Patent ID: 8322488

Claim:
A harness for suspending a person off of a ground surface comprising: a seat; a hanging strap; a shoulder strap; two leg straps; a chest or a waist strap; and a slider loop coupled to either the chest strap or the waist strap to retain the chest strap or waist strap relative to the shoulder strap yet permit a fastener on the shoulder strap to slide through the slider loop and the waist strap couples the seat of the harness to the hanging strap and for pulling two sides of the harness around the waist of a person, the waist strap extends between a first top corner and a second top corner of the seat wherein the waist strap includes a top strap section and a bottom strap section and the waist is tightened by pulling on the top strap section which causes the bottom strap section and the periphery of the seat to tighten around the waist of the person, the adjustment of the waist strap occurs by pulling one side of the top or bottom section through a fastener, the hanging strap is received by the slack formed in the top strap section or by the loop formed by the top and bottom section to form two interlocking loops and while the harness is supported by the hanging strap the height of the seat is adjusted by using the waist strap without disconnecting the hanging strap or the waist strap.