US12345506 - Quick-unfasten protective vest, quick-release system and snap buckle
The patent describes a quick-unfasten protective vest featuring a quick-release system that connects the front and rear body portions with snap buckles linked to a central release mechanism. This mechanism allows for simultaneous release of the snap buckles, facilitating rapid separation of the vest components.
Claim 1
- A quick-unfasten protective vest ( 1 ) comprising a quick-release system ( 2 ), a front body portion ( 3 ) and a rear body portion ( 4 ), wherein the front body portion ( 3 ) and the rear body portion ( 4 ) are detachably connected to each other by the quick-release system ( 2 ) comprising a plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) connected by corresponding ties ( 6 ) to a central release mechanism ( 7 ), wherein each one, of the corresponding ties, ( 6 ) is guided from each of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ), respectively ( 5 ) to the central release mechanism ( 7 ) so that all ties ( 6 ) coincide in the central release mechanism ( 7 ), and the central release mechanism ( 7 ) is adapted to release the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) substantially simultaneously and to separate the front body portion ( 3 ) from the rear body portion ( 4 ) of the vest ( 1 ); wherein the central release mechanism ( 7 ) comprises first and second parts ( 8 , 9 ) connected to each other and forming a tie-compression mechanism ( 10 ), wherein the first part ( 8 ) comprises one first operating part ( 8 b ) and one first handle ( 8 a ), and the second part ( 9 ) comprises one second operating part ( 9 b ) and one second handle ( 9 a ), with a squeeze opening element ( 11 ) between the first and second handles, which is adapted to fix an initial position of the first and second parts ( 8 , 9 ) and to compress and release them with the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) in the operating position, the first and second operating parts ( 8 b , 9 b ) being oppositely arranged and each operating part ( 8 b , 9 b ) comprising two tie sockets ( 12 ), wherein the tie sockets are arranged so that a tie socket releasing a first shoulder buckle ( 5 b ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) is opposite a tie socket releasing a second shoulder buckle ( 5 b ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ) and is arranged obliquely from a tie socket releasing a first hip buckle ( 5 a ) of the plurality of snap buckles ( 5 ).
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