Modular Hunting Garment Harness with Detachable Tether
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hunting garments with integrated safety harnesses restrict mobility and fail to adapt to changing weather conditions, posing a risk of falls from elevated positions like tree stands.
Innovation Solution
A hunting garment and safety harness system featuring a torso-worn harness vest with adjustable straps, detachable sleeves, and a tether strap system that allows for unrestricted movement and easy adjustment to weather conditions, incorporating a waterproof or insulated design with snap fasteners and tear-away folds for enhanced safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a safety harness system is integrated into the hunting garment, then safety is improved, but mobility is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The tether strap is made detachable and adjustable, allowing the hunter to connect and disconnect as needed. The strap can be quickly attached to the harness and tree stand, and just as quickly removed when not needed, enabling dynamic adaptation between safety mode and mobility mode throughout the hunting activity.
Solution Approach 2:
The safety system is segmented into separate components: the harness vest with straps, the detachable tether strap, and the tree stand attachment point. This segmentation allows the hunter to wear the harness for safety while being able to detach the tether when mobility is prioritized, resolving the contradiction between continuous safety and unrestricted movement.
2Ease of manufacture
If a fixed safety harness design is used, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to changing weather conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The garment incorporates detachable sleeves that can be removed or added based on weather conditions. The sleeves are integrated into the harness vest design but can be independently manipulated, allowing the hunter to adapt to changing weather while maintaining the simple core harness structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The hunting garment is segmented into modular components: the core harness vest, detachable sleeves, and adjustable straps. This modular design maintains manufacturing simplicity for each component while allowing versatile combinations to adapt to different weather conditions throughout the hunting day.
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AI summary
A hunting garment system including a safety harness which restrains a hunter while perched on a tree stand, an outer member, and an inner member. Both the inner member and the outer member include detachable sleeves and a detachable hood allowing the hunter to select a particular weather-conforming configuration. The safety harness is designed to be safely anchored onto a tree and is worn alone, beneath the outer member, beneath the inner member, beneath an outer vest, beneath an inner vest, or in combination with an assembly of the outer member over the inner member.