Modular Body Harness for Adjustable Ballistic Plate Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tactical equipment such as plate carriers, chest rigs, and load-bearing vests are designed for single purposes, lack customizability, and require expensive, bulky ballistic protection when needed.
Innovation Solution
A modular body harness with hook and loop strips and parachute cord allows users to securely attach and adjust body armor plates, enabling customizable and affordable gear configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional plate carriers or ballistic-proof vests are used to provide ballistic protection, then protection capability is improved, but weight and bulk increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The body harness is divided into modular components including a main body portion with multiple attachment points, allowing ballistic plates to be attached only where needed rather than requiring full-coverage ballistic vests. This segmentation enables selective protection that reduces overall weight while maintaining essential protection capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The body harness is designed as a multi-functional platform that can accommodate various types of ballistic plates, pouches, and equipment attachments through standardized attachment points. This universality allows a single lightweight harness to replace multiple specialized heavy-duty garments, reducing total weight while maintaining protection.
2Adaptability or versatility
If single-purpose equipment like traditional plate carriers or chest rigs is used, then specific function is optimized, but adaptability and customizability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The body harness incorporates multiple attachment points distributed across the body with standardized hook-and-loop fastening systems, enabling the same harness to serve multiple functions by attaching different pouches, plates, or equipment. This universal attachment system provides high adaptability without requiring multiple specialized garments.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system uses adjustable hook-and-loop strips that can be repositioned and reconfigured dynamically based on mission requirements. Users can easily modify the configuration by detaching and reattaching components to different locations, providing dynamic adaptability without complex assembly procedures.
3Reliability
If full-size plate carriers are used to provide ballistic protection, then protection capability is improved, but cost and bulk increase
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than requiring a full-coverage plate carrier, the invention segments protection into modular ballistic plates that attach to specific high-risk areas of a lightweight harness. This provides essential ballistic protection while dramatically reducing the bulk and volume of protective gear compared to full-coverage carriers.
Solution Approach 2:
The body harness concentrates ballistic protection at specific local areas where threats are most likely to occur, rather than providing uniform protection across the entire body. This localized approach reduces overall bulk while maintaining protection where it is most needed.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to modify their gear to specific needs, providing ballistic protection without the bulk and cost of traditional gear, with the ability to switch configurations easily.
Implementation Method 1
A plurality of self-gripping hook and loop strips are each engaged with one of the plurality of slots and attached to themselves
Implementation Method 2
the parachute cord enables the input of a body armor plate to be retained between the parachute cord and the sheet
Data Source
AI summary
A modular body harness is disclosed, including a sheet including a plurality of slots. A first set of hook and loop strips are positioned horizontally at a bottom portion of the sheet and a second set of hook and loop strips are positioned vertically above the first set of hook and loop strips. A plurality of self-gripping hook and loop strips are each engaged with one of the plurality of slots and attached to themselves. A parachute cord extends through a portion of the plurality of self-gripping hook and loop strips.