Arrangement in Harnesses Used With Motordriven Clearing Saws

1. Technical Field

The present invention relates to an arrangement in harnesses used in connection with motordriven clearing saws, the harness being worn by a person so that the weight of a clearing saw removably attached to the harness and operated by the wearer is transferred to the shoulder portions of the wearer via elongate parts laid over them, these parts being mutually fastenable at the front of the body with the aid of fastening means on each part.

2. Background Art

Clearing saw harnesses of the kind mentioned above are already known. An example of such a harness is shown in the Swedish design registration 16 228. A disadvantage burdening the known harnesses is that they cannot be satisfactorily adjusted to the size of the person wearing the harness, and neither such that the weight of the saw is distributed to the wearer's body in an ergonomic way which the wearer also finds comfortable. Other disadvantages are that the fastening means between both parts are not reliable and must be manufactured and fitted in individual operations.

One object of the present invention is to at least partially remove the disadvantages with previously known arrangements in clearing saw harnesses and to achieve an arrangement which is adjustable to the wearer, the weight of the saw and its suspension point, and in which the fastening means are reliable as well as being simple to manufacture and handle.

This object is achieved by the arrangement in accordance with the invention having been given the distinguishing features disclosed in the characterizing parts of the claims.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views seen from the front and from the back, respectively, of a clearing saw harness worn by a person, and including the arrangement in accordance with the present invention, and

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a part of the arrangement according to FIGS. 1 and 2.

A clearing saw harnes, generally denoted by the numeral 1, is worn by a person P. The harness 1, manufactured from flexible, unstretchable plastics material, includes a substantially V-shaped part 2, lying against the back of the person P, and integral with it two elongate parts 3 and 4 lying against the person's shoulders and chest. Substantially L-shaped plates 5 and 6 are removably and adjustably fastened at the free ends of the parts 3 and 4.

The plates 5 and 6 form coupling means, which are removably coupled to each other. How the plates 5 and 6 are fastened and coupled to each other will be described in detail below.

A first strap 7 with adjustable length connects the removable plate 6 with the part 2 via holes made in these parts, and a second strap 8 with adjustable length connects the removable plate 5 with the part 2 via holes made in them. The strap 8 also runs through holes in a cushion in the from of a plate 9 and is connected to a hook 10 engaging against the outside of the plate 9. The plate 9 rests against the hip or thigh of the person P, and an unillustrated clearing saw suspended from the hook 10 is intended to engage against the outside of the plate for taking up compression and turning forces transferred to the person P.

In order to adjust the harness to the size of the person P, so that the weight of the saw is distributed ergonomically over the back and shoulder portions of the person, and so that the saw can be handled with the least possible exertion for the person, the plates 5 and 6, which are removably coupled to each other, are adjustably connected to the parts 3 and 4 in the following manner. Since plates 5 and 6 are identical for this purpose, only the connection of the plate 6 to the part 4 will be described. The plate 6, illustrated in more detail in FIG. 3, is provided with two holes 11 and 12 and an intermediate L-shaped locking member 13. The part 4, which has a width somewhat falling below the length of the holes 11 and 12, and which is provided with a plurality of equally large holes 14 along its length, is inserted through the holes 11 and 12 in the manner illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the locking means 13, with its free leg directed downwards in the FIGURES then projecting into one of the holes 14. By displacing the plate 6 upwards in FIGS. 1 or 2, in relation to the part 4, and simultaneously bending out the part from the plate in the area of the locking means 13, the latter is released from the part and it is subsequently possible to displace the plate on the part to a desired position for engagement between the locking means and any hole 14 on the part.

The plates 5 and 6 are provided with one of the locking means 15 and 16, each integral with the respective plate, for being removably coupled to each other. The locking means 15 is the plate 6 a dowel or pin projecting out from the plate 5 and having a portion (unillustrated) with decreased cross section. The locking means 16 comprises an irregular hole with a first, substantially circular part somewhat greater that the dowel, and a second substantially rectangular part, the width of which is less than the dowel diameter and slightly greater than the portion of the dowel in the region of its decreased cross section. The dowel 15 is insertable in the circular part of the hole 16 and subsequently displaceable in the rectangular part of the hole when its decreased cross section is in line with the plane of the plate 6. In the latter position the plates 5 and 6 cannot be removed from each other by displacement at right angles to the plane of the plates.

Even if only one embodiment of the invention has been described above and illustrated on the drawings, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to this embodiment but only by what is disclosed in the claims.