EP3512374B1 - Carry harness with chest fastener - Google Patents

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EP3512374B1
EP3512374B1 EP17771800.4A EP17771800A EP3512374B1 EP 3512374 B1 EP3512374 B1 EP 3512374B1 EP 17771800 A EP17771800 A EP 17771800A EP 3512374 B1 EP3512374 B1 EP 3512374B1
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Pauline PHILIBERT
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
    • A45F3/14—Carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F5/00—Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
    • A45F3/14—Carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
    • A45F2003/144—Pack-carrying waist or torso belts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
    • A45F3/14—Carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
    • A45F2003/146—Pack-carrying harnesses
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45F
    • A45F2200/05—Holder or carrier for specific articles
    • A45F2200/0575—Portable tools

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  • the present invention relates to a carrying harness with a pectoral attachment.
  • pectoral attachment is understood to mean a device of the carrying harness making it possible to connect on the chest two pectoral straps integral with the carrying straps of the harness, so as to prevent the straps from sliding towards the arms of the wearer.
  • the invention finds applications in the field of carrying electric tools powered by a battery.
  • the harness of the invention can be designed to carry an accumulator battery on the back and, on the side, an electric tool connected to the battery.
  • the harness can also be used for carrying heat engine tools, or even non-motorized tools.
  • Carrying harnesses like many backpacks, are equipped with carrying straps passing over the wearer's shoulders, and possibly with a carrying belt to transfer part of the load carried to the wearer's hips.
  • the harness can be provided with various adjustment straps.
  • adjustment straps can be provided between the carrying straps so as to adjust a distance between the carrying straps on the chest.
  • Such a strap is attached to each carrying strap. When carrying the straps are interconnected and extend horizontally over the wearer's chest.
  • the chest straps generally have a pectoral attachment making it possible to make them integral with one another when carrying, or, on the contrary, to release them from one another for the installation or removal of the harness.
  • the pectoral straps and the pectoral fastener which connects them to fix at least one carrying strap thereon.
  • the carrying strap makes it possible to transfer part of the weight of the tool to be carried on the chest clip, and, through the chest clip, on the front part of the shoulder straps extending over the wearer's torso. Another part of the weight of the tool can be transferred to the belt or to the wearer's back by a strap connected to a dorsal part of the harness.
  • Such a harness dedicated to carrying a brush cutter, is known from the document US 8,925,774 .
  • This harness does not however allow the adjustment of a distance between the carrying straps, the latter being fixed directly and only by the pectoral attachment.
  • the various carrying or shoulder straps are fixedly linked to the pectoral attachment.
  • dynamic forces transmitted by a carrying strap are liable to generate twists of the various straps.
  • the chest clip does not allow you to add an additional carrying strap.
  • the document EP 0 650 677 discloses a carrying device.
  • Good carrying comfort requires an adequacy of the carrying harness with the morphology of the wearer but also requires taking into account the nature of the load carried and its arrangement in relation to the body of the wearer.
  • An adjustment of the harness suitable for carrying a certain type of tool may be inappropriate for carrying a different type of tool.
  • the present invention aims to provide a carrying harness that can be used for carrying on the back of at least one battery, for carrying at least one tool, or for the combined carrying of at least one tool and at least one battery.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide such a harness with a pectoral attachment that can automatically adapt to different carrying configurations, with or without a transfer of part of the load carried on the pectoral straps.
  • Yet another object is to provide a harness making it possible to automatically distribute on the carrying straps a load transferred to the pectoral straps.
  • the invention provides more precisely a carrying harness as defined by claim 1.
  • first and second parts are non-pivoting, when they are deprived of a freedom of pivoting, with respect to one another, when they are fixed to one another.
  • each tool carrying strap can be configured to be removably connected to the chest clip, so that it can be removed when no tool is worn.
  • the harness of the invention can thus be used in several configurations. It can be provided with a dorsal support plate for at least one accumulator battery and be used to carry only the battery or batteries for the power supply of a tool. This is particularly the case when using a small-size power tool, carried by hand, for example a secateurs, a hedge trimmer or a chainsaw.
  • the harness can also be used to carry at least one accumulator battery and at least one tool. This is the case when using larger power tools, such as a brush cutter, soil tillage implement or blower, for example.
  • the carrying of these tools can be associated, if necessary, with the carrying of additional tools such as a secateurs, a chainsaw or any other tool necessary for the user for a combined work.
  • the harness can be used to carry at least one tool on its own, without a battery. This is the case, for example, when carrying a tool provided with a heat engine, such as a brush cutter, for example.
  • the harness may include several tool carrying straps and in particular two tool carrying straps connected to the chest clip.
  • the carrying straps can be provided for carrying a tool or a load on the front.
  • the pectoral straps may preferably be of the same length, so that the pectoral attachment is situated substantially in the middle of the chest. It is however possible to envisage giving them different lengths so as to shift the pectoral attachment in the direction of one or the other of the straps for a different distribution of the load on the straps.
  • the first and the second part of the attachment respectively form a first loop and a second loop. They thus make it possible to attach the straps directly to the chest clip.
  • An important characteristic of the invention is the freedom of pivoting of the link of the pectoral straps, and, where appropriate, of that of the tool carrying strap, with the pectoral attachment.
  • the pectoral straps do not twist or twist when the pectoral attachment pivots or moves in response to dynamic forces which may be applied to it in particular by means of the tool carrying strap.
  • the straps pivot with respect to the pectoral attachment takes place in the attachment plane, around one or more pivot axes. When the harness is worn, the attachment plane is substantially parallel to the wearer's chest.
  • the freedom of pivoting means that the chest straps and the tool carrying strap can form varying angles between them, so that each strap can automatically orient itself in the direction of the forces it transmits.
  • the chest straps when no tool carrying strap is connected to the chest clip, or when no load is supported by the tool carrying strap, the chest straps may occupy a position substantially horizontal when the harness is worn. They are then substantially perpendicular to the carrying straps. They only support the forces necessary to avoid a separation of the carrying straps, and form an angle between them close to 180 degrees of angle.
  • the carrier strap and chest straps rotate to automatically occupy a substantially Y-shaped relative position. position, the relative angles between the different straps depend essentially on the size of the load. This results, where appropriate, in a balanced transfer of the weight carried on the two shoulders of the wearer.
  • the straps when two tool carrying straps are connected to the chest clip, for carrying a load on either side of a wearer, the straps automatically pivot to occupy a relative position substantially in X.
  • the pectoral attachment comprises a first part and a second part, removable from one another, and respectively connected to the pectoral straps.
  • the first and the second part can be fixed to each other, by means of a lock with complementary shape, or be detached by releasing the lock. This feature makes it possible in particular to detach them to facilitate the installation or the removal of the harness.
  • the straps connected to the pectoral attachment can pivot on the attachment, and in particular on the first and second part of the attachment, depending on the loads supported.
  • each loop may respectively comprise a junction edge to the other loop, and a connection edge opposite the junction edge.
  • each buckle is connected to a chest strap by its connecting edge.
  • the tool carrying strap can also be connected to one of the loops of the pectoral attachment, and in particular to its connecting edge.
  • the pectoral attachment may include at least one third loop for the tool carrying strap.
  • the tool carrying strap is connected to the third loop of the chest clip.
