Patent ID: 7331493

Claim:
A lifting harness comprising: a strap configured into a figure eight to form a left and a right support loop sized to fit around a first user's torso; a tension buckle having webbing slots housed thereon to receive the left and the right support loops; wherein said tension buckle comprises at least one side panel having a receiving slot to receive a central roller; said tension buckle further comprises a unitary one piece body segment having a left and a right webbing slot formed in said one piece body segment and a knurled, cylindrical central roller that slides up and down in roller slots on side panels of the unitary one piece body segment of the tension buckle; a central lift strap mounted to said tension buckle, thereby enabling the central lift strap to be connected to a second user's tension buckle to use the central lift strap to lift and carry objects; wherein the left support loop mounts through the left webbing slot located along a top edge of a central body piece of the tension buckle, and the right support loop mounts through the right webbing slot located along the top edge of the central body piece; wherein during a downward force exerted on the central lift strap, a front segment of each of the left and right support loops lies flat against the first user's torso; wherein the tension buckle of each of the first and the second user is supported in the front of each user respectively; wherein the central lift strap has a width in excess of three inches; and wherein the tension buckle webbing slots are about three inches long.