Patent ID: 8430285

Claim:
A sling system for mounting a firearm to a person's body, the system comprising: a sling operable to mount a firearm in front of a person's body, wherein the sling comprises: a forearm end operable to mount to a forearm end of the firearm; a buttstock end operable to mount to a buttstock end of the firearm; a forearm buckle loop mounted to a portion of the forearm end; at least one adjustment loop mounted adjacent the forearm end of the firearm and formed by an overlap of a portion of the sling material; a release buckle mounted to the sling forearm end and the at least one adjustment loop, wherein the release buckle is operable to separate the sling forearm end from the at least one adjustment loop; an adjuster comprising a raised mount centrally located on the adjuster, wherein the adjuster is mounted to a forearm end of and operable to adjust the size of the at least one adjustment loop, wherein the adjuster changes the amount of overlap in the sling material for the at least one adjustment loop; an intermediate buckle loop connecting the at least one intermediate adjustment loop to a portion of the sling buttstock end; and a quick adjust tab connected to the raised mount of the adjuster and operable by a user to change the size of the at least one adjustment loop when the adjuster is manipulated to any point between the forearm buckle loop and the intermediate buckle loop, wherein the size of the at least one adjustment loop and amount of overlap in the sling material of the at least one adjustment loop is increased while maintaining the firearm in front of the person's body when the quick adjust tab is grasped and pulled toward the forearm end of the object to manipulate the adjuster with respect to the at least one adjustment loop, wherein the size of the at least one adjustment loop and amount of overlap in the sling material of the at least one adjustment loop is decreased while maintaining the firearm in front of the person's body when the quick adjust tab is grasped and pulled away from the forearm end of the object, wherein the size of the at least one adjustment loop is changed by manipulation of the quick adjust tab when the sling is mounted to the person's body, wherein the length of the sling is changed by manipulation of the quick adjust tab when the sling is mounted to the person's body, and wherein the adjuster maintains the changed size of the at least one adjustment loop and length of the sling.