Single-Point Tactical Sling with Slider Strap for Hands-Free Long Gun Carry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current slings and carrying devices for long guns lack versatility and mobility, often inhibiting user movement and interfering with clothing, and do not provide sufficient options for hands-free carrying or concealed carry.
Innovation Solution
A single-point sling system with a slider strap and detachable lanyard that allows for multiple positioning, including hands-free carrying on the back, cross-draw capabilities, and integration into garments, using flexible materials and quick-release mechanisms for adjustable attachment and repositioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a rifle sling is used to support the weapon in front of the user, then the weapon is supported and carried, but the user's mobility is inhibited
Solution Approach 1:
The sling system transitions from a static front-carry configuration to a dynamic multi-position system that can be quickly reconfigured between front carry, back carry, and shoulder positions. The quick-release buckles and adjustable strap lengths enable the user to dynamically change the weapon's position based on mobility needs, resolving the contradiction between stable support and user mobility.
2Ease of operation
If a rifle sling is used to support the weapon in back of the user, then the user's mobility is improved, but clothing articles may interfere with or cause concern with regard to the weapon's carrying position
Solution Approach 1:
The sling system is segmented into separate functional components including a body-worn component with quick-release buckles and a weapon-attached component. This segmentation allows the carrying system to be decoupled from clothing, enabling back-carry positions that improve mobility while minimizing clothing interference through direct attachment to the weapon rather than reliance on garment loops or buttons.
3Adaptability or versatility
If more carrying options are provided for long guns, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sling system is designed as a universal multi-functional platform that can accommodate various long gun configurations and carrying positions through standardized quick-release attachment mechanisms. The same basic sling structure with adjustable strap lengths and multiple attachment points provides front carry, back carry, and shoulder positions, achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity through modular design.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed methods, systems, and apparatus provide multiple-position slings and hands-free carrying devices for equipment, hand guns, shoulder weapons, military-style tactical firearms, etc. Systems include adjustably attaching into a garment, a single-point sling with a slider strap and slider for repositioning a detachable lanyard, e.g. to attach a shoulder weapon. Methods for using systems for a single-point sling for a long gun, include holstering the gun supported by a loop of the lanyard detachably attached to the slider in a front-holstering position, e.g. at a user's secondary side under the arm. Embodiments include drawing the long gun forward, the loop of the lanyard supporting the long gun proximate a stock, grip or single-point receiver plate mount of the long gun, and shouldering the gun with the stock against a shoulder, the slider positioned at a shooting position of the slider strap of the single-point sling system.