  • the third buckle can be pivotally mounted on at least one of the first part and the second part of the chest clip.
  • the harness may include a first attachment, a second attachment and a third attachment for straps, connected respectively to the chest straps and to the tool carrying strap, the first, second and third attachments for straps being mounted pivoting on a mounting plate pectoral.
  • the plate can be formed by the first part, the second part or by the two parts of the pectoral attachment.
  • the pivoting mounting of the bindings on a pectoral attachment plate can take place on one or more pivots and along one or more pivot axes.
  • the pivot axes are mutually parallel, since they are perpendicular to the attachment plane.
  • the attachment plane corresponds, in this case, to that of the pectoral attachment plate.
  • the strap attachments can be removably connected to the pins of the chest attachment plate.
  • the fixing of the straps can take place by means of two fixed and non-pivoting buckles. This is the case when the first and second part of the chest clip form loops.
  • the connecting edge of each loop may have the shape of an arc of a circle.
  • the two connecting edges of the two loops, in an arc of a circle, can preferably be centered on the same axis. It is then a matter of a pivot axis common to the chest straps and to the tool carrying strap.
  • buckles in the form of a circular arc makes it possible to achieve the function of pivoting the straps simply by sliding the straps along the arched buckles.
  • the buckles have a useful strap attachment length greater than a width of the chest straps and the tool carrying strap, so as to provide a sliding stroke. sufficient straps and ensure their pivoting in the direction of the forces.
  • the loops can be double loops provided respectively with an attachment bar separating two slits of the loop.
  • each strap attached to the buckle goes through the two slots, and surrounding the tie bar.
  • the attachment bar can be profiled, in a known manner, to prevent unintentional detachment of the straps and to maintain their tightening.
  • the pectoral attachment may include a release member which can be actuated with one hand to separate the first part and the second part of the pectoral attachment and release the junction of the pectoral straps. This measure allows the harness to be removed very quickly in the event of an incident or in the event of an accident to the wearer.
  • the harness may further include a tool holder, the tool holder being connected to the harness by the tool carrying strap.
  • the tool holder may further be connected to one of a harness lumbar belt, a harness sling, and a harness back plate. It allows a tool such as a brush cutter, a blower or a plowing tool, for example, to be attached to the harness.
  • top and bottom are understood to be relative to the vertical and relative to a usual carrying of the harness on the back of a wearer.
  • the figure 1 shows a harness 10 according to the invention. It is shown flat. It includes a back plate 12 for carrying an accumulator battery, not shown. The back plate is connected to a lumbar belt 14 and to carrying straps 16a, 16b.
  • the carrying straps 16a, 16b extend from the back plate 12 to the lumbar belt 14 passing over the shoulders of the wearer. More precisely, the ends 15a, 15b of a strap of suspenders in connection with the lumbar belt 14 are respectively connected to the ends 17a, 17b of the carrying straps 16a, 16b.
  • the ends 17a, 17b of the carrying straps 16a, 16b are provided with fixing loops receiving the ends 15a, 15b of the shoulder strap strap.
  • they are provided with chest straps 18a, 18b which extend over the torso of the wearer to meet in a pectoral clip 20.
  • the chest clip 20 is shown here in a diagram. detached configuration.
  • FIG 3A shows the chest clip in the strapped position.
  • the chest straps are attached to the shoulder straps by means of shoulder straps 19a, 19b.
  • the chest straps extend substantially perpendicular to the shoulder straps.
  • the suspender attachments 19a, 19b may be provided to allow pivoting of the chest straps and a modification of the angle they form with the shoulder straps.
  • the chest clip 20 has two parts 20a, 20b provided with a central lock 24, 28.
  • the lock allows the two parts 20a, 20b to be attached to one another along a junction edge 30a, 30b, so as to achieve a junction of the pectoral straps.
  • the chest clip 20 is made, for example, of plastic or metal.
  • one of the parts 20a of the attachment has a central cylindrical button 24 mounted on a flexible blade 26.
  • the central button is housed in a central cylindrical housing 28 corresponding to the other part 20b of the pectoral attachment when the two parts 20a, 20b are approached so as to bring their respective junction edges 30a, 30b into contact.
  • the junction edges 30a, 30b extend substantially vertically when the harness is worn.
  • the central button 24 constitutes with the central housing 28 a lock.
  • the central button also constitutes a member for releasing the lock which can be operated with one hand. Indeed, pressing a finger on the central button 24 allows it to be retracted from the central housing 28 by bending the flexible blade 26. This retraction of the central button then allows the separation of the two parts 20a, 20b of the pectoral attachment 20. .
  • Each part 20a, 20b of the pectoral attachment 20 has a connecting edge 32a, 32b, opposite the joining edge 30a, 30b, and extending respectively from an upper part of the joining edge 30a, 30b towards a lower part of the junction edge 30a, 30b.
  • Each part 20a, 20b, and in particular its connecting edge 32a, 32b, constitutes a loop 34a, 34b for the connection of straps.
  • the connection edges 32a, 32b, and therefore the loops 34a, 34b have the shape of an arc of a circle centered in the middle of the central button 24 or of the central housing 28.
  • Each loop 34a, 34b also has an attachment bar 36a, 36b, also in an arc of a circle, which separates two slits of the loop.
  • each buckle 34a, 34b constitutes a strap attachment.
  • the harness of the figure 1 also includes a tool carrying strap 38 to which a symbolically indicated tool holder 40 can be attached. Like the chest straps 18a, 18b, the tool carrying strap 38 is attached to the chest clip. In the example of figure 1 , the tool carrying strap 38 is connected to the buckle 34a of one of the parts 20a of the chest clip 20. It should be noted that another end of the tool carrying strap 38, not shown, may be connected to the lumbar belt 14 or to the back plate 12.
  • the buckles 34a, 34b have a useful strap attachment length much greater than the width of the straps and even the cumulative width of the chest straps and the tool carrying strap.
  • the various straps can thus slide along the buckles 34a, 34b, in an arc of a circle.
  • the pivoting can take place around a single pivot axis, perpendicular to the attachment plane and passing through the center of the central button 24, or of the central housing 28. These two axes coincide when the two parts 20a, 20b of the pectoral attachment 20 are attached to each other. Indeed, the curvature of the loops 34a, 34b is also centered on this axis.
  • the angle A between the chest straps 18a, 18b is close to 180 degrees of angle as shown in the figure 3A .
  • the angle A becomes less than 180 degrees of angle by pivoting the straps around of the pivot axis. This configuration is shown on the figures 3B and 3C .
  • the figure 3B shows an example of use of the pectoral attachment 20 with two tool straps 38a, 38b in a configuration of the straps substantially in X.
  • the figure 3C shows another possibility of making the pectoral attachment 20 and another possibility of fixing the straps to it.
  • the pectoral attachment 20 is in the form of a plate in two parts 20a, 20b, capable of being locked to one another by means of a lock 24, 28, comparable to that of figures 1 and 2 .
  • the pectoral attachment plate has three pivots 44a, 44b and 44c arranged along three pivot axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the attachment plane, that is to say here perpendicular to the pectoral attachment plate and perpendicular to the plane of the figure 3C .
  • the first pivot 44a is integral with one of the parts 20a of the pectoral attachment, while the second and third pivot 44b, 44c are integral with the other part 20b of the pectoral attachment 20.
  • Two strap fasteners 46a, 46b respectively secured to the pectoral straps 18a, 18b are mounted to pivot respectively on the first pivot and on the second pivot 44a, 44b.
  • a third strap attachment in the form of a third loop 46c, is pivotally mounted on the third pivot 44c.
  • the third loop is provided for the removable attachment of the tool carrying strap 38.
  • first and second fixing 46a and 46b can also be in the form of loops for fixing the pectoral straps.
  • two of the bindings 46a, 46b, 46c, or even all three can be pivotally mounted on the same pivot of the pectoral attachment.
  • a third strap attachment in the form of a third loop 46c, is pivotally mounted on the third pivot 44c.
  • the third loop is provided for the removable attachment of the tool carrying strap 38.
  • first and second fixing 46a and 46b can also be in the form of loops for fixing the pectoral straps.
  • two of the bindings 46a, 48b, 46c, or even all three can be pivotally mounted on the same pivot of the pectoral attachment.

