Patent ID: 8333433

Claim:
A harness apparatus comprising: a first adjustable harness strap; a second adjustable harness strap; and a first retainer apparatus comprising a first retainer portion slidably attached to said first adjustable harness strap, a second retainer portion slidably attached to said second adjustable harness strap, and a braking mechanism configured to prevent said first retainer portion and said second retainer portion from moving along said first adjustable harness strap and said second adjustable harness strap, wherein said first retainer portion is removably attached to said second retainer portion, and wherein said braking mechanism comprises a braking device configured to apply resistance to said first adjustable harness strap and said second adjustable harness strap and to hold said first retainer apparatus in a first stationary position along said first adjustable harness strap and said second adjustable harness strap, wherein said first adjustable harness strap comprises a first magnetic strip comprising a first magnetic material mechanically attached to a first strap, wherein said second adjustable harness strap comprises a second magnetic strip comprising a second magnetic material mechanically attached to a second strap, wherein said braking device comprises a first magnetic mechanism mechanically attached to said first retainer portion and a second magnetic mechanism mechanically attached to said second retainer portion, wherein said first magnetic mechanism is configured to apply a first magnetic field to magnetize said first magnetic material in said first magnetic strip to enable said holding said first retainer apparatus in said stationary position along said first harness strap, and wherein said second magnetic mechanism is configured to apply a second magnetic field to magnetize said second magnetic material in said second magnetic strip to enable said holding said second retainer apparatus in said stationary position along said second harness strap.