US12467715 - Hunting vest system
The patent describes a gun carrying strap system featuring a V-shaped belt strap that connects to a back part and includes a gunstock holder designed as a separate basket for partially receiving the stock of a weapon. The system allows for adjustable fastening and secure attachment of both the gunstock and forestock, ensuring stability and ease of access for the user.
Claim 1
1 . A gun carrying strap system, comprising a chest part ( 1 ) made of belt webbing, a back part ( 2 ) made of belt webbing, where the chest part ( 1 ) and the back part ( 2 ) are releasably connected, a gunstock holder connected to the chest part ( 1 ), a forestock ( 31 ) fastening means connected to the chest part ( 1 ), where the fastening means is designed as a quick-release clamp, a chest part ( 1 ) made of belt webbing, a back part ( 2 ) made of belt webbing, where the chest part ( 1 ) and the back part ( 2 ) are releasably connected, a gunstock holder connected to the chest part ( 1 ), a forestock ( 31 ) fastening means connected to the chest part ( 1 ), where the fastening means is designed as a quick-release clamp, characterised in that the chest part ( 1 ) is formed as a V-shaped belt strap comprising two legs ( 1 B, 1 C) connected to each other at one end, where a tip section ( 1 A) of the chest part ( 1 ) is folded down behind a neck region of a user ( 3 ) wearing the gun carrying strap system in use position, and is connected through a length-adjustable hook-and-loop webbing link ( 22 ) to the upper extension ( 2 A) of the back part ( 2 ) arranged on the back of the user ( 3 ) wearing the gun carrying strap system, the other ends of each of the two legs ( 1 B, 1 C) of the V-shaped belt strap are connected through each one length-adjustable link consisting of a webbing ( 23 ), a buckle ( 24 ) and a hook-and-loop webbing ( 25 ) to both side extensions ( 2 B, 2 C) of the back part ( 2 ) arranged on the user ( 3 ) wearing the strap system, the two legs ( 1 B, 1 C) of the V-shaped belt strap are equipped with buckles ( 17 ) on the neighbouring inner edges of the legs ( 1 B, 1 C) to connect both legs ( 1 B, 1 C) of the V-shaped belt strap in a use position with a spacer detachably on the chest of the user ( 3 ) wearing the strap system, and the legs ( 1 B, 1 C) of the V-shaped belt strap of the chest part ( 1 ) are in use position connected with each other detachably using the buckles ( 17 ) attached to inner edges of the legs ( 1 B, 1 C), the gunstock holder is designed as a separate basket ( 20 ) for receiving partly a stock ( 19 ) of the carried gun, which is connected through a buckle end ( 26 ) with a buckle ( 21 ) on outer edges of the legs ( 1 B, 1 C) near the end of both legs ( 1 B, 1 C) of the V-shaped belt strap, as well as through webbings ( 27 , 29 ) and buckles ( 28 , 30 ) with the tip section ( 1 A) of the V-shaped belt strap through a buckle end ( 5 ) provided there, the gun carrying strap system comprises as a clamp to fix the forestock ( 31 ) a length-adjustable clamp with adjustable detachable fixing on one leg ( 1 B, 1 C) of the V-shaped belt strap in the front shoulder area of the user ( 3 ) in the use position of the strap system on the one hand, and, on the other hand, a length-adjustable clamp with detachable fixing on the other leg ( 1 C, 1 B) of the V-shaped belt strap near the chest of the user ( 3 ) wearing the strap system in a use position, the length of the webbing ( 27 , 29 ) connecting the basket ( 20 ) holding the gunstock ( 19 ) to the chest part ( 1 ) is selected in a manner that the separate basket ( 20 ), which partially holds the stock of the carried gun ( 19 ), is positioned in use position below the gun forestock clamp ( 31 ), next to the hip of the user ( 3 ) wearing the strap system, viewing the user ( 3 ) from the front, further back than the clamp fixing the forestock ( 31 ).
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