Patent ID: 8333262

Claim:
A reconfigurable, modular, ergonomic sit harness or saddle, comprising: a) an ergonomic back pad having a central lumbar portion and an angled wing portion proximate each side of said central lumbar portion; b) a long D-piece assembly adjustably affixed to said back pad and comprising at least two long D-piece assembly work-positioning D-rings and an adjustment buckle, allowing said at least two long D-piece assembly work-positioning D-rings to be selectively, laterally positioned with respect to one another along a major axis of said back pad; c) a short D-piece assembly adjustably affixed to said back pad and comprising at least two short D-piece assembly work-positioning D-rings and an adjustment buckle, allowing said at least two short D-piece assembly work-positioning D-rings to be selectively, laterally positioned with respect to one another along a major axis of said back pad; d) an adjustable waist band having means for fastening affixed to at least one end thereof, operatively connected to at least one of said long D-piece assembly, said short D-piece assembly, said back pad, and said adjustable waist band, which, in cooperation with said long D-piece assembly and said short D-piece assembly, provides length adjustability at a predetermined ratio; e) two leg pad assemblies adjustably suspended from at least one of said back pad, said long D-piece assembly, said short D-piece assembly, and said adjustable waist band; and f) an interchangeable suspension bridge assembly operatively connected to at least one of said long D-piece assembly, said short D-piece assembly, said adjustable waistband, and said back pad and at least one of said two leg pad assemblies.