JPS5848889B2 - String means for carrying goods - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Cameras, binoculars, alarm devices, spirometers, and many other portable items are typically attached to a lanyard that hangs around the neck in the chest area to allow these items to be carried. can be raised to head or eye level for very short periods of use.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The problem of suspending relatively heavy items around the neck for significant periods of time using a single lanyard is necessitated, and several configurations of mounts are currently commercially available and described in the literature.

However, these fixtures are quite costly or the only
They are suitable for only one device and are therefore not entirely satisfactory.

Other attachments may require modifications to the item to be carried, such as installing brackets or drilling holes in expensive camera cases, which may damage the exterior of the device inside. It also becomes.

An earlier application filed by the present applicant (Application No. 4227, filed December 7, 1973) regarding a string for carrying an article as described above.
No. 34 (of which the present application is a continuation-in-part) proposes a fixture that solves the needs just mentioned.

However, many people also desire to have a lanyard for carrying objects that serves not only as an attachment but also as a basic lanyard.

Furthermore, many people who own expensive cameras do not want to permanently attach a quick-release zipper to their camera or camera case in order to releasably attach it to a mount. I know.

Finally, currently commercially available fittings do not provide mechanical quick release fasteners with sufficient retention force for some applications.

An important aspect of one embodiment of the present invention is that by using two straps separated by a releasable coupling member, either a basic neck strap or an attachment in which an article is carried by the shoulder or back. This means that it can be carried by

The attachment carries a quick release fastener for releasably attaching the article to the attachment so that the article is securely attached to the wearer's chest area.

When an article is releasably attached to the fixture, it can be easily and quickly unattached, lifted from the chest toward the head, and repositioned around the chest with nearly equal speed and ease. And it can be reattached.

The aim of the invention is to provide a single product that can be used and purchased as both an attachment and a lanyard.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a durable, mechanically quick-release device for securely yet releasably attaching an article to an attachment during activities where the wearer engages in highly vigorous movements. The purpose is to provide a fastener that can be used.

For other purposes, the camera or tripod can be releasably attached to other articles or devices with threaded holes;
It is an object of the present invention to provide a bracket that does not require permanent attachment of a releasable fastener to the camera or article or the case of the camera or article.

Another object is to provide an attachment and lanyard unit as described above, which can be used to carry a number of different types of articles, without any modification of the articles carried. It is.

The main points of the present invention are summarized as follows.

The present invention relates to a lanyard adapted to be carried by the body around the back and shoulders for carrying articles, in one embodiment of which is separable to essentially form a neck lanyard. .

The lanyard includes an elongated inelastic flexible neck lanyard carrying spring-like releasable couplings and length adjustment means at each end.

One end of the lanyard is releasably coupled to an elongated non-resilient flexible extension carrying coupling means and a quick release fastener at each end.

Cameras or other items can be released to the lanyard by spring-loaded releasable couplings or by one coupling on each lanyard, and even to a combination of lanyards and extension lanyards by quick-release fasteners. It can be installed freely.

The camera or other article carries a quick release fastener that can engage the article itself, or the fastener is attached to a bracket that is separately connected to the article or camera.

In other embodiments of the invention, the lanyard is a single piece and the camera or other article carries a rigid mechanical quick release fastener.

This embodiment of the invention can also be used with brackets.

The present invention can be summarized as follows.

a first article 1, shaped to releasably hold said article 1 against the wearer's chest 2 in a carrying position and capable of being placed at a selected eye level position 3 in a working position; It relates to a fixture that has become
It is assembled from each component described below.

(a) the article 1 has an open coupling element 4;
(b) a lanyard 6 consisting of a single flexible inelastic elongate member; (c) a lanyard 6 attached to the first end 8 of the lanyard and the open cup of the part; a spring-loaded releasable coupling member 7 dimensioned to be releasably coupled to a ring element; (d) a connecting stage 9 for attaching said second end 11 of said lanyard to said article; (e) an extension cord 12 from a single flexible inelastic elongated member; (f) a spring-releasable coupling member 16 attached to the first end 17 of said extension member; (g) D attached to the second end 19 of the extension member
a coupling means 18, such as a ring, (h) said extension lanyard and neck lanyard, interconnected by said couplings I and 18, made of a flexible inelastic elongate member having portions as described below; It passes from the wearer's chest (first chest part) 21, above the shoulder (first shoulder part) 22, below the arm (lower arm part) 23, and then from the chest (lateral direction). chest part) 24, pass below the second arm (second lower arm part) 26, pass above the second shoulder (second shoulder part) 27, and then cross the chest (second chest part) 24. (section) 28.

