Granted Patent B2

US 12,345,506 · App. 18/686,077 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: Krzysztof Pȩdzisz (Warsaw, PL); Tomasz Teodorczuk (Józefosław, PL)

F41H1/02A44B11/2519

Abstract

Claims (13)

1. A quick-unfasten protective vest ( 1 ) comprising a quick-release system ( 2 ), a front body portion ( 3 ) and a rear body portion ( 4 ), wherein the front body portion ( 3 ) and the rear body portion ( 4 ) are detachably connected to each other by the quick-release system ( 2 ) comprising a plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) connected by corresponding ties ( 6 ) to a central release mechanism ( 7 ), wherein each one, of the corresponding ties, ( 6 ) is guided from each of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ), respectively ( 5 ) to the central release mechanism ( 7 ) so that all ties ( 6 ) coincide in the central release mechanism ( 7 ), and the central release mechanism ( 7 ) is adapted to release the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) substantially simultaneously and to separate the front body portion ( 3 ) from the rear body portion ( 4 ) of the vest ( 1 ); wherein the central release mechanism ( 7 ) comprises first and second parts ( 8 , 9 ) connected to each other and forming a tie-compression mechanism ( 10 ), wherein the first part ( 8 ) comprises one first operating part ( 8 b ) and one first handle ( 8 a ), and the second part ( 9 ) comprises one second operating part ( 9 b ) and one second handle ( 9 a ), with a squeeze opening element ( 11 ) between the first and second handles, which is adapted to fix an initial position of the first and second parts ( 8 , 9 ) and to compress and release them with the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) in the operating position, the first and second operating parts ( 8 b , 9 b ) being oppositely arranged and each operating part ( 8 b , 9 b ) comprising two tie sockets ( 12 ), wherein the tie sockets are arranged so that a tie socket releasing a first shoulder buckle ( 5 b ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) is opposite a tie socket releasing a second shoulder buckle ( 5 b ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) and is arranged obliquely from a tie socket releasing a first hip buckle ( 5 a ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ).

2. The quick-unfasten protective vest according to claim 1 , wherein the central release mechanism ( 7 ) is adapted to substantially simultaneously release all snap buckles ( 5 ).

3. The quick-unfasten protective vest according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second parts ( 8 , 9 ) are identical and symmetrically aligned with respect to each other.

4. The quick-unfasten protective vest according to claim 1 , wherein the quick-release system ( 2 ) comprises four snap buckles ( 5 ), including two hip buckles ( 5 a ) and two shoulder buckles ( 5 b ).

5. The quick-unfasten protective vest according to claim 1 , wherein the quick-release system ( 2 ) is concealed under a top layer of the front body portion ( 3 ) of the protective vest ( 1 ).

6. The quick-unfasten protective vest according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) is a three-point buckle comprising a male part and a female part detachably connected.

7. The quick-unfasten protective vest according to claim 1 , wherein the number of corresponding ties ( 6 ) corresponds to the number of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ), respectively.

8. A quick-release system ( 2 ) comprising a plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) connected by corresponding ties ( 6 ) to a central release mechanism ( 7 ), each one, of the corresponding ties ( 6 ) being guided from each snap buckle ( 5 ) to the central release mechanism ( 7 ) such that all ties ( 6 ) coincide in the central release mechanism ( 7 ) and the central release mechanism ( 7 ) is adapted to release the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) substantially simultaneously; wherein the central release mechanism ( 7 ) comprises first and second parts ( 8 , 9 ) connected to each other and forming a tie-compression mechanism ( 10 ), wherein the first part ( 8 ) comprises one first operating part ( 8 b ) and one first handle ( 8 a ), and the second part ( 9 ) comprises one second operating part ( 9 b ) and one second handle ( 9 a ), with a squeeze opening element ( 11 ) between the first and second handles, which is adapted to fix a stationary position of the first and second parts ( 8 , 9 ) and to compress and release them with the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) in the operating position, the first and second operating parts ( 8 b , 9 b ) being oppositely arranged and each operating part ( 8 b , 9 b ) comprising two sockets ( 12 ) for the ties, wherein the tie sockets are arranged so that a tie socket releasing a first shoulder buckle ( 5 b ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) is opposite a tie socket releasing a second shoulder buckle ( 5 b ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) and is arranged obliquely from a tie socket releasing a first hip buckle ( 5 a ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ).

9. The quick-release system according to claim 8 , wherein the central release mechanism ( 7 ) is adapted to release substantially simultaneously all snap buckles ( 5 ).

10. The quick-release system according to claim 8 , wherein the first and second parts ( 8 , 9 ) are identical and symmetrically aligned with respect to each other.

11. The quick-release system according to claim 8 , comprising male parts of four snap buckles ( 5 ), including male parts of two hip buckles ( 5 a ) and male parts of two shoulder buckles ( 5 b ).

12. The quick-release system according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) are three-point buckles.

13. The quick-release system according to claim 8 , wherein the number of corresponding ties ( 6 ) corresponds to the number of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ), respectively.

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