step as during the suspension step.
  • a harness for securing a user, for sports activities such as the mountaineering activities has been indicated with 1 as a whole.
  • the harness 1 comprises a waist belt 10 and a pair of leg loops 20.
  • the leg loops 20 are joined to each other by a tape 21 on the front side thereof and are connected to the waist belt 10 by bands 22 being preferably elastic.
  • the harness 1 further comprises a belay ring 30.
  • the belay ring 30 is closed around a strap 11 of the waist belt 10 and around the tape 21.
  • the waist belt 10, leg loops 20, strap 11, tape 21 and belay ring 30 are structural elements; in other words, they are adapted to resist the inertial forces generated by a user, even in case of a fall.
  • the structural elements are manufactured of strong textile, for example either of nylon or Cordura ® , and they are connected to one another by means of sewing or bonding which are also strong, such as to be adapted to support a user without danger even in case of a fall.
  • said construction allows the user to find an attachment point in the belay ring 30 arranged substantially at barycentre-level, once the harness has been worn.
  • a rope can be fastened to this attachment point either by means of a suitable knot or by means of a screwgate carabiner 40 (see for example Fig. 3.b ). Thereby, the possible rope stress is distributed onto the waist belt 10 and the leg loops 20.
  • each of the leg loops 20 is connected to the waist belt 10 on the rear side thereof by a band 22.
  • These bands 22 are not structural elements. In other words, the bands 22 are not intended to bear even partly the user's weight but to simply support the leg loops 20 and keep them in a comfortable position for the user. In order to be better used for this purpose, the bands 22 are preferably elastic.
  • the belay ring 30 comprises a loop 31.
  • the loop 31 is adapted to wrap the portion 41 of a carabiner 40.
  • the loop 31 is adapted to adhere to the portion 41 of the carabiner 40 along a wide portion of the section external extension. This portion can be preferably greater than the half of the section external extension.
  • the belay ring 30 is of a substantially planar shape and therefore an X-X-axis can be defined being perpendicular to the midplane of the belay ring 30.
  • the loop 31 defines, in turn, an X'-X'-axis.
  • X-X and X'-X' axes show the preferential direction along which the user arranges the end of a safety element (for example either the end of a rope or the end of an opened carabiner) in order to cause them to pass through the belay ring 30 and the loop 30, respectively.
  • a safety element for example either the end of a rope or the end of an opened carabiner
  • X'-X' axis is parallel to X-X axis.
  • the loop 31 may have different shapes but all of them being adapted to match the shape of the section of the portion 41 of the carabiner 40.
  • the extension of the internal portion 32 of the loop 31 is substantially equal to the outside circumference of the portion 41. When needed, the extension of the internal portion 32 of the loop 31 slightly extends due to the partial cross compliance of the textile of which the loop 31 is made.
  • the carabiner 40 can be threaded up into the loop 31 starting from the end of the bigger bend 43 which can be made easy to reach after the carabiner 40 has been opened and arranging this end along X'-X' axis of the loop 31. By applying a slight force, the carabiner 40 can be caused to slide along the loop 31 up to house the smaller bend 42 within the loop 31.
  • the spring-back of the internal portion 32 of the loop 31 causes the wrapping on the portion 41 of the carabiner 40 by the loop 31 to produce a predetermined radial pressure on the outside surface of the portion 41 of the carabiner 40.
  • the carabiner 40 Due to this wrapping and due to the friction originating between the internal portion 32 of the loop 31 and the portion 41 of the carabiner 40, the carabiner 40 is prevented from accidentally rotating within the plane thereof relative to the belay ring 30. On the other hand, the carabiner 40 is allowed to perform all the other movements allowing it to be arranged along the proper direction in order to react to the rope traction. Particularly, the carabiner 40 is allowed to rotate around X'-X'-axis.
  • the loop 31 is adapted, in use, to keep the carabiner 40 in such a position that the midplane of the carabiner 40 is arranged substantially perpendicular to the midplane of the belay ring 30.
  • the carabiner 40 is not allowed to rotate within the plane thereof and to be accidentally arranged in a wrong position and hence a dangerous one.
  • the screwgate carabineres 40 adapted to connect the harness 1 to the safety rope are usually obtained by subsequent processing of aluminium alloy rods.
  • the diameter of these rods usually ranges between 9mm and 13mm, preferably 11mm.
  • the section of the portion 41 of the carabiner 40 is equal to the one of the rod from which it has been obtained.
  • the loop 31 is adapted to wrap a portion 41 of a carabiner 40 having a section ranging between 60 mm 2 and 135 mm 2 .
  • the loop 31 is adapted to wrap a portion 41 of a carabiner 40 having a section ranging between 90 mm 2 and 100 mm 2 , preferably about 95 mm 2 .