(i) a quick-release fastener stage 29 attached to the fourth part below the open coupling element 4 for releasably connecting the article 1 to the extension member 12;

In the embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 I,
The quick-release fastener stage 29 on the first article is connected to a pair of laterally spaced male and female snap couplings, such as the male snap shown in FIG. It includes rMJ-like parts 29a and 29b,
In addition, this quick release fastener is also the first method.
a pair of laterally spaced male and female snap couplings connected to the lace extension member 12 which engage rMJ-like portions 29a and 29b of the article 1; ing.

Snap couplings are standard ones made by a number of manufacturers.

In this specification and drawings, the designation M designates the male portion of the snap and the designation F designates the female portion of the snap.

However, in the above claims, F and M
indicates either a male or female snapper.

This is because it is obvious that the snap can be turned upside down so that the male part is on the string and the female part is on the article.

The strap is preferably made from a flexible woven material, such as nylon, of a width appropriate to take the load of the camera or other item.

One inch nylon fabric is readily available and has sufficient strength and load bearing surface.

Although the article in this application is described as a camera, examples of use include the following, and the article is of course not limited to this.

cameras, binoculars, botanists' and explorers' field equipment, musical equipment, surgical and medical equipment, tools, first aid equipment, surveyor's equipment, weapons, tape recorders, microphones, two-way radios, portable amplifiers, gas. These include masks, or other tools or devices that a person may wish to lift toward or have direct access to.

The first method is to provide another means for removably attaching the article to the string.
It is shown in FIGS. 1 to 15.

In this embodiment of the invention, the article has sides 31 and 3 for releasably receiving the lateral chest portion 24 of the lace.
A pair of longitudinal slots 32' and 33' are formed adjacent to the sides with transverse openings 34' and 36' communicating with 5.

When the string passes through this slot, the article cannot move vertically or away from the person's chest and is frictionally locked without moving laterally.

The article 1' shown in FIGS. 11-15 is merely illustrative of the many different types of articles carried by strings.

For example, the article has sides 37, front side 38 forming openings for receiving tools, instruments and the like.
, is constructed from rectangular sheet metal with a bottom portion 39.

One open element 40 is required for each of the articles 1' and is shown in FIGS. 11-15.

A single spring releasable coupling member 16' is connected to the lace and is sized to be received within opening 40.

The other end of the string is permanently fixed to the upper part of article 1'.

Cameras and binoculars are generally constructed with two spaced apart perforated elements such as rings 4 and 42.

This connecting means preferably consists of a spring-releasable coupling and consists of J-shaped hooks 46a and 46b and spring tongues 47a and 47b, which are removably connected to the rings 4 and 42 connected to the camera. ing.

A distinctive feature of the invention is the fact that the lace is of a single length.

The lace is of a relatively short length of material with cup link means at its end and preferably has a small length of material for adjusting the length of the lace to suit the wearer. It is desirable to provide one string adjustment member 51 for both.

A second lace adjustment element 52 may also be provided to provide additional adjustment.

The lace end 53 passes through an opening 54 in the coupling member forming a lace loop 56 and then through the adjustment member 51 .

Similarly, the end 51 of the lace passes through the opening 58 of the coupling 16 forming the loop 59 of the extension lace 12 and then through the adjustment member 52.

Another means of removably attaching an article such as a camera to the combination of the neck strap 6 and the extension 12 is to attach a loop portion of a hook and loop fastener to the back of the article 1 as shown in FIG. 61 is installed.

Appropriate hook and loop fasteners are "VELcro J"
This product is sold under the trademark .

The hook portion 62 of the hook and loop fastener is the 19th
It is attached to the front side of the lateral chest portion 24 of the lace as shown.

This loop section, preferably about 4 inches long and 1 inch wide, attaches to the camera and the hook section of the VELcro zipper attaches to the laces, but this arrangement can be reversed. be.

Configured in this way, the loop portion of the camera will not damage the wearer's clothing, so the hook portion of the lace always faces outward.

Instead of the camera shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 or the box shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, a simple flat plate shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 is shown as another example of the article. There is.

In this version of the invention, the plate 1'' has a pair of female snaps 63a and 63b attached to its front side.
have.

