Roping harness with ventral suspension point
A roping harness comprises a belt and leg loops joined by a leg loop connection. A connector keeps the belt and the pair of leg loops together, the latter each passing through a connection ring of the connector. The belt and leg loop connection are movable with respect to one another and with respect to the body. The connector has a body, a rotation shaft and a first D-ring mounted rotatable with respect to the body around the rotation shaft. The first D-ring pivots around an axis of rotation parallel to a direction passing through the connection ring. The first D-ring is connected to the body by means of the rotation shaft fixedly mounted on the body.
1 . Roping harness comprising:
a pair of leg loops and a belt, the leg loops of the pair of leg loops being connected by a leg loop connection;
a connector having a body, a rotation shaft and a first D-ring;
wherein the body defines a first through hole and the belt passes through the body via the first through hole;
wherein the body defines a housing for housing the rotation shaft;
wherein the first D-ring is mounted rotatably with respect to the body around the rotation shaft and is connected to the body by means of the rotation shaft;
wherein the leg loop connection and the belt both pass through the first through hole, the body keeping the belt and the pair of leg loops together, the belt and the leg loop connection both being movable inside the first through hole and movable with respect to one another;
wherein the first D-ring is mounted pivotably around an axis of rotation that is parallel to a direction passing through the first through hole.
2 . Roping harness according to claim 1 wherein the rotation shaft is mounted removably with respect to the body.
3 . Roping harness according to claim 1 wherein the connector is made from a material that is more rigid than the belt and the leg loop connection.
4 . Roping harness according to claim 1 wherein the body has an inner lateral surface delineating the first through hole, the inner lateral surface is separated from the rotation shaft in a cross-sectional observation perpendicularly to the axis of rotation, the inner lateral surface defining the through hole receiving the belt and the leg loop connection.
5 . Roping harness according to claim 4 wherein the first through hole has the shape of an arc of a circle in a cross-sectional observation perpendicularly to the axis of rotation.
6 . Roping harness according to claim 5 wherein the rotation shaft passes through the centre of the arc of a circle.
7 . Roping harness according to claim 5 wherein the connector has a convex external cross-section.
8 . Roping harness according to claim 7 wherein the convex external cross-section is an arc of a circle in an observation along a sectional plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
9 . Roping harness according to claim 1 wherein the body is non-openable.
10 . Roping harness according to claim 1 wherein the first D-ring and a second D-ring are fitted on the rotation shaft and are each mounted rotatably around the rotation shaft.
11 . Roping harness according to claim 1 wherein the body with a main part and a secondary part, the secondary part being mounted removable with respect to the main part to form an openable body and enable a tool to be inserted in and extracted from the first through hole.
12 . Roping harness according to claim 1 wherein the connector has a body formed by two flanges and a spacer separating the two flanges, the rotation shaft connecting the two flanges and being accessible between the two flanges.