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La présente invention concerne un harnais de portage à attache pectorale.The present invention relates to a carrying harness with a pectoral attachment.

On entend par attache pectorale un dispositif du harnais de portage permettant de relier sur la poitrine deux sangles pectorales solidaires des bretelles de portage du harnais, de manière à éviter un glissement des bretelles vers les bras du porteur.The term “pectoral attachment” is understood to mean a device of the carrying harness making it possible to connect on the chest two pectoral straps integral with the carrying straps of the harness, so as to prevent the straps from sliding towards the arms of the wearer.

L'invention trouve des applications dans le domaine du portage d'outils électriques alimentés par une batterie. En particulier le harnais de l'invention peut être prévu pour porter au dos une batterie d'accumulateurs et, sur le côté, un outil électrique relié à la batterie. Le harnais peut également être utilisé pour le portage d'outils à moteur thermique, voire des outils non motorisés.The invention finds applications in the field of carrying electric tools powered by a battery. In particular, the harness of the invention can be designed to carry an accumulator battery on the back and, on the side, an electric tool connected to the battery. The harness can also be used for carrying heat engine tools, or even non-motorized tools.

Etat de la technique antérieureState of the prior art

Les harnais de portage, tout comme nombre de sacs à dos, sont équipés de bretelles de portage passant sur les épaules du porteur, et éventuellement d'une ceinture de portage pour transférer une partie de la charge portée sur les hanches du porteur.Carrying harnesses, like many backpacks, are equipped with carrying straps passing over the wearer's shoulders, and possibly with a carrying belt to transfer part of the load carried to the wearer's hips.

Le confort de portage est amélioré par le parfait ajustement du harnais à la morphologie du porteur. Ainsi le harnais peut être pourvu de diverses sangles d'ajustement.Carrying comfort is improved by the perfect adjustment of the harness to the wearer's morphology. Thus the harness can be provided with various adjustment straps.

En particulier, des sangles d'ajustement peuvent être prévues entre les bretelles de portage de manière à régler une distance entre les bretelles de portage sur la poitrine. Il s'agit des sangles pectorales. Une telle sangle est fixée à chaque bretelle de portage. Lors du portage les sangles sont reliées entre elles et s'étendent horizontalement sur la poitrine du porteur.In particular, adjustment straps can be provided between the carrying straps so as to adjust a distance between the carrying straps on the chest. These are the chest straps. Such a strap is attached to each carrying strap. When carrying the straps are interconnected and extend horizontally over the wearer's chest.

Les sangles pectorales présentent généralement une attache pectorale permettant de les rendre solidaires l'une de l'autre lors du portage, ou, au contraire, de les libérer l'une de l'autre pour la mise en place ou le retrait du harnais.The chest straps generally have a pectoral attachment making it possible to make them integral with one another when carrying, or, on the contrary, to release them from one another for the installation or removal of the harness.

Dans le cas particulier des harnais de portage d'outils, il est connu de mettre à profit les sangles pectorales, et l'attache pectorale qui les relie pour y fixer au moins une sangle de portage. La sangle de portage permet de reporter une partie du poids de l'outil à porter sur l'attache pectorale, et, à travers l'attache pectorale, sur la partie avant des bretelles s'étendant sur le torse du porteur. Une autre partie du poids de l'outil peut être reportée à la ceinture ou sur le dos du porteur par une sangle reliée à une partie dorsale du harnais.In the particular case of tool carrying harnesses, it is known to take advantage of the pectoral straps, and the pectoral fastener which connects them to fix at least one carrying strap thereon. The carrying strap makes it possible to transfer part of the weight of the tool to be carried on the chest clip, and, through the chest clip, on the front part of the shoulder straps extending over the wearer's torso. Another part of the weight of the tool can be transferred to the belt or to the wearer's back by a strap connected to a dorsal part of the harness.

Un tel harnais, dédié au portage d'une débroussailleuse, est connu du document US 8 925 774 . Ce harnais ne permet pas toutefois le réglage d'une distance entre les bretelles de portage, celle-ci étant fixée directement et uniquement par l'attache pectorale. Par ailleurs, les différentes sangles de portage ou de bretelle sont liées fixement à la l'attache pectorale. Ainsi des efforts dynamiques transmis par une sangle de portage sont susceptibles de générer des torsions des différentes sangles. Enfin, l'attache pectorale ne permet pas d'ajouter une sangle de portage supplémentaire.Such a harness, dedicated to carrying a brush cutter, is known from the document US 8,925,774 . This harness does not however allow the adjustment of a distance between the carrying straps, the latter being fixed directly and only by the pectoral attachment. Furthermore, the various carrying or shoulder straps are fixedly linked to the pectoral attachment. Thus, dynamic forces transmitted by a carrying strap are liable to generate twists of the various straps. Finally, the chest clip does not allow you to add an additional carrying strap.

Le document EP 0 650 677 divulgue un dispositif de portage.The document EP 0 650 677 discloses a carrying device.

Exposé de l'inventionDisclosure of the invention

Un bon confort de portage demande une adéquation du harnais de portage avec la morphologie du porteur mais demande aussi de prendre en compte la nature de la charge portée et sa disposition par rapport au corps du porteur.Good carrying comfort requires an adequacy of the carrying harness with the morphology of the wearer but also requires taking into account the nature of the load carried and its arrangement in relation to the body of the wearer.

Une difficulté existe dans le cas d'un harnais de portage à usage multiple c'est-à-dire destiné au portage de différents types d'outils et d'équipements.A difficulty exists in the case of a carrying harness for multiple use, that is to say intended for carrying different types of tools and equipment.

Un réglage du harnais adapté au portage d'un certain type d'outil, peut s'avérer inapproprié pour le portage d'un outil de type différent.An adjustment of the harness suitable for carrying a certain type of tool may be inappropriate for carrying a different type of tool.

La présente invention a pour but de proposer un harnais de portage pouvant être utilisé pour le portage au dos d'au moins une batterie, pour le portage d'au moins un outil, ou encore pour le portage combiné d'au moins un outil et d'au moins une batterie.The present invention aims to provide a carrying harness that can be used for carrying on the back of at least one battery, for carrying at least one tool, or for the combined carrying of at least one tool and at least one battery.

Un but encore de l'invention est de proposer un tel harnais avec une attache pectorale pouvant s'adapter automatiquement à différentes configurations de portage, avec un report ou non d'une partie de la charge portée sur les sangles pectorales.Another object of the invention is to provide such a harness with a pectoral attachment that can automatically adapt to different carrying configurations, with or without a transfer of part of the load carried on the pectoral straps.

Un autre but encore est de proposer un harnais permettant de distribuer automatiquement sur les bretelles de portage une charge reportée sur les sangles pectorales.Yet another object is to provide a harness making it possible to automatically distribute on the carrying straps a load transferred to the pectoral straps.