The appropriate tool or instrument to be carried then is formed with a male snap 64 and is thus removably attached to the article 1''.

Article 1" has a slot 32' for attachment to the lace portion 24.
and 33', or male snaps 29a and 29b may be attached to the back of the article as shown in FIG.

Other embodiments of the present invention are shown in FIGS. 6 to 10.

An example of the invention shows a system carrying two cameras or two pairs of binoculars or the like.

On the front side T5 of article 1'' there is a second row of female snaps 66 spaced above the first row of snaps 63a and 63b.
a and 66b are formed.

Although the article 1'' has a single opening 40, it is preferable to have a second opening 67.

A first pair of elongated cords 68a and 68b are attached to the first chest strap section 21 and the second chest strap section 28, respectively, for holding a pair of cameras.

The ends of cords 69a and 69b are then attached to coupling elements 4' and 42' of camera 70 as shown in FIG.

A second pair of elongated cords 72a and 12b are attached to the first and second chest strap portions of the lace.

The ends of the cords 73a and 73b are attached to the third article of the second camera 74 at its coupling ring 4''.

The second article or camera γ0 is connected to the article 1 by means of a male snap 64 attached to the back of the camera or camera case.
“It is attached to.

Camera 70 is attached to female snaps 63a and 63b attached to the front of article 1''.

A third article or camera 74 is attached to the front side 75 of article 1'' by a male snap 78 attached to the rear side.

Male snap 78 connects to female snaps 66a and 66b attached to the front side of article 1''.

Since the operation of all embodiments of the invention is similar, the first
This will be explained using the example shown in FIGS.

The string can be placed around the body as follows:

First, bring the camera 1 close to your face and hold it in your left hand with the lens facing away from your body.

Using your right hand, attach the coupling 16 to the ring 42 on the left side of the camera.

The loose end 11 of the string is then lowered over the left shoulder so that it hangs behind the wearer.

The twist between the camera and the body is removed.

The person then reaches behind the waist with the right hand and brings the hanging part of the string under the right arm to the front of the chest.

Make sure that the snaps 29c and 29d of the string face forward and do not twist them.

The right hand continues the movement of the string around the body, bringing the hanging portion of the string under the left arm past the back of the neck and above the right shoulder.

The end of the string with the camp ring 9 is then attached to the ring 4 on the right side of the camera.

Snaps 29c and 29d should then be juxtaposed and pressed towards camera snaps 29a and 29b.

Other methods of attaching the leash using attachments may be used if the person is familiar with such methods.

As shown in Figure 4, the camera or other item is held at chest level.

A snap fastener holds the camera securely on the wearer's chest.

When using the camera, all you have to do is pull the camera away from the chest, thereby releasing the snap.

The camera is then placed at eye level.

The strings 21 and 28 rise together with the camera, and since they are still attached to the camera, the camera will not fall down even if it happens to be loosened.

To replace the camera in the handheld position, the snaps are juxtaposed again and pressed firmly together.

FIG. 18 shows the conventional method of attaching the camera 1 to the open coupling elements 4 and 40 by means of the lanyard 6 only.

In this example of the invention, the extension member 12 is simply disconnected from the lanyard portion and is therefore not in use.

FIG. 18 further shows a smaller bracket 103, which is an embodiment of the present invention described below.

In all of the above-described versions of the invention, a lanyard 6 is used together with an extension member 12.

It will be appreciated that a single lace consisting of six single elongated strands can be used as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15.

In fact, a certain J D j IJ ring 18 and spring release coupling 7 are removed from the rJJ-shaped hook and spring tongue γ8, and the ends of the string are simply joined together.

It is clear that such a single lanyard with spring releasable couplings 9 and 16 would operate in a similar manner as a combined neck lanyard and extension lanyard, so these The explanation will not be repeated except for the description of FIGS. 14 and 15.

It should be noted, however, that the claimed scope of the present invention does not include a single elongated lace with a VEIcro fastener.

This type of invention has been included in the applicant's previous applications, as mentioned above.

As mentioned above, the lanyardless configuration or single lanyard combination includes quick release fasteners 29c and 29d attached to interengaging quick release fasteners 29a and 29b of camera 1. The combination is claimed as having:

The single lanyard combination described without a lanyard further comprises two perforated couplings 40 and 67 and two releasable lanyards with lace adjustment stages 51 and 52 at each end. It is claimed as a combination of couplings 16 and 9.

