Chest buckle for a harness
A chest buckle for a harness for carrying a handheld motor-driven work tool, the chest buckle including first and second parts, wherein the first and second part, each includes at least two mechanisms attaching straps of the harness thereto. The first part includes a recess defining a cavity arranged to accommodate the second part therein. The second part includes a resilient locking member arranged to protrude through a hole in the first part when the second part is accommodated in the cavity to lock the first and second parts together.
1. A chest buckle for a harness for carrying a handheld motor-driven work tool, the chest buckle comprising first and second parts, wherein the first and second parts each comprises at least two attachment openings for attaching straps of the harness thereto, wherein the first part comprises a recess defining a cavity arranged to accommodate the second part therein, wherein the second part comprises a resilient locking member arranged to protrude through a hole in the first part when the second part is accommodated in the cavity to lock the first and second parts together, wherein the resilient locking member comprises a C-shaped web portion attached at one end to the second part, and a transversal portion arranged at the opposite end of the web portion and substantially parallel to a longitudinal edge of the second part, wherein the web portion is adapted to act as a spring to bias the transversal portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal edge to protrude beyond the longitudinal edge.
2. The chest buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity comprises an opening arranged in a side portion of the first part, opposite the attachment openings for the straps of the harness and adapted to receive the second part in a lateral translational or linear insertion movement.
3. The chest buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the hole is arranged in a longitudinal edge of the first part, which extends parallel to an insertion direction, and the resilient locking member is arranged to protrude through the hole in a direction substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction.
4. The chest buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the web portion comprises two parallel shanks.
5. The chest buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the transversal portion comprises a bevelled or chamfered surface on a leading and/or trailing edge seen in an insertion direction of the second part with respect to the first part.
6. The chest buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the first part and the second part have a substantially hexagonal shape.
7. The chest buckle according to claim 6 , wherein the first part comprises two substantially hexagonal plates joined together along four edges.
8. The chest buckle according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two attachment openings for the straps of the harness comprise slots arranged on two adjacent edges of the first and second parts, respectively.
9. The chest buckle according to claim 8 , wherein the edges comprising the slots on the first and second parts are arranged diametrically opposite of each other when the first and second parts are assembled together in a locked position.
10. A harness comprising the chest buckle according to claim 1 .
11. The chest buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the second part comprises a notch arranged on a distal end seen in an insertion direction of the second part with respect to the first part, wherein the first part comprises a corresponding protrusion arranged in the recess and adapted to fit into the notch when the first and second parts are assembled together in a locked position.
12. A chest buckle for a harness for carrying a handheld motor-driven work tool, the chest buckle comprising first and second parts, wherein the first and second parts each comprises at least two attachment openings for attaching straps of the harness thereto, wherein the first part comprises a recess defining a cavity arranged to accommodate the second part therein, wherein the second part comprises a resilient locking member arranged to protrude through a hole in the first part when the second part is accommodated in the cavity to lock the first and second parts together, wherein the second part comprises a notch arranged on a distal end seen in an insertion direction of the second part with respect to the first part, wherein the first part comprises a corresponding protrusion arranged in the recess and adapted to fit into the notch when the first and second parts are assembled together in a locked position.
13. The chest buckle according to claim 12 , wherein the cavity comprises an opening arranged in a side portion of the first part, opposite the attachment openings for the straps of the harness and adapted to receive the second part in a lateral translational or linear insertion movement.
14. The chest buckle according to claim 12 , wherein the hole is arranged in a longitudinal edge of the first part, which extends parallel to the insertion direction, and the resilient locking member is arranged to protrude through the hole in a direction substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction.
15. The chest buckle according to claim 12 , wherein the resilient locking member comprises a C-shaped web portion attached at one end to the second part, and a transversal portion arranged at the opposite end of the web portion and substantially parallel to a longitudinal edge of the second part, wherein the web portion is adapted to act as a spring to bias the transversal portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal edge to protrude beyond the longitudinal edge.
16. The chest buckle according to claim 15 , wherein the web portion comprises two parallel shanks.
17. The chest buckle according to claim 15 , wherein the transversal portion comprises a bevelled or chamfered surface on a leading and/or trailing edge seen in the insertion direction of the second part with respect to the first part.
18. The chest buckle according to claim 12 , wherein the first part and the second part have a substantially hexagonal shape and the first part comprises two substantially hexagonal plates joined together along four edges.
19. The chest buckle according to claim 18 , wherein the at least two attachment openings for the straps of the harness comprise slots arranged on two adjacent edges of the first and second parts, respectively.
20. The chest buckle according to claim 19 , wherein the edges comprising the slots on the first and second parts are arranged diametrically opposite of each other when the first and second parts are assembled together in a locked position.
21. A harness comprising the chest buckle according to claim 12 .