Pour atteindre ces buts l'invention propose plus précisément un harnais de portage tel que défini par la revendication 1.To achieve these goals, the invention provides more precisely a carrying harness as defined by claim 1.

On considère que les première et deuxième parties sont non-pivotantes, lorsqu'elles sont dépourvues d'une liberté de pivotement, l'une par rapport à l'autre, lorsqu'elles sont fixées l'une à l'autre.It is considered that the first and second parts are non-pivoting, when they are deprived of a freedom of pivoting, with respect to one another, when they are fixed to one another.

De préférence, chaque sangle de portage d'outil peut être configurée pour être reliée de manière amovible à l'attache pectorale, de manière à pouvoir être retirée lorsqu'aucun outil n'est porté.Preferably, each tool carrying strap can be configured to be removably connected to the chest clip, so that it can be removed when no tool is worn.

Le harnais de l'invention peut ainsi être utilisé dans plusieurs configurations.
Il peut être pourvu d'une platine dorsale de support pour au moins une batterie d'accumulateurs et servir à porter uniquement la ou les batteries pour l'alimentation électrique d'un outil. Ceci est le cas notamment lors d'une utilisation d'un outil électroportatif de petite dimension, porté à la main, par exemple un sécateur, un taille haie ou une tronçonneuse.The harness of the invention can thus be used in several configurations.
It can be provided with a dorsal support plate for at least one accumulator battery and be used to carry only the battery or batteries for the power supply of a tool. This is particularly the case when using a small-size power tool, carried by hand, for example a secateurs, a hedge trimmer or a chainsaw.

Le harnais peut aussi servir à porter au moins une batterie d'accumulateurs et au moins un outil. Ceci est le cas lors d'une utilisation d'outils électroportatifs de plus grande dimension, tels qu'une débroussailleuse, un outil de travail du sol ou un souffleur, par exemple. Le portage de ces outils peut être associé le cas échéant au portage d'outils additionnels tels qu'un sécateur, une tronçonneuse ou tout autre outil nécessaire à l'utilisateur pour un travail combiné. Enfin, le harnais peut servir à porter au moins un outil seul, sans batterie d'accumulateurs. Ceci est le cas, par exemple, lors du portage d'un outil pourvu d'un moteur thermique, tel qu'une débroussailleuse, par exemple.The harness can also be used to carry at least one accumulator battery and at least one tool. This is the case when using larger power tools, such as a brush cutter, soil tillage implement or blower, for example. The carrying of these tools can be associated, if necessary, with the carrying of additional tools such as a secateurs, a chainsaw or any other tool necessary for the user for a combined work. Finally, the harness can be used to carry at least one tool on its own, without a battery. This is the case, for example, when carrying a tool provided with a heat engine, such as a brush cutter, for example.

Dans la suite de la description, et sauf précision contraire, il n'est fait référence qu'à une seule sangle de portage d'outil pour le portage d'un outil sur le côté du porteur. Il est toutefois entendu que le harnais peut comporter plusieurs sangles de portage d'outil et en particulier deux sangles de portage d'outil reliées à la l'attache pectorale. De même les sangles de portage peuvent être prévues pour le portage d'un outil ou d'une charge sur l'avant.In the remainder of the description, and unless otherwise specified, reference is made to only one tool carrying strap for carrying a tool on the side of the carrier. It is understood, however, that the harness may include several tool carrying straps and in particular two tool carrying straps connected to the chest clip. Likewise, the carrying straps can be provided for carrying a tool or a load on the front.

On peut noter par ailleurs que les sangles pectorales peuvent, de préférence, être de la même longueur, de manière que l'attache pectorale se situe sensiblement au milieu de la poitrine. Il est toutefois envisageable de leur donner des longueurs différentes de manière à décaler l'attache pectorale en direction de l'une ou de l'autre des bretelles pour une répartition différente de la charge sur les bretelles.It may also be noted that the pectoral straps may preferably be of the same length, so that the pectoral attachment is situated substantially in the middle of the chest. It is however possible to envisage giving them different lengths so as to shift the pectoral attachment in the direction of one or the other of the straps for a different distribution of the load on the straps.

Selon un mode de réalisation préféré de l'attache pectorale, la première et la deuxième partie de l'attache, forment respectivement une première boucle et une deuxième boucle. Elles permettent ainsi de fixer directement les sangles à l'attache pectorale.According to a preferred embodiment of the pectoral attachment, the first and the second part of the attachment, respectively form a first loop and a second loop. They thus make it possible to attach the straps directly to the chest clip.

Une caractéristique importante de l'invention est la liberté de pivotement du lien des sangles pectorales, et, le cas échéant, de celui de la sangle de portage d'outil, avec l'attache pectorale. Ainsi, les sangles pectorales ne se tordent pas et ne se vrillent pas lorsque l'attache pectorale pivote ou se déplace en réponse à des efforts dynamiques qui peuvent lui être appliqués notamment par l'intermédiaire de la sangle de portage d'outil.
Le pivotement des sangles par rapport à l'attache pectorale se fait dans le plan d'attache, autour d'un ou plusieurs axes de pivotement. Lorsque le harnais est porté, le plan d'attache est sensiblement parallèle à la poitrine du porteur.An important characteristic of the invention is the freedom of pivoting of the link of the pectoral straps, and, where appropriate, of that of the tool carrying strap, with the pectoral attachment. Thus, the pectoral straps do not twist or twist when the pectoral attachment pivots or moves in response to dynamic forces which may be applied to it in particular by means of the tool carrying strap.
The straps pivot with respect to the pectoral attachment takes place in the attachment plane, around one or more pivot axes. When the harness is worn, the attachment plane is substantially parallel to the wearer's chest.

La liberté de pivotement fait que les sangles pectorales et la sangle de portage d'outil peuvent former, entre elles, des angles variables, de sorte que chaque sangle puisse automatiquement s'orienter dans la direction des forces qu'elle transmet.The freedom of pivoting means that the chest straps and the tool carrying strap can form varying angles between them, so that each strap can automatically orient itself in the direction of the forces it transmits.

A titre d'illustration, lorsqu'aucune sangle de portage d'outil n'est reliée à l'attache pectorale, ou lorsqu'aucune charge n'est supportée par la sangle de portage d'outil, les sangles pectorales peuvent occuper une position sensiblement horizontale lorsque le harnais est porté. Elles sont alors sensiblement perpendiculaires aux bretelles de portage. Elles ne supportent que les forces nécessaires à éviter un écartement des bretelles de portage, et forment entre elles un angle voisin de 180 degrés d'angle.By way of illustration, when no tool carrying strap is connected to the chest clip, or when no load is supported by the tool carrying strap, the chest straps may occupy a position substantially horizontal when the harness is worn. They are then substantially perpendicular to the carrying straps. They only support the forces necessary to avoid a separation of the carrying straps, and form an angle between them close to 180 degrees of angle.

Lorsque une sangle de portage d'outil est reliée à l'attache pectorale et que celle-ci porte une charge sur un côté du porteur, la sangle de portage et les sangles pectorales pivotent pour occuper automatiquement une position relative sensiblement en Y. Dans cette position, les angles relatifs entre les différentes sangles dépendent essentiellement de l'importance de la charge.
Il en résulte, le cas échéant, un report équilibré du poids porté sur les deux épaules du porteur.When a tool carrying strap is connected to the chest clip and the chest clip carries a load on one side of the wearer, the carrier strap and chest straps rotate to automatically occupy a substantially Y-shaped relative position. position, the relative angles between the different straps depend essentially on the size of the load.
This results, where appropriate, in a balanced transfer of the weight carried on the two shoulders of the wearer.

