Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Patent
1984-03-12
1989-12-19
Recla, Henry J.
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
224157, 224258, A45F 314, B63B 3572
Patent
active
048877522
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a self-locking transport strap (or belt device) to carry a heavy or irregularly shaped object, e.g. a large panel, a painting, a surf-board, a closet, a case or something similar. Such an object is nearly always difficult to handle when transported by one person, because it cannot or cannot hardly be held due to the large height of the object or due to the fact that several separated pieces (packets or packages) can hardly be held together. The invention aims at providing a self-locking transport strap that enables the easy transportation of such objects, separated or packed up and the user experiences that the transport device can be applied and released very quickly and it can also be easily carried.
A self-locking transport strap according to the invention is provided with a support band that tightens itself around the lower half of the object and the upper half of the object is supported by at least one belt that is led or passed through the extremities of the support band, and after hooking each belt with its ends onto a conventional shoulder belt, the support band and the belts tighten themselves automatically around the object during transport.
In a simple embodiment of the invention, the upper half of the object is encompassed by an endless belt and at both sides, between the belt parts, is a raising belt sling to be hooked onto the shoulder belt.
The guiding elements for the belt (or band) may be constructed in several ways, e.g. by holes, inserted eyelets of metal or plastic, confectioned slings, inserted slings made of band-, belt-, or cord material, accessories made of metal or plastic with one or more passage-ways. It is advantageous to construct the support band using net-like material of which the holes at the extremities simultaneously constitute passage-ways for the belt.
In one specific embodiment the passage-way for the belt (or band) of the support band is constructed in such a way that the belt has several slings so that the encompassment capacity of the transport strap may be readjusted as well as the transport height for the person carrying the belt.
In another embodiment possible undesirable belt notches or belt marks on the object may be prevented by inserting one or more suitable intermediate parts in the belt unit at places where such marks occur. Also to protect the transport strap, one may take additional measures, e.g. for transport of glass. Most additions are associated with the nature of the object to be transported or with the transport circumstances, e.g. high tensile, elastic, rough, smooth material as well as prefabricated shape-fixed parts.
The intermediate parts of the transport strap may be of a size to encompass the object essentially, so that the belt (or band) functions to connect, possibly mutually, the intermediate parts and with them the lower part of the transport strap and furthermore to tighten these parts around the object by means of passage-ways at the lower part and possibly passage-ways at the intermediate parts, thus raising the object by means of the belt slings.
An element should be included in the support band or in the belt (or band) of the invented transport strap, in order to open, lock or interrupt the relevant part. This element can also be placed near the passage-way of the belt or be combined with the passage-way. Thereto a conventional accessory of metal or plastic (e.g. carabine hook) may be used or e.g. a fastening by means of sticking band.
The inventive idea shows also an embodiment wherein both ends of the lower support band are provided with guiding elements to pass through a second upper band, of which the ends are provided with carrying elements, handgrips or holes, to be connected with e.g. a shoulder belt at choice.
Another simple embodiment shows the transport strap consisting of a support band which is provided with a passage-way (guiding element) at one end through which the other end of the same support band is passed. Both this other end and specific parts of the support band are provided with carrying
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