US 12,345,506 B2
Quick-unfasten protective vest, quick-release system and snap buckle
Krzysztof Pȩdzisz, Warsaw (PL); and Tomasz Teodorczuk, Józefosław (PL)
Appl. No. 18/686,077
Filed by Krzysztof Pȩdzisz, Warsaw (PL); and Tomasz Teodorczuk, Józefosław (PL)
PCT Filed Aug. 26, 2022, PCT No. PCT/PL2022/050052
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/027605, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 438823 (PL), filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353203 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. A44B 11/25 (2006.01); F41H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC F41H 1/02 (2013.01) [A44B 11/2519 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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 (8b) and one first handle (8a), and the second part (9) comprises one second operating part (9b) and one second handle (9a), 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 (8b, 9b) being oppositely arranged and each operating part (8b, 9b) comprising two tie sockets (12), wherein the tie sockets are arranged so that a tie socket releasing a first shoulder buckle (5b) of the plurality of snap buckles (5) is opposite a tie socket releasing a second shoulder buckle (5b) of the plurality of snap buckles (5) and is arranged obliquely from a tie socket releasing a first hip buckle (5a) of the plurality of snap buckles (5).