  • the internal portion 32 of the loop 31 comprises elastomeric material.
  • This material can be present in the form of woven fibres in the fabric strip which is used for obtaining the same loop 31 within the belay ring 30.
  • the elastomeric material can be coated, casted, glued or otherwise inserted onto either part or the whole of the surface of the internal portion 32 of the loop 31.
  • the presence of the elastomeric material within the loop 31 increases the friction coefficient between the outside surface of the portion 41 of the carabiner 40 and the surface of the internal portion 32 of the loop 31.
  • the band 22 is connected to the waist belt 10 by means of an integrated buckle 12 of the type of the ones shown in Fig. 5 .
  • the integrated buckle 12 is directly obtained on the covering 13 providing the outside surface of the waist belt 10.
  • the covering 13 although ensuring a good level of comfort for the user, needs at the same tame to meet some requirements of strength and resistance to wear and the particularly intense stresses of the mountaineering use.
  • the covering 13 has to resist the abrasion caused by the possible rubbing on the rock, it has to resist the exposure to strong ultraviolet radiations, it has to resist the high temperature ranges, and so on.
  • the covering 13 is usually provided either with a highly-resistant fabric, or with a composite material obtained for example by a lamination process.
  • the matrix of the composite material may be either of a thermoplastic polymer or of an elastomer, or mixed, whereas the reinforcement can be of a polyamide or polyaramide fiber, or the like.
  • integrated buckles 12 of the type of the ones shown in Fig. 5 are obtained on the covering 13 of the waist belt 10.
  • Each of the integrated buckles 12 comprises a sequence 140 of slits 14 directly obtained within the covering 13 of the waist belt 10.
  • the single sequence 140 preferably comprises three slits 14.
  • the slits of a single sequence 140 are preferably parallel to one another.
  • a hollow space is provided near the sequence 140 of slits 14, between the outer covering 13 and the waist belt 10.
  • the slits 14 are further adapted to accommodate the band 22, to cause the latter to enter the hollow space or to cause the latter to come out from the hollow space.
  • the band 22 is then passed, in a per se known manner, in succession into the slits 14. Thereby, a firm and easy to be adjusted connection is obtained between the waist belt 10 and the band 22 sewn to the leg loop 20.
  • the thickness of the integrated buckle 12 and the band 22 connected to the latter is least. Moreover, the integrated buckle 12 does not have either any projection or any size outside the waist belt 10.
  • the integrated buckles 12 are in no way tiresome when the user wears a knapsack over the harness 1. In fact, in this case, unlike the outside buckles, the integrated buckles 12 do not give rise to any tiresome pressure situated on the lumbar area.
  • the absence of any projections of the integrated buckles 12 avoids that they may become a hindrance.
  • no one of the multiple knapsack straps can get entangled in the integrated buckles 12 as it happens, on the other hand, with the traditional outside buckles.
  • the use of the integrated buckles further avoids any possibility of either damage or break of the same buckle in the case of contact with, rubbing on or impact against the rock.
  • the integrated buckles are obtained on the covering of the leg loops 20 instead on the covering 13 of the waist belt 10. Thereby, a firm and easy to be adjusted connection is obtained between the leg loop 20 and the band 22 sewn to the waist belt 10.
  • the integrated buckles are obtained both on the covering of the leg loops 20 and on the covering 13 of the waist belt 10. Thereby, a firm and easy to be adjusted connection is obtained between the leg loop 20 and the band 22 and between the waist belt 10 and the band 22.
  • each of the leg loops 20 is formed by a closed-loop shaped band 23.
  • the shaped band 23 of each leg loop 20 is closed-loop by means of an adjusting system 230.
  • FIG. 1 An adjusting system 230 according to the invention is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and, in greater detail, in Fig. 4 .
  • the shaped band 23 has a first end 231 connected to the tape 21 and a second end 232 slidingly connected to the first end 231. Therefore, the second end can move between an open position (which has been indicated with I in Fig. 4 ) in which the ring formed by the shaped band 23 takes a predetermined maximum size and a constraint position (which has been indicated with II) in which the ring takes a predetermined minimum size.
  • the first end 231 of the shaped band 23 comprises a first eyelet 233.
  • the second end 232 of the shaped band 23 is connected to the first end 231 such that it may slide within the first eyelet 233.
  • the second end 232 of the shaped band 23 is wound around the first end 231, within the first eyelet 233, such as to form a second eyelet 234 embracing the first end 231.
  • the second end 232 can slide along the first end 231 as far as it is allowed by the length of the first eyelet 233.
  • the second end 232 may slide along the direction indicated with A from Fig. 4 , between the first open position (which has been indicated with I) and the second constraint position (which has been indicated with II).
