Padded Shoulder Strap for Transferring a Load to a Wearer's Shoulder

Abstract

A padded shoulder carrier for transferring a load to a carrying person's (T) shoulder has a carrier strap (4) and a padded part (5) which has a first lateral region (6) arranged between the carrier strap (4) and the shoulder and a second lateral region (7) arranged between the carrier strap (4) and the carrying person's (T) neck, at least part of the carrier strap (4) being connected to a part of the first lateral region (6) in such a manner that the carrier strap (4) and the padded part (5), in the parts which are connected to one another, together have an elasticity in the longitudinal direction of the carrier which is lower than the elasticity of the second lateral region (7) of the padded part (5) in the longitudinal direction of the carrier. To avoid pressure points on the shoulder even at high loads, the carrier strap (4) is only connected in a part delimited up to a side edge (9) of the carrier strap (4), which side edge faces away from the carrying person's (T) neck, to that part of the first lateral region (6) of the padded part (5) which lies opposite this side edge (9). In addition, in the carrying state, the carrier strap (4) outside these parts rests loosely on the first lateral region (6) of the padded part (5).

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This is a continuation-in-part of International Application No. PCT / DE2006 / 00363, filed 27 Feb. 2006, which published as WO 2006 / 119718, and claims priority to DE 20 2005 007 336.9, filed 9 May 2005. The contents of the aforementioned International application and German application are incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to a padded shoulder strap for transferring a load to a wearer's shoulder, having a strap band and a padding part which has a first lateral region arranged between the strap band and the shoulder and a second lateral region arranged between the strap band and the neck of the wearer, at least part of the strap band being connected to part of the first lateral region such that, in the interconnected parts, the strap band and the padding part together have a level of elasticity in the longitudinal direction of the strap which is lower than the elasticity of the second lateral regio...

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Benefits of technology

[0004] One object of the invention is thus to develop the shoulder strap mentioned in the introduction such that, even under high loads, it does not result in any unpleasant pressure marks on the wearer's shoulder.

[0006] The advantage of the shoulder strap as claimed in the invention is that the cushioning effect is provided uniformly virtually over the entire width of the first and second lateral regions of the padding part, since the padding part is connected to the strap band only along that side edge of the strap band which is directed away from the wearer's neck. The shoulder strap as claimed in the invention is distinguished by an extremely high level of wearing comfort even under high loads. The wearer's comfort is promoted particularly by the fact that the cushioning effect of the padding part in the region of the neck side edge of the strap band is unrestricted since, there, the strap band, when being worn, now rests loosely on the padding part. A stiffening of the shoulder strap as claimed in the invention is concentrated on the arm side edge of the strap band, that is to say at a location of the shoulder where, in view of the anatomical features, the shoulder provides a relatively hard rest for the shoulder strap.

[0008] Those two side edges of the strap band and of the padding part which are directed away from the neck of the wearer are preferably covered by a surround band which is folded in a U-shaped manner, runs in the longitudinal direction of the strap and is fastened on the strap band and the padding part. The surround band further reduces the elasticity of the shoulder strap in the region of the arm-side edge of the strap band, as a result of which the wearing comfort of the shoulder strap increases yet further.

Problems solved by technology

Although the known shoulder strap has a higher level of elasticity in a neck-side region than in an arm-side region, the wearer does not feel the wearing comfort of the known shoulder strap to be optimum if the shoulder strap is subjected to a particularly high load.

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