De la même manière, lorsque deux sangles de portage d'outil sont reliées à l'attache pectorale, pour le portage d'une charge sur chaque côté d'un porteur, les sangles pivotent automatiquement pour occuper une position relative sensiblement en X.Likewise, when two tool carrying straps are connected to the chest clip, for carrying a load on either side of a wearer, the straps automatically pivot to occupy a relative position substantially in X.

Comme mentionné précédemment, l'attache pectorale comporte une première partie et une deuxième partie, amovibles l'une de l'autre, et reliées respectivement aux sangles pectorales. La première et la deuxième partie peuvent être fixées l'une à l'autre, au moyen d'un verrou à complémentarité de forme, ou être détachées en libérant le verrou. Cette caractéristique permet notamment de les détacher pour faciliter la mise en place ou le retrait du harnais. Lorsque la première partie et la deuxième partie sont attachées l'une à l'autre, elles ne pivotent pas l'une par rapport à l'autre. En revanche, les sangles reliées à l'attache pectorale peuvent pivoter sur l'attache, et en particulier sur la première et deuxième partie de l'attache, en fonction des charges supportées.As mentioned above, the pectoral attachment comprises a first part and a second part, removable from one another, and respectively connected to the pectoral straps. The first and the second part can be fixed to each other, by means of a lock with complementary shape, or be detached by releasing the lock. This feature makes it possible in particular to detach them to facilitate the installation or the removal of the harness. When the first part and the second part are attached to each other, they do not rotate relative to each other. On the other hand, the straps connected to the pectoral attachment can pivot on the attachment, and in particular on the first and second part of the attachment, depending on the loads supported.

Lorsque la première et la deuxième partie de l'attache pectorale forment des boucles pour la fixation de sangles, chaque boucle peut comporter respectivement un bord de jonction à l'autre boucle, et un bord de connexion opposé au bord de jonction. Dans ce cas, chaque boucle est reliée à une sangle pectorale par son bord de connexion.When the first and the second part of the pectoral attachment form loops for attaching straps, each loop may respectively comprise a junction edge to the other loop, and a connection edge opposite the junction edge. In this case, each buckle is connected to a chest strap by its connecting edge.

La sangle de portage d'outil peut également être reliée à l'une des boucles de l'attache pectorale, et notamment à son bord de connexion.The tool carrying strap can also be connected to one of the loops of the pectoral attachment, and in particular to its connecting edge.

Selon une autre possibilité encore, l'attache pectorale peut comporter au moins une troisième boucle pour la sangle de portage d'outil. Dans ce cas la sangle de portage d'outil est reliée à la troisième boucle de l'attache pectorale.
La troisième boucle peut être montée pivotante sur au moins l'une parmi la première partie et la deuxième partie de l'attache pectorale.According to yet another possibility, the pectoral attachment may include at least one third loop for the tool carrying strap. In this case, the tool carrying strap is connected to the third loop of the chest clip.
The third buckle can be pivotally mounted on at least one of the first part and the second part of the chest clip.

De manière plus générale encore, le harnais peut comporter une première fixation, une deuxième fixation et une troisième fixation pour sangles, reliées respectivement aux sangles pectorales et à la sangle de portage d'outil, les première, deuxième et troisième fixations pour sangles étant montées pivotantes sur une platine de l'attache pectorale. La platine peut être constituée par la première partie, la deuxième partie ou par les deux parties de l'attache pectorale.Still more generally, the harness may include a first attachment, a second attachment and a third attachment for straps, connected respectively to the chest straps and to the tool carrying strap, the first, second and third attachments for straps being mounted pivoting on a mounting plate pectoral. The plate can be formed by the first part, the second part or by the two parts of the pectoral attachment.

Le montage pivotant des fixations sur une platine de l'attache pectorale peut avoir lieu sur un ou plusieurs pivots et selon un ou plusieurs axes de pivotement. En cas de plusieurs pivots, les axes de pivotements sont parallèles entre eux, car perpendiculaires au plan d'attache. Le plan d'attache correspond, dans ce cas, à celui de la platine de l'attache pectorale. Les fixations pour sangles peuvent être reliées de manière amovible aux pivots de la platine d'attache pectorale.The pivoting mounting of the bindings on a pectoral attachment plate can take place on one or more pivots and along one or more pivot axes. In the case of several pivots, the pivot axes are mutually parallel, since they are perpendicular to the attachment plane. The attachment plane corresponds, in this case, to that of the pectoral attachment plate. The strap attachments can be removably connected to the pins of the chest attachment plate.

Selon une réalisation simple et préférée de l'invention, la fixation des sangles peut avoir lieu au moyen de deux boucles fixes et non pivotantes. Ceci est le cas lorsque la première et la deuxième partie de l'attache pectorale forment des boucles. Dans ce cas, le bord de connexion de chaque boucle peut présenter une forme en arc de cercle.According to a simple and preferred embodiment of the invention, the fixing of the straps can take place by means of two fixed and non-pivoting buckles. This is the case when the first and second part of the chest clip form loops. In this case, the connecting edge of each loop may have the shape of an arc of a circle.

Les deux bords de connexion des deux boucles, en arc de cercle, peuvent être centrés de préférence sur un même axe. Il s'agit alors d'un axe de pivotement commun aux sangles pectorales et à la sangle de portage d'outils.The two connecting edges of the two loops, in an arc of a circle, can preferably be centered on the same axis. It is then a matter of a pivot axis common to the chest straps and to the tool carrying strap.

L'utilisation de boucles en forme d'arc de cercle permet de réaliser la fonction de pivotement des sangles simplement par glissement des sangles le long des boucles arquées.The use of buckles in the form of a circular arc makes it possible to achieve the function of pivoting the straps simply by sliding the straps along the arched buckles.

Dans ce cas, les boucles présentent une longueur utile de fixation de sangle supérieure à une largeur des sangles pectorale et de la sangle de portage d'outil, de manière à ménager une course de glissement suffisante des sangles et assurer leur pivotement dans la direction des efforts.In this case, the buckles have a useful strap attachment length greater than a width of the chest straps and the tool carrying strap, so as to provide a sliding stroke. sufficient straps and ensure their pivoting in the direction of the forces.

De préférence, les boucles peuvent être des boucles doubles pourvues respectivement d'une barre d'attache séparant deux fentes de la boucle. Dans ce cas, chaque sangle attachée à la boucle passe par les deux fentes, et en entourant la barre d'attache. La barre d'attache peut être profilée, de manière connue, pour empêcher un détachement involontaire des sangles et maintenir leur serrage.Preferably, the loops can be double loops provided respectively with an attachment bar separating two slits of the loop. In this case, each strap attached to the buckle goes through the two slots, and surrounding the tie bar. The attachment bar can be profiled, in a known manner, to prevent unintentional detachment of the straps and to maintain their tightening.

Selon une réalisation particulière du harnais, l'attache pectorale peut comporter un organe de libération actionnable à une seule main pour séparer la première partie et la deuxième partie de l'attache pectorale et libérer la jonction des sangles pectorales. Cette mesure permet de retirer très rapidement le harnais en cas d'incident ou en cas d'accident du porteur.According to a particular embodiment of the harness, the pectoral attachment may include a release member which can be actuated with one hand to separate the first part and the second part of the pectoral attachment and release the junction of the pectoral straps. This measure allows the harness to be removed very quickly in the event of an incident or in the event of an accident to the wearer.