Another version of the invention is a single lanyard, without the neck lanyard and extension lanyard combination, for use in conjunction with the box shown in FIG.

Another type of combination is a number of snap couplings 66a, 66b, 63a, formed as described above and used in combination with the article 1'' shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and also capable of rapid release. 10th by 63b
An example is the use of a single lanyard without a neck lanyard and an extension lanyard, such as the one used to hold two cameras as shown in the figure.

Further, other embodiments of the present invention are shown in FIGS. 23 and 24.

The purpose of this embodiment of the invention is to attach any quick-release fastener directly to the camera without having to install any fastener means.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a means for using the fixture of the present invention.

This type of invention takes advantage of the tripod threaded opening that is found on the bottom of almost all camera cases.

This type of quick release rigid mechanical lanyard engagement means of the invention has an L-shaped bracket 81 which is shaped to threadably engage a tripod threaded hole. A first leg 82 with an opening 83 for receiving a screw shank 84 and a second leg 86 extending at right angles to the first leg.
and a quick release lanyard engagement step 87, such as a female snap, attached to the second leg of the bracket for retaining the first item on the lanyard. ing.

This bracket is extremely small, approximately 1 inch wide and each leg approximately 1 inch long.

Legs 82 are provided with soft pads 88 to prevent scratching the exterior surface of the camera.

A finger actuated nof 90 is attached to the screw shank.

The single snap bracket just described is the 25th
Used with certain combination laces from neck laces and extension members with a single snap 89 on the extension member as shown, or with the exception of spring-loaded releasable couplings at each end of the lace. It may also be used with a single elongate lace similar to the lace configurations shown in FIGS. 14 and 15.

Another example of the invention is shown in FIGS. 16 and 17.

In this type of invention, the lanyard may be either a combination of a neck lanyard and an extension lanyard or a single lanyard;
This string has snaps 29c and 29d shown in Figure 1.
A pair of laterally spaced M-shaped portions, such as the male portions of a male and female snap coupling, are formed that are attached to the lateral chest portion 24 of the lace.

A pair of F-shaped portions or female portions of a pair of laterally spaced male and female snap couplings 91 and 92 are attached to the second leg 93 of the bracket 94 and are attached to the male snaps of the lace. It is meant to be combined.

As mentioned above, the finger actuated knob 97 has a threaded shank 96.
The screw shank can be rotated and inserted into the tripod hole of the camera case.

This shank is attached to horizontally extending legs 98.

The modified example of the bracket shown in Figures 16 and 17 is shown in Figure 2.
It is shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 22, and Fig. 18.

In this type of invention, either a combination neck lanyard and extension lanyard, or a single length of lanyard,
It is used in conjunction with the hook portion 62 of the hook and loop fastener attached to the lateral chest portion 24 of the lace shown in FIG.

The loop portion 101 of the hook and loop fastener is L
It is attached to the second leg 102 of the letter-shaped bracket 103 and is adapted to be releasably attached to the hook portion of a fastener attached to a string.

As already mentioned, the first leg 104 carries a screw shank 106 for insertion into the screw tripod hole of the camera.

The screw shank is provided with a head 107. pad 108
and 109 are provided inside the legs of the bracket to protect the outer surface of the camera.

A horseshoe-shaped retaining washer 111 can be used to prevent the handle of the lead screw from detaching from the bracket.

