Patent ID: 6283248
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
A climbing harness for use with a waist belt for jointly supporting a load when climbing, the waist belt having an anchoring component and the climbing harness having a single-length strap configuration capable of compact storage when not in use, said climbing harness comprising:a pair of strap ends, each having connector means for releasably connecting to the anchoring component;a strap mid-section located between the pair of strap ends;a pair of slot means each defining a slot, with the pair of slot means connected to the strap mid-section and separated by an intermediate strap length;a pair of tie sections each located between the strap mid-section and a corresponding strap end;a pair of thigh loops each formed by passing a strap end through the slot of a corresponding slot means; anda pair of knots each formed by releaseably interlacing a tie section to a corresponding slot means, for maintaining user-determined circumferences of the pair of thigh loops until released by the user.