  • the ring formed by the shaped band 23 may change the sizes thereof according to the position that the second end 232 takes along the first end 231. Particularly, also with reference to Fig. 4 , if the second end 232 is placed at the end of the first eyelet 233 near the tape 21, i.e., in the first open position I, the leg loop 20 takes the maximum size thereof. On the other hand, if the second end 232 is placed at the end of the first eyelet 233 opposite the tape 21, i.e., in the second constraint position II, the leg loop 20 takes the minimum size thereof.
  • the adjusting system 230 allows the ring formed by the band 23 to alternatively take either a predetermined maximum size or a predetermined minimum size, when the leg loop 20 is subjected to stress.
  • the adjusting system 230 further comprises a return spring mean 235, for example an elastic.
  • the elastic 235 is connected to the second end 232 and to the end of the first eyelet 233 near the tape 21. Thereby, when the leg loop is at rest, the second end 232 is placed near the open position, at the end of the first eyelet 233 near the tape 21, thus giving a size which is near the maximum one to the leg loop 20.
  • the mountain climber autonomously bears his own weight with hands and feet. Therefore, the harness 1 generally and the leg loop 20 particularly are not subject to stresses by the rope and hence they are substantially at rest. As the leg loop 20 is at rest, the adjusting system 230 gives the possibility to extend to the leg loop 20 during the progression step.
  • the elastic 235 ensures that the leg loop 20 may take a size which is near the maximum one, where present.
  • the mountain climber's weight is supported by the rope. Therefore, the harness 1 and the leg loop 20 particularly, are subject to the rope traction and hence they are stressed. As the leg loop 20 is stressed, the adjusting system 230 gives the leg loop 20 the possibility to narrow up during the suspension step so as to take the minimum size
  • this adjusting system 230 allows the leg loop 20 of the harness 1 according to the invention to overcome the drawbacks associated with the known leg loops.
  • the leg loop 20 takes a circumference which is slightly wider than the thigh circumference such as not to provide a hindrance to the movements and to give a feeling of comfort to the user.
  • leg loop 20 takes a circumference which is slightly more tight-fitting to the thigh circumference during the suspension step, such as to better distribute the user's weight of course without absolutely limiting the blood flow.
  • the leg loop 20 also comprises a known adjusting apparatus, besides the adjusting system 230 described above.
  • the adjusting apparatus enables a better adaptation to the specific anthropometric measures of the single user.
  • the harness 1 also comprises a buckle 100 for stopping the strap 11 of the waist belt 10.
  • the buckle 100 comprises a plate 110 on which an opening 111 and a per se known fastening system to the first end of the strap 11 are provided.
  • the buckle 100 further comprises a plaque 120 having a known fastening system to the second end of the strap 11.
  • the plaque 120 is adapted to take a use position and an engaging position allowing the latter to pass through the opening 111 being provided on the plate 110.
  • the buckle further comprises a mask 130 movable between a first position in which it enables the complete accessibility to the opening 111 provided on the plate 110 and a second position in which, on the contrary, it partially limits the accessibility to the opening 111.
  • the user places the mask 130 in the first position in which it enables the complete accessibility to the opening 111 being provided on the plate 110; he places the plaque 120 in the engaging position and then passes the latter through the opening 111; then, he places the mask 130 in the second position in which it partially limits the accessibility to the opening 111; finally, he places the plaque 120 in the use position.
  • the buckle 100 enables an extremely safe fastening of the two ends of the strap 11, thanks to the structure thereof and the method of use described above. In fact, once the mask 130 has been placed in the second position in which it partially limits the accessibility to the opening 111, the plaque 120 cannot pass through the opening 111 any more, thus avoiding accidental openings of the buckle 100.

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  1. Harnais (1) pour arrimer un utilisateur, comprenant un anneau d'assurage (30) adapté pour résister aux forces d'inertie générées par un utilisateur, ledit anneau d'assurage (30) comprenant une anse (31) adaptée pour envelopper une partie (41) d'un mousqueton (40), caractérisé en ce que la partie interne (32) de ladite anse (31) est adaptée pour générer une pression radiale prédéterminée sur la surface extérieure de ladite partie (41) dudit mousqueton (40), en produisant un frottement qui empêche le mousqueton (40) de tourner accidentellement dans son plan, ladite partie (41) dudit mousqueton (40) ayant une section comprise entre 60 mm2 et 135 mm2, de préférence comprise entre 90 mm2 et 100 mm2.
  2. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la partie interne (32) de ladite anse (31) est adaptée pour adhérer à une large partie de la surface extérieure d'une partie (41) d'un mousqueton (40).
  3. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel ladite partie large est supérieure à la moitié de la surface extérieure d'une partie (41) d'un mousqueton (40).
  4. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite anse (31) est adaptée pour maintenir ledit mousqueton dans une position telle qu'un plan médian défini par ledit mousqueton (40) est disposé de façon sensiblement perpendiculaire à un plan médian défini par ledit anneau d'assurage.
