US1440151A - Aviator's body harness - Google Patents

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Patented Dec. 26, 1922. V

l LESLIE L. IRVIN, F KENMORE, NEW YORK. I

AvIATons BODY HARNESS.

VApplication led January 9, 1920. Serial No. 350,485.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LESLIE L. IRVTN, a .citizen of the United States, residing -at Kenmore, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Aviators Body Harnesses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures-of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification. f

Like figures of reference refer to like parts. 4 This invention relates to body harnesses for aviators. y

One of the objects of this' invention is to provide a harness, the parts of which are so arranged as to give ease to the aviator, both inthe parachute. v

Another object is lso to'support the avia-Y torV that he can descend in a sittinglpos- .ture With the parachute if he so desires y until -he nears the earth, when he can easily straighten'himself `to land in a standing position.

which is adjustable Aand quicklyattached and one which'suspends the aviator at the shoulders.

Other objects will appear from anexl amination of the specification and of the drawings which form a part thereof and in which-|- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coml plete harness shown arranged on the dotted ,outline of an aviator.

Figure 2 is alplan View of a buckle used i in connection with the harness.

Fi ure 3 is a longitudinal section of the buck e shown in F1gure`2 illustrating the arranging the straps vtherethrough.y l f ,Figure t shows a method not/(disclosed in Figure 1 ofv attaching a sack to a crossing of shoulder stra s at the back of the avia- Figure 5 shows the attachment of the hip .In the drawings, on the dotted form 1 of. the aviator is shown one embodiment of. my

4titi'iiuvention comprising two straps 2 and 3,Y

joined in front below the breast by the ring plane andv when falling with a' suspension cords of t A; further Yobject is to provide a harness,

4 and snap hook 5 and passing back under the'v arms, crossing at 6. and there joined securely, after which they continue on over theA shoulders. The strap 2 passes' through a buckle 7 and is threaded up between bars 7a and 7" and down between bars 7b and 7c terminating at 2a.

here in an extended position, as, that taken when suspended from a parachute, but when not so used, they pass down the aviators back into the-sack A, and connect withthe ,he/parachute folded within the sack A.

The strap B may be a continuation of the straps 10 and 11, or it may be a separate strap connected with the strip 9. This strap B passes down the right breast over the right hip behind and across the body, thence up and forward across the left hip and over the left breast either terminating 4and fixed at the strip 14, `or mer 'ng into the strip portions 15 and 16. he strap B is securely fixed at the points 19 and 20, where it crosses the respective straps 2 and 3.

Positioned at' the Waist line is the belt C, which isfixed to the strap B at the points 21 and 22, and has a snap 21a hooked into a ring 22a. An adjusting buckle, not here shown, may be inserted inthe belt C toadjust its length. .The same 'means-may be provided on other straps of the harness vwhere desired, to adjust the length ofthe Fixing the strap B in position at the hips, is the strap D and' connections E and F.. The strap D passes aroundand is fixed centrally to the strap B at the point 23.- The ends are The strap 3 passes through a buckle 8 in a similar way and ring 28, on the short strip connection F, which is preferably Wound four times about the strap B at 29 and there vsewed, as E is on B, at 26. 1

The sack A, which contains the parachute, connected with the straps 10, l1, 15 and 1G, is attached to the strap B at and about the point 23, imposition to act as a cushion seat for the aviator While in the plane. To keep the sack A against the legs, an elastic strap G is employed, which is attached by the snap 30 hooked into the ring 31, {iXed on the sack A. The upper end of the strap G terminates in a snap 32 hooked upon the ring 4.

If desired, the sack can be secured to the straps 2 and 3 where they cross at 6. F igure 4 shows a fragment of the sack here designated as AA sewed at tlie points 33, 34, 35 and 36, as well as at 6 to the straps 2 and 3.

The harness is put on like a coat, and snapped together at 4 and 22a. The ends of the strap D and the elastic strap Gare brought up between the .legs and are snapped on at the respective rings 25, 28 and 4. The lower part of the sack when mounted as in Fig. 4, is Xed to the belt C.

y Having described my invention, I claim,

l. A body harness for an aviator adapted. for attachment to a parachute, comprising a .vertically positioned member passing under the seat of the body of the aviator and having'the ends brought up in front, suspension straps connecting said member with said parachute, shoulder straps connecting with the said member passing over and down from each shoulder and crossing at the back and being brought down and forward andaround in front ofthe aviator, crossing and attached to vertical legs of said member, means forl releasably attaching the lower `ends of said shoulder straps, and other means for holdingl said member fixed to said bod 23V A body harness for an aviator adapted for attachment to a parachute, comprising a vertically positioned member passing under theseatof the body, and having the ends brought up in front, suspension straps con necting said member with said parachute, means for holding said member fixed to saidv body, a sack fixed to said member at the seat of said body, and an elastic member-connecting said sack with said means at the front of said aviator for holding the saine pressed- Aring in front, a strap element connected with said member at the seat of said aviator, and

i adapted to have its ends brought up between the legs of said body and releasably attached to connections with said member at the hips of said aviator, a sack ixed to said member at the seat` of said aviator, and an elastic band havinvr 'connection with said sack and c h l e passing between the legs of said aviator, and

up in frontof his body and .having releasp able attachment with the ring connected with said shoulderstraps.

4;.A body harness for an aviator includ-` ing members formed with shoulder engaging portions, and means for the connection of said members at the front of the aviators body in combination with a member connected to said shoulder engaging Aportions at n the front of the aviators body and eXtending under the aviators body, a parachute` sack fixed to said last named` member'in position to serve as a cushion on which the aviator may sit when in the 4aeroplane and suspension straps connected to said harness and to which the parachute is attached.

LESLIE L. IRVIN.

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