Patent ID: 7125075

Claim:
A noise suppressing backrest for hunters comprising, a supple layer of sound-suppressing material in sheet form adapted to be placed against a tree or other backing and rolled or folded into a bundle for storage, said layer having a top and bottom and a pair of laterally spaced apart side edges, a plurality of vertically spaced apart laterally extending backrest supporting straps secured to the layer of material for attaching the sheet material to the tree or other backing to provide a silencing backrest for the hunter such that contact by the hunter against the layer of material or contact between the backrest and the backing will be less likely to alert game to the presence of the hunter, one of the straps is of sufficient length to extend around said tree, a separate connector element is secured to said one strap intermediate the ends thereof, the connector is located between the side edges of the material for being fastened to a safety harness that is worn by the hunter such that the hunter is prevented from falling by the presence of an attachment between the backrest and the backing, the layer of material has a pocket with a laterally extending free edge defining a pocket opening, one half of a closure is secured to the free edge of the pocket so as to extend laterally on the layer of material, a second half of said closure is provided on an opposite surface of the backrest such that the backrest can be folded or rolled into a compact bundle and inserted into the pocket for storage and the halves of the closure then become aligned confronting one another for allowing the closure to be fastened shut with the bundle enclosed within the pocket.