Le harnais peut en outre comporter un support pour outil, le support pour outil étant relié au harnais par la sangle de portage d'outil.The harness may further include a tool holder, the tool holder being connected to the harness by the tool carrying strap.

Le support pour outil peut être relié par ailleurs à l'un parmi une ceinture lombaire du harnais, une bretelle du harnais, et une platine dorsale du harnais. Il permet de fixer au harnais un outil tel qu'une débroussailleuse, un souffleur ou un outil de labour, par exemple.The tool holder may further be connected to one of a harness lumbar belt, a harness sling, and a harness back plate. It allows a tool such as a brush cutter, a blower or a plowing tool, for example, to be attached to the harness.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortent de la description qui suit, en référence aux figures des dessins.
Cette description est donnée à titre illustratif et non limitatif.Other characteristics and advantages of the invention emerge from the description which follows, with reference to the figures of the drawings.
This description is given by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.

Brève description des figuresBrief description of the figures

  • La figure 1 est une vue à plat d'un harnais conforme à l'invention.The figure 1 is a flat view of a harness according to the invention.
  • La figure 2 est une perspective de l'attache pectorale du harnais dans une configuration ouverte, ou "détachée", dans laquelle les sangles ne sont pas représentées.The figure 2 is a perspective of the harness pectoral attachment in an open, or "detached" configuration, in which the straps are not shown.
  • La figure 3A est une vue de l'attache pectorale dans une configuration fermée, ou "attachée", dans laquelle l'attache pectorale est en liaison avec les deux sangles pectorales.The figure 3A is a view of the chest clip in a closed, or "tethered" configuration, in which the chest clip is in conjunction with both chest straps.
  • La figure 3B est une vue de l'attache pectorale dans une configuration fermée, ou "attachée", dans laquelle l'attache pectorale est en liaison avec les deux sangles pectorales et deux sangles de portage d'outils.The figure 3B is a view of the chest clip in a closed, or "tethered" configuration, in which the chest clip is in conjunction with the two chest straps and two tool carrying straps.
  • La figure 3C est une vue d'un autre mode de réalisation de l'attache pectorale dans une configuration fermée, ou "attachée", dans laquelle l'attache pectorale est en liaison avec deux sangles pectorales et une sangle de portage d'outil.The figure 3C is a view of another embodiment of the chest clip in a closed, or "tethered" configuration, in which the chest clip is in conjunction with two chest straps and a tool carrying strap.

Les figures sont représentées en échelle libre.The figures are shown in free scale.

Description détaillée de modes de mise en œuvre de l'inventionDetailed description of embodiments of the invention

Dans la description qui suit, des parties identiques ou similaires des différentes figures sont repérés avec les mêmes signes de références, de manière à pouvoir se reporter d'une figure à l'autre.In the description which follows, identical or similar parts of the various figures are marked with the same reference signs, so as to be able to refer from one figure to another.

Par ailleurs, les termes "haut" et "bas" s'entendent par rapport à la verticale et par rapport à un portage usuel du harnais au dos d'un porteur.Furthermore, the terms “top” and “bottom” are understood to be relative to the vertical and relative to a usual carrying of the harness on the back of a wearer.

La figure 1 montre un harnais 10 conforme à l'invention. Il est représenté à plat. Il comprend une platine dorsale 12 pour le portage d'une batterie d'accumulateurs, non représentée. La platine dorsale est reliée à une ceinture lombaire 14 et à des bretelles de portage 16a, 16b.The figure 1 shows a harness 10 according to the invention. It is shown flat. It includes a back plate 12 for carrying an accumulator battery, not shown. The back plate is connected to a lumbar belt 14 and to carrying straps 16a, 16b.

Lorsque le harnais est porté, les bretelles de portage 16a, 16b s'étendent depuis la platine dorsale 12 jusqu'à la ceinture lombaire 14 en passant sur les épaules du porteur. Plus précisément, les extrémités 15a, 15b d'une sangle de bretelles en liaison avec la ceinture lombaire 14 sont reliées respectivement aux extrémités 17a, 17b des bretelles de portage 16a, 16b. Les extrémités 17a, 17b des bretelles de portage 16a, 16b sont pourvues de boucles de fixation recevant les extrémités 15a, 15b de la sangle de bretelles.
Afin d'éviter un glissement des bretelles de portage, celles-ci sont pourvues de sangles pectorales 18a, 18b qui s'étendent sur le torse du porteur pour se rejoindre en une attache pectorale 20. L'attache pectorale 20 est représentée ici dans une configuration détachée. A titre de comparaison, la figure 3A montre l'attache pectorale en position attachée. Les sangles pectorales sont fixées aux bretelles au moyen d'attaches de bretelle 19a, 19b. Les sangles pectorales s'étendent de manière sensiblement perpendiculaire aux bretelles. Toutefois les attaches de bretelle 19a, 19b peuvent être prévues pour autoriser un pivotement des sangles pectorales et une modification de l'angle qu'elles forment avec les bretelles.When the harness is worn, the carrying straps 16a, 16b extend from the back plate 12 to the lumbar belt 14 passing over the shoulders of the wearer. More precisely, the ends 15a, 15b of a strap of suspenders in connection with the lumbar belt 14 are respectively connected to the ends 17a, 17b of the carrying straps 16a, 16b. The ends 17a, 17b of the carrying straps 16a, 16b are provided with fixing loops receiving the ends 15a, 15b of the shoulder strap strap.
In order to prevent the carrying straps from slipping, they are provided with chest straps 18a, 18b which extend over the torso of the wearer to meet in a pectoral clip 20. The chest clip 20 is shown here in a diagram. detached configuration. By way of comparison, the figure 3A shows the chest clip in the strapped position. The chest straps are attached to the shoulder straps by means of shoulder straps 19a, 19b. The chest straps extend substantially perpendicular to the shoulder straps. However, the suspender attachments 19a, 19b may be provided to allow pivoting of the chest straps and a modification of the angle they form with the shoulder straps.

L'attache pectorale 20 présente deux parties 20a, 20b munies d'un verrou central 24, 28. Le verrou permet d'attacher les deux parties 20a, 20b l'une à l'autre le long d'un bord de jonction 30a, 30b, de manière à réaliser une jonction des sangles pectorales.The chest clip 20 has two parts 20a, 20b provided with a central lock 24, 28. The lock allows the two parts 20a, 20b to be attached to one another along a junction edge 30a, 30b, so as to achieve a junction of the pectoral straps.

L'attache pectorale 20 est réalisée, par exemple, en matière plastique ou en métal.The chest clip 20 is made, for example, of plastic or metal.

Comme le montre mieux la figure 2, sur laquelle les deux parties de l'attache pectorale sont aussi disjointes, l'une des parties 20a de l'attache présente un bouton cylindrique central 24 monté sur une lame flexible 26. Le bouton central vient se loger dans un logement cylindrique central 28 correspondant sur l'autre partie 20b de l'attache pectorale lorsque les deux parties 20a, 20b sont approchées de manière à mettre en contact leurs bords de jonction respectifs 30a, 30b. Les bords de jonction 30a, 30b s'étendent de manière sensiblement verticale lorsque le harnais est porté.As best shown by figure 2 , on which the two parts of the pectoral attachment are also separate, one of the parts 20a of the attachment has a central cylindrical button 24 mounted on a flexible blade 26. The central button is housed in a central cylindrical housing 28 corresponding to the other part 20b of the pectoral attachment when the two parts 20a, 20b are approached so as to bring their respective junction edges 30a, 30b into contact. The junction edges 30a, 30b extend substantially vertically when the harness is worn.

