Patent ID: 9174071
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
1. A fall-protection safety harness comprising: a webbing configured to be worn by a wearer, the webbing comprising a suspender section, a right leg-loop strap attached to a right side of the suspender section and a left leg-loop strap attached to a left side of the suspender section, the suspender section having two suspender straps coupled to each other at a crisscross point proximate a dorsal region of a wearer's back when worn, each strap having an adjustment mechanism, each of the right and left leg-loop sections having an independent adjustment mechanism; a waist strap coupled to the webbing, wherein the suspender section attaches to both the right and the left leg-loop straps at approximately waist strap connection locations; a Y-shaped back-pad assembly sewn to the webbing and disposed between the suspender section and the dorsal region and a wearer's shoulders when worn, the Y-shaped back-pad assembly comprising a wearer-contacting layer of mesh material, a plurality of foam pads, and a webbing-contacting layer of mesh material, each one of the plurality of foam pads being captured by the wearer-contacting layer and the webbing-contacting layer with stitching circumscribing the pad, wherein an air channel providing airflow substantially parallel to the wearer's skin is formed between each pair of adjacent foam pads of the Y-shaped back-pad assembly; two leg-pad assemblies a right leg-pad assembly fixedly coupled to the right leg-loop strap and a left leg-pad assembly fixedly coupled to the left leg-loop strap, each of the two leg-pad assemblies comprising a wearer-contacting layer of mesh material, one or more foam pads, and a webbing-contacting layer of mesh material, each of the one or more foam pads being captured by the wearer-contacting layer and the webbing-contacting layer with stitching circumscribing the pad, wherein each of the two leg-pad assemblies is disposed between the webbing and one of a wearer's upper legs when worn; and, a lumbar-pad assembly sewn to the waist strap and disposed between the waist strap and a wearer's lumbar region when worn, the lumbar-pad assembly comprising a perforated flexible support structure sandwiched between a wearer-contacting layer of mesh material and a waist-strap contacting mesh material, the lumbar-pad assembly further comprising a plurality of pairs of adjacent foam pads positioned between the wearer-contacting layer and the perforated flexible support structure, each one of the foam pads of the plurality of pairs of foam pads being captured by the wearer-contacting layer and the perforated flexible support structure with stitching circumscribing the pad, wherein, when the lumbar pad assembly is worn by the wearer, a plurality of air channels providing airflow directly adjacent and substantially parallel to the wearer's skin are formed between the adjacent foam pads in each pair of the plurality of pairs of adjacent foam pads of the lumbar-pad assembly.