Pivotal carrier assembly for a harness

1. A carrier assembly for a harness for carrying a handheld motor-driven work tool, the carrier assembly comprising a back plate including connections for shoulder straps, a hip belt, and means for attaching the work tool, characterized in that the back plate is arranged to be connected to the hip belt by means of a pivotal connection joint to allow rotation about an axis substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the back plate;

wherein the back plate comprises a recess defining a cavity adapted to receive a corresponding tongue-shaped member arranged on the hip belt and the recess further comprises a hole adapted to receive a corresponding protruding boss arranged on a resilient tab on the tongue-shaped member in a snap-fit connection, wherein the back plate is arranged to pivot about the boss on the resilient tab.

2. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the recess is arranged in a lower portion of the back plate and has an opening facing towards the tongue-shaped member on the hip belt.

3. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the hole in the recess has a substantially circular shape and the boss on the resilient tab has a corresponding substantially circular shape.

4. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient tab is biased such that the boss protrudes in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the tongue-shaped member.

5. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient tab is formed by a through-going slit in the tongue-shaped member.

6. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the boss is slanted downwardly in an insertion direction of the tongue-shaped member into the recess.

7. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the recess is dimensioned to allow pivotal movement of the tongue-shaped member in the range ±15°, preferably ±10° with respect to a central position.

8. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue-shaped member is fastened to the hip belt by any one of welding, gluing, sewing, riveting, and stapling.

9. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue-shaped member is fastened to the hip belt underneath a panel such that the pivotal connection joint is hidden from view.

10. The carrier assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pivotal connection joint between the back plate and the hip belt is releasable.

11. A harness comprising a carrier assembly according to claim 1 .