Le bouton central 24 constitue avec le logement central 28 un verrou. Le bouton central constitue également un organe de libération du verrou actionnable à une seule main. En effet une pression d'un doigt sur le bouton central 24 permet de le rétracter du logement central 28 par flexion de la lame flexible 26. Cette rétractation du bouton central autorise alors la séparation des deux parties 20a, 20b de l'attache pectorale 20.The central button 24 constitutes with the central housing 28 a lock. The central button also constitutes a member for releasing the lock which can be operated with one hand. Indeed, pressing a finger on the central button 24 allows it to be retracted from the central housing 28 by bending the flexible blade 26. This retraction of the central button then allows the separation of the two parts 20a, 20b of the pectoral attachment 20. .

Chaque partie 20a, 20b de l'attache pectorale 20 présente un bord de connexion 32a, 32b, opposé au bord de jonction 30a, 30b, et s'étendant respectivement depuis une partie haute du bord de jonction 30a, 30b vers une partie basse du bord de jonction 30a, 30b. Chaque partie 20a, 20b, et en particulier son bord de connexion 32a, 32b, constitue une boucle 34a, 34b pour la connexion de sangles. Par extension chaque partie 20a, 20b de l'attache pectorale 20 de la figure 1 est considérée comme une "boucle".
Les bords de connexion 32a, 32b, et donc les boucles 34a, 34b présentent une forme en arc de cercle centré au milieu du bouton central 24 ou du logement central 28. Chaque boucle 34a, 34b présente par ailleurs une barre d'attache 36a, 36b, également en arc de cercle, qui sépare deux fentes de la boucle.Each part 20a, 20b of the pectoral attachment 20 has a connecting edge 32a, 32b, opposite the joining edge 30a, 30b, and extending respectively from an upper part of the joining edge 30a, 30b towards a lower part of the junction edge 30a, 30b. Each part 20a, 20b, and in particular its connecting edge 32a, 32b, constitutes a loop 34a, 34b for the connection of straps. By extension each part 20a, 20b of the pectoral attachment 20 of the figure 1 is considered a "loop".
The connection edges 32a, 32b, and therefore the loops 34a, 34b have the shape of an arc of a circle centered in the middle of the central button 24 or of the central housing 28. Each loop 34a, 34b also has an attachment bar 36a, 36b, also in an arc of a circle, which separates two slits of the loop.

Comme le montre les figures 1 et 3B les sangles pectorales 18a, 18b passent dans les fentes des boucles, autour des barres d'attache 36a, 36b, de sorte que chaque boucle 34a, 34b constitue une fixation pour sangle.As shown by figures 1 and 3B the chest straps 18a, 18b pass through the slots in the buckles, around the tie bars 36a, 36b, so that each buckle 34a, 34b constitutes a strap attachment.

Le harnais de la figure 1 comprend également une sangle 38 de portage d'outil à laquelle peut être attaché un support pour outil 40 indiqué symboliquement. Tout comme les sangles pectorales 18a, 18b, la sangle de portage d'outil 38 est fixée à l'attache pectorale. Dans l'exemple de la figure 1, la sangle 38 de portage d'outil est reliée à la boucle 34a de l'une des parties 20a de l'attache pectorale 20. Il convient de noter qu'une autre extrémité non représentée de la sangle de portage d'outil 38 peut être reliée à la ceinture lombaire 14 ou à la platine dorsale 12.The harness of the figure 1 also includes a tool carrying strap 38 to which a symbolically indicated tool holder 40 can be attached. Like the chest straps 18a, 18b, the tool carrying strap 38 is attached to the chest clip. In the example of figure 1 , the tool carrying strap 38 is connected to the buckle 34a of one of the parts 20a of the chest clip 20. It should be noted that another end of the tool carrying strap 38, not shown, may be connected to the lumbar belt 14 or to the back plate 12.

Comme le montre les figures 1 et 3A, les boucles 34a, 34b présentent une longueur utile de fixation de sangle bien supérieure à la largeur des sangles et même à la largeur cumulée des sangles pectorales et de la sangle de portage d'outil.
Les différentes sangles peuvent ainsi glisser le long des boucles 34a, 34b, en arc de cercle.As shown by figures 1 and 3A , the buckles 34a, 34b have a useful strap attachment length much greater than the width of the straps and even the cumulative width of the chest straps and the tool carrying strap.
The various straps can thus slide along the buckles 34a, 34b, in an arc of a circle.

La possibilité de glissement de leur point d'attache le long des boucles arquées, confère aux sangles une liberté de pivotement dans un plan passant par les boucles 34a, 34b et désigné par "plan d'attache". Dans l'exemple des figures 1 et 3A, le pivotement peut avoir lieu autour d'un axe de pivotement unique, perpendiculaire au plan d'attache et passant par le centre du bouton central 24, ou du logement central 28. Ces deux axes sont confondus lorsque les deux parties 20a, 20b de l'attache pectorale 20 sont attachées l'une à l'autre. En effet, la courbure des boucles 34a, 34b est également centrée sur cet axe.The possibility of sliding their point of attachment along the arcuate buckles, gives the straps a freedom of pivoting in a plane passing through the buckles 34a, 34b and designated by the "attachment plane". In the example of figures 1 and 3A , the pivoting can take place around a single pivot axis, perpendicular to the attachment plane and passing through the center of the central button 24, or of the central housing 28. These two axes coincide when the two parts 20a, 20b of the pectoral attachment 20 are attached to each other. Indeed, the curvature of the loops 34a, 34b is also centered on this axis.

Lorsqu'aucune sangle de portage d'outil n'est fixée à l'attache pectorale 20, ou lorsqu'aucun outil n'est fixé à la sangle de portage d'outil 38, l'angle A entre les sangles pectorales 18a, 18b est proche de 180 degrés d'angle comme représenté sur la figure 3A.
A l'inverse, si au moins un outil, ou plus généralement une charge pesante est attaché à une sangle de portage d'outil 38, 38a, 38b, l'angle A devient inférieur à 180 degrés d'angle par pivotement des sangles autour de l'axe de pivotement. Cette configuration est représentée sur les figures 3B et 3C.When no tool carrying strap is attached to the chest clip 20, or when no tool is attached to the tool carrying strap 38, the angle A between the chest straps 18a, 18b is close to 180 degrees of angle as shown in the figure 3A .
Conversely, if at least one tool, or more generally a heavy load is attached to a tool carrying strap 38, 38a, 38b, the angle A becomes less than 180 degrees of angle by pivoting the straps around of the pivot axis. This configuration is shown on the figures 3B and 3C .

La figure 3B montre un exemple d'utilisation de l'attache pectorale 20 avec deux sangles d'outils 38a, 38b dans une configuration des sangles sensiblement en X.The figure 3B shows an example of use of the pectoral attachment 20 with two tool straps 38a, 38b in a configuration of the straps substantially in X.

La figure 3C montre une autre possibilité de réalisation de l'attache pectorale 20 et une autre possibilité d'y fixer les sangles.The figure 3C shows another possibility of making the pectoral attachment 20 and another possibility of fixing the straps to it.