  5. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la partie interne de ladite anse (31) comprend un matériau élastomère.
  6. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'intérieur de ladite anse (31) est recouvert, au moins partiellement, de matériau élastomère.
  7. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite anse (31) définit un axe (X'-X') qui est sensiblement parallèle à l'axe (X-X) défini par ledit anneau d'assurage (30).
  8. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 1 avec une paire de tours de cuisse (20), chaque tour de cuisse (20) comprenant une bande en forme d'anse fermée (23) et un système d'ajustement (230), caractérisé en ce que ledit système d'ajustement (230) permet audit anneau de prendre une taille maximum prédéterminée et de prendre une taille minimum prédéterminée quand ledit tour de cuisse (20) est soumis à une tension.
  9. Harnais selon la revendication 1 avec une paire de tours de cuisse (20), chaque tour de cuisse (20) comprenant une bande mise en forme (23) ayant une première extrémité (231) et une seconde extrémité (232), caractérisé en ce que ladite seconde extrémité (232) est reliée de manière coulissante à ladite première extrémité (231), de manière à coulisser entre une position ouverte (I), dans laquelle ledit anneau prend une taille maximum prédéterminée, et une position contrainte (II) dans laquelle ledit anneau prend une taille minimum prédéterminée.
  10. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 9, dans lequel ladite première extrémité (231) comprend une première boutonnière (233) et ladite seconde extrémité (232) est reliée à ladite première extrémité (231) de manière à coulisser à l'intérieur de ladite première boutonnière (233).
  11. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 9 ou 10, dans lequel ladite première extrémité (231) est reliée à une sangle (21), laquelle sangle est elle-même reliée à un anneau d'assurage (30).
  12. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 11, dans lequel ladite seconde extrémité (232) est enroulée autour de ladite première extrémité (231), créant ainsi une seconde boutonnière (233).
  13. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 12, comprenant en outre un ressort de rappel (235), une extrémité dudit ressort de rappel (235) étant reliée à ladite seconde extrémité (232) et une autre extrémité dudit ressort de rappel (235) étant reliée à proximité de ladite position ouverte (I).
  14. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 13, dans lequel ledit ressort de rappel (235) est adapté pour amener ladite seconde extrémité (232) jusqu'à une position qui est proche de ladite position ouverte (I) quand ledit tour de cuisse (20) est déchargé.
  15. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 14, dans lequel chacun desdits tours de cuisse (20) est muni d'un habillage extérieur comprenant au moins une série de fentes disposées de manière à former une boucle intégrée dans ledit habillage.
  16. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 15, dans lequel un espace creux, qui est facile à atteindre par une bande, est formé entre ladite boucle et ledit tour de cuisse, près de ladite série de fentes.
  17. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 15 ou 16, dans lequel lesdites fentes de ladite série sont sensiblement parallèles les unes aux autres.
  18. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 15 à 17, dans lequel ladite série comprend trois fentes.
  19. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 18, dans lequel chacun desdits tours de cuisse comprend un appareil d'ajustement adapté pour permettre à chaque tour de cuisse (20) de s'adapter à des mesures anthropométriques spécifiques prédéterminées.
  20. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 1, muni d'une ceinture de taille (10) comprenant un habillage extérieur (13), caractérisé en ce que ledit habillage extérieur (13) comprend au moins une série (140) de fentes (14) disposées le long de la région lombaire de ladite ceinture de taille (10) de manière à offrir une boucle (12) intégrée dans ledit habillage (13).
  21. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 20, dans lequel un espace creux (130) qui est facile à atteindre par une bande (22) est formé entre ledit habillage (13) et ladite ceinture de taille (10), près de ladite série (140) de fentes (14).
  22. Harnais (1) selon la revendication 20 ou 21, dans lequel ledit habillage (13) comprend deux séries de fentes (14).
  23. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 22, dans lequel lesdites fentes (14) de ladite série (140) sont sensiblement parallèles les unes aux autres.
  24. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 23, dans lequel ladite série (140) comprend trois fentes (14).
  25. Harnais (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, muni en outre d'une boucle (100) comprenant :
    - un plateau (110) muni d'une ouverture (111) et d'un système adapté pour l'attacher à une première extrémité d'une courroie (11) ;
    - une plaque (120) munie d'un système adapté pour l'attacher à une seconde extrémité d'une courroie (11), ladite plaque étant adaptée pour prendre une position d'engagement lui permettant de traverser ladite ouverture (111) et une position d'usage ; et
    - un masque (130) déplaçable entre une première position dans laquelle il permet totalement d'accéder à ladite ouverture (111) et une seconde position dans laquelle il restreint partiellement l'accès à ladite ouverture (111).
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