Game tracker safety belt

No image available. Recall Date:. Related Recalls. About the U. You are about to leave the U. Click Ok if you wish to continue to the website; otherwise, click Cancel to return to our site. The wearer 18 has therefore only to lean back against the safety harness 10 and the previously secured foot pegs to allow his hands the freedom to mount the pegs or the tree stand 74, FIG.

Should the strap 12 need loosening about the waist 16 the wearer 18 may tug on the ribbon 70 to move the buckle frame 40 relative to the tensioning bar 60 therein allowing the strap 22 to let out slack from the free end 13 thereof. Should the cord 22 need tightening about the tree 32, the cord second end 30 may be pulled through the hook assembly 28 in the first direction 29 with no resistance from the cam Conversely, the cam 84 will not allow loosening of the cord 22; i.

Thus, the present invention provides a lightweight, durable, inexpensive, safety harness for a tree stand hunter which will greatly reduce the risk of injuries associated with climbing of trees and hunting from tree stands. All rights reserved. Login Sign up. Search Expert Search Quick Search. Safety harness for hunters. United States Patent A safety harness especially for hunters who use tree stands is disclosed.

The harness comprises a web belt with a buckle for the hunter. Attached to the belt by a "D"-ring is a safety rope which is fastened around the tree and back onto the "D"-ring by a cammed-hook assembly to secure the hunter from falling. The harness is easily portable and is usable both as a climbing harness and as a tether while the hunter is on the tree stand.

Rezmer, Leonard D. Montrose, MI. Click for automatic bibliography generation. The Game Tracker, Inc. Flushing, MI. Download PDF Having, thus, described the invention, what is claimed is: 1. A safety harness comprising: a a strap capable of encircling the torso of a wearer; b a buckle attached to the strap for releasably closing the strap into an annular belt; c a ring capable of slidably receiving the strap therethrough and encircling the strap; d a cord having first and second ends, the cord being affixed at the first end thereof to the ring; and e a hook assembly having: 1 means for permitting substantially unimpeded cord travel therethrough in a first direction, while selectively impeding the travel of the cord therethrough in a second direction, 2 a hook which is alternately engageable with either the cord or the ring, the hook having a mouth, and 3 an armature for selectively closing the mouth of the hook.

The harness of claim 1, wherein the strap is of a lightweight, stretch-resistant, material. The harness of claim 1, wherein the cord is composed of a lightweight, stretch-resistant material. The harness of claim 1, further comprising means for slackening the annular belt with a single hand. The harness of claim 4, wherein the means for slackening further comprises a ribbon attached to the buckle.

The harness of claim 1, further comprising a crimped body for securing the cord to itself at the first cord end. The harness of claim 1, wherein the buckle further comprises a rectangular frame having races formed therein and a tensioning bar slidably retained in the races. The harness of claim 1, wherein the hook assembly further comprises: a a body having a first end, a second end, and a hollow central portion, 1 the first end defining a channel for admitting the cord therethrough; 2 the second end formed in a hook; b a cam follower located in the hollow central portion and pivotally affixed to the body, the cam follower having an armature thereon for closing the mouth of the hook, c a cam located in the hollow central portion and pivotally affixed to the body, 1 the cam having an armature thereon for manual control of the cam, 2 the cam having a knurled surface in opposition to the cam follower; and d a spring biasing the knurled cam surface to engagement with the cam follower.

Field of the Invention The present invention relates to safety harnesses. Description of the Related Art When hunting game, such as deer and the like, it is desirable for the hunter to go unperceived by his quarry. You may wish to review the privacy policy of the external site as its information collection practices may differ from ours.

Linking to this external site does not constitute an endorsement of the site or the information it contains by CPSC or any of its employees. No image available. Recall Date:. Related Recalls. The device user can be unable to lower the climber, posing a risk of injury to the climber. The ropes can fail when used in freezing conditions, posing fall and injury hazards.

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