Dans l'exemple de la figure 3C, l'attache pectorale 20 se présente sous la forme d'une platine en deux parties 20a, 20b, susceptibles d'être verrouillées l'une sur l'autre au moyen d'un verrou 24, 28, comparable à celui des figures 1 et 2. La platine de l'attache pectorale présente trois pivots 44a, 44b et 44c agencés selon trois axes de pivotement parallèles entre eux et perpendiculaires au plan d'attache, c'est-à-dire ici perpendiculaires à la platine de l'attache pectorale et perpendiculaires au plan de la figure 3C.In the example of figure 3C , the pectoral attachment 20 is in the form of a plate in two parts 20a, 20b, capable of being locked to one another by means of a lock 24, 28, comparable to that of figures 1 and 2 . The pectoral attachment plate has three pivots 44a, 44b and 44c arranged along three pivot axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the attachment plane, that is to say here perpendicular to the pectoral attachment plate and perpendicular to the plane of the figure 3C .

Le premier pivot 44a est solidaire de l'une des parties 20a de l'attache pectorale, tandis que le deuxième et le troisième pivot 44b, 44c sont solidaires de l'autre partie 20b de l'attache pectorale 20.The first pivot 44a is integral with one of the parts 20a of the pectoral attachment, while the second and third pivot 44b, 44c are integral with the other part 20b of the pectoral attachment 20.

Deux fixations pour sangle 46a, 46b solidaires respectivement des sangles pectorales 18a, 18b sont montés pivotantes respectivement sur le premier pivot et sur le deuxième pivot 44a, 44b.Two strap fasteners 46a, 46b respectively secured to the pectoral straps 18a, 18b are mounted to pivot respectively on the first pivot and on the second pivot 44a, 44b.

Une troisième fixation pour sangle, sous la forme d'une troisième boucle 46c est montée pivotante sur le troisième pivot 44c. La troisième boucle est prévue pour la fixation amovible de la sangle de portage d'outil 38.A third strap attachment, in the form of a third loop 46c, is pivotally mounted on the third pivot 44c. The third loop is provided for the removable attachment of the tool carrying strap 38.

L'attache pectorale de la figure 3C, comme celle des figures précédentes, donne aux sangles une liberté de pivotement dans le plan d'attache, mais selon trois axes de pivotement distincts.The pectoral attachment of the figure 3C , like that of the preceding figures, gives the straps freedom of pivoting in the attachment plane, but according to three distinct pivot axes.

Selon une variante, la première et la deuxième fixation 46a et 46b peuvent également se présenter sous la forme de boucles pour la fixation des sangles pectorales.According to a variant, the first and second fixing 46a and 46b can also be in the form of loops for fixing the pectoral straps.

Selon une autre variante deux des fixations 46a, 46b, 46c, voire les trois peuvent être montées pivotantes sur un même pivot de l'attache pectorale.According to another variant, two of the bindings 46a, 46b, 46c, or even all three, can be pivotally mounted on the same pivot of the pectoral attachment.

Une troisième fixation pour sangle, sous la forme d'une troisième boucle 46c est montée pivotante sur le troisième pivot 44c. La troisième boucle est prévue pour la fixation amovible de la sangle de portage d'outil 38.A third strap attachment, in the form of a third loop 46c, is pivotally mounted on the third pivot 44c. The third loop is provided for the removable attachment of the tool carrying strap 38.

L'attache pectorale de la figure 3C, comme celle des figures précédentes, donne aux sangles une liberté de pivotement dans le plan d'attache, mais selon trois axes de pivotement distincts.The pectoral attachment of the figure 3C , like that of the preceding figures, gives the straps freedom of pivoting in the attachment plane, but according to three distinct pivot axes.

Selon une variante, la première et la deuxième fixation 46a et 46b peuvent également se présenter sous la forme de boucles pour la fixation des sangles pectorales.According to a variant, the first and second fixing 46a and 46b can also be in the form of loops for fixing the pectoral straps.

Selon une autre variante deux des fixations 46a, 48b, 46c, voire les trois peuvent être montées pivotantes sur un même pivot de l'attache pectorale.According to another variant, two of the bindings 46a, 48b, 46c, or even all three, can be pivotally mounted on the same pivot of the pectoral attachment.

Claims (12)

  1. A carrying harness comprising:
    - two carrying shoulder straps (16a, 16b),
    - two chest straps (18a, 18b) respectively connected to the carrying shoulder straps (16a, 16b),
    - a chest fastener (20) configured for joining the chest straps, the fastener extending in a fastener plane,
    - at least one tool-carrying strap (38),
    and in which:
    - the chest straps (18a, 18b) and the tool-carrying strap (38) are connected to the chest fastener (20) with freedom for pivotal movement in the fastener plane about at least one pivot axis passing through the chest fastener and perpendicular to the fastener plane,
    - the chest fastener (20) comprises a first part (20a) and a second part (20b) which are non-pivotal and are provided with a central lock to attach the two parts to each other and a release member actuable with one hand to separate the two parts, the first part (20a) and the second part (20b) being respectively connected to the chest straps (18a, 18b), one of the parts (20a) having a central cylindrical button (24) mounted on a flexible blade (26) and the other part (20b) having a corresponding central cylindrical housing (28) which can accommodate the central button, the central button with the housing constituting said central lock and the central button constituting the release member.
  2. A harness according to claim 1 wherein the first part (20a) and the second part (20b) respectively form a first buckle (34a) and a second buckle (34b).
  3. A harness according to claim 2 wherein each buckle respectively comprises a junction edge (30a, 30b) for the other buckle and a connection edge (32a, 32b) opposite to the junction edge, each buckle being connected to a chest strap (18a, 18b) by the connection edge.
  4. A harness according to one of claims 2 and 3 wherein the tool-carrying strap (38) is connected to one of the buckles (34a, 34b) of the chest fastener.
  5. A harness according to one of claims 3 and 4 wherein the connection edge (32a, 32b) of each buckle is in the shape of a circular arc, the buckles having a useful strap-fixing length greater than a width of the chest straps and the tool-carrying strap.
  6. A harness according to one of claims 2 to 5 wherein the buckles are respectively provided with a fastening bar (36a, 36b) separating two slots in the buckle.
  7. A harness according to claim 1 wherein:
    - the chest fastener comprises a third buckle (46c),
    - the tool-carrying strap (38) is connected to the third buckle (46c) of the chest fastener, and
    - the third buckle (46c) is mounted pivotably to at least one of the first part (20a) and the second part (20b) of the chest fastener.
  8. A harness according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the pivot axis is common to the chest straps (18a, 18b) and the tool-carrying strap (38).
  9. A harness according to claim 1 comprising a first fixing (46a), a second fixing (46b) and a third fixing (46c) for straps that are respectively connected to the chest straps (18a, 18b) and to the tool-carrying strap (38), the first, second and third fixing for straps being mounted pivotably on a plate (20a, 20b) of the chest fastener.
  10. A harness according to one of the preceding claims comprising a tool support (40), the tool support being connected to the harness by the tool-carrying strap (38).
  11. A harness according to claim 10 wherein the tool support (40) is also connected to one of a lumbar belt of the harness, a harness shoulder strap and a dorsal plate of the harness.
  12. A harness according to any one of the preceding claims and further comprising a dorsal support plate (12) for an assembly of accumulators.
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