The bracket shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 includes foam pads 113 on legs 93 and pads 114 on legs 98.
to protect the exterior of the camera.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a side view of the attachment and neck strap according to the present invention, Figure 2
FIG. 3 is a front view of the wearer's torso with the lace of FIG. 1 in place; FIG. 3 is a front view of the wearer's torso with the lace connected to an item such as a camera; and FIG. 4 is a front view of the wearer's torso with the lace of FIG. A side view of a person wearing a leash, where the solid line indicates the position of carrying the article and the leash, and the dotted line indicates the position of the article and the leash at eye level. FIG. 5 is a rear view of the string shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a front view of the modified side of the article using the string shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 7 is a rear view of the article shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. A side view of the article of FIGS. 6 and 7; FIG. 9 shows a string used with the article of FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 to carry two articles, such as two cameras; FIG. 3 is a front view of a modified example of FIG. Figure 10 is a side view of the combination shown in Figure 9;
1 is a front view of another modification of the article, FIG. 12 is a rear view of the article of FIG. 11, FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the article along line 13--13 of FIG. 11, and FIG. 15 is a front view of a modified example of the string and article; FIG. 15 is a side view of the string and article of FIGS. 11 to 14; FIG. 16 is a side view of a bracket for attaching to the article and the fixture; FIG. 16 is a rear elevational view of the bracket shown in FIG. 16, and FIG. 18 is a front view of the bracket shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, showing the use of such a neck strap according to the present invention. FIG. 19 shows a modified quick release fastener means with a partial view of the lace taken near line 19--19 of FIG. Figure 20 is a rear view of a camera or other article showing the loop section of a VELcor type quick release fastener used with the quick release hook section of Lcor material shown in Figure 19; ing. Figure 21 shows a V-like fastener for quick release.
A side view of a modified example of a bracket using ELcro material,
Figure 22 is a rear view of the bracket of Figure 21; Figure 23 is a side view of another type of bracket using a single snap to connect to the lace; Figure 24 is the bracket shown in Figure 23; Rear view of Figure 25 is line 1 9-1 in Figure 1.
A partial view of the cord seen near point 9 shows an example of a modified fastener means that can be quickly released. Symbols in the figure: 1... Article, 4... Coupling element, 6... Necklace, 7... Coupling member, 8... ...first end, 9...
... Connection means, 11... Second end, 12...
...extension string, 16...-coupling member,
17...First end, 18...Coupling member, 19...Second end, 21...
・First chest part, 22...First shoulder part, 23...
...First lower arm part, 24... Lateral chest part, 26... Second lower arm part, 21...
・Second shoulder part, 28...Second chest part, 29...
...One fastener, 29a, 29b...
・M-shaped part, 29c, 29d--F-shaped part, 32', 33'... Groove, 37.
...Side part, 38...Front, 39...
...Bottom, 40...Opened element, 4,42
...Ring, 46a, 46b...J
shaped hooks, 47a, 47b... spring tongue pieces, 51
, 52...adjustment element, 56, 59...
Loop, 61...Loop, 62...Hook, 63a, 63b...Female snap, 6
4...Male snap, 66a, 66b...
...Female nut 7', 67...Opening, 68a
, 68b・song・chord, 6 9 a , 6 9 b
......Code, 72a, 72b...Code, 73a, 73b...Coat, 1'...Song article (first article), 70...Camera (second article), 14...camera (third article), 78...
... Male snap, 81 ... Bracket, 8
3... Opening, 82... First leg, 84
...Shank, 86...Second leg of the song, 87...
... String engagement means, 89 ... Snap, 9
1,92...Snap coupling, 94...
...Bracket, 93...Legs, 98...
...Leg, 101...Loop, 102...
...Second leg, 101...Song loop part, 104...
...First leg, 106... Screw shank.

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A first article and a selective eye level releasably retaining said article on the wearer's chest in a carrying position and located in a lanyard or brace style operational position. in combination with a harness convertible into a neck lanyard adapted to be placed on a neck strap, wherein: a. said first article has a pair of perforated coupling elements; b. the lanyard comprises a single flexible, elongated inelastic member; c. A first releasable resilient coupling member is attached to the first end of the lanyard and is coupled to one of the perforated coupling elements of the article when used in the lanyard mode. dimensioned to releasably couple; d. connecting means for attaching the second end of the lanyard to the first article; e. an extension cord consisting of a single flexible elongate inelastic member is provided for selective use in the appliance mode; f. a second flexible resilient coupling member attached to the first end of the extension member and dimensioned to releasably connect to the other of the apertured cup link elements of the first article; has g. a coupling means is attached to the second end of said extension member for releasably coupling to the first releasable resilient coupling element when used in the appliance mode; h. said extension lace; and the lanyard consist of a flexible, elongate, non-elastic member having a portion that, when connected together in a brace fashion, is attached to the chest (first chest portion) of the wearer. from above one shoulder (first shoulder part), under the arm (first arm lower part), across the chest (lateral chest part), and under the second arm (second arm lower part). ), passing over the second shoulder (second shoulder part) and returning to the chest (second chest part); ■. a first quick-release fastener means is attached to the first article below the perforated coupling element for releasably coupling the article to the extension member; A second quick-release fastener means is connected to the lace extension member adjacent said second end, such that said second quick-release fastener means is located in a central region in front of the wearer's chest. k. a first quick release fastener means of said first article comprising a portion of a snap coupling; 1. Article lanyard means wherein said second quick release fastener means includes an engaging portion of said snap coupling.