Attachment of a sling

• US 20060026805A1
• Filed: 08/06/2004
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Johnson
• Original Assignee: David Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, David A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,069,624 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 24/302
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/02 Attachment of slings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/913 Carrier for rifle or shotgun
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/318 Strap connector

Abstract

A sling for carrying an elongate item such as a shoulder weapon having a buttstock and a forward end. In one embodiment, a bight of relatively small strap material is held in a sling swivel by a stopper mounted on the bight so that it can be passed through the sling swivel when the bight is slack, but which seats against the sling swivel when the bight is tight, keeping the bight engaged with the sling swivel. In another embodiment, a stopper keeps a bight of a stock-encircling strap engaged with a sling swivel, preventing the sling swivel from marring the stock.

Claims

1. A rear end attachment assembly for a sling, comprising:

(a) a first strap member having a first end and a second end, said second end being attached to and adjustably movable along an intermediate part of said first strap member, forming a stock-encircling loop;

(b) a flexible second strap member having a pair of opposite ends defining a length, both of said opposite ends being attached to said first strap member at respective locations separated along said first strap member by a distance that is less than said length, so that said flexible second strap member includes a loose bight; and

(c) a stopper mounted on said bight of said flexible second strap member and arranged so as to keep said bight engaged with a sling swivel.

2. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 1 wherein said first strap member is wider than said second strap member.

3. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 1 wherein said stopper is elongate and can pass through a strap-receiving opening in a sling swivel in a first, lengthwise orientation, but is held against said sling swivel in a second orientation, in which it cannot pass through said strap-receiving opening, by tension in said second strap member.

4. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 1 wherein said second strap member is no wider than about half as wide as said first strap member.

5. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 1 wherein said second end of said first strap member is connected to said intermediate part thereof by a slide loop permitting said stock-encircling loop to be adjusted in size.

6. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 1 wherein said stopper defines a pair of holes through which said second strap member extends, with a portion of said second strap member extending along a first side of said stopper and with each of said opposite ends extending from a respective one of said pair of holes on a second side of said stopper.

7. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 6 wherein said stopper is in the form of a flat plate.

8. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 6 wherein said stopper is of a rigid plastic material.

24. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 1 wherein said second end of said first strap member is connected to said intermediate part thereof by a slide loop permitting said stock-encircling loop to be adjusted in size.

9. An attachment portion of a sling, comprising:

(a) an end portion of a main sling body member having a first width;

(b) a length of flexible strap material having a substantially narrower second width and having a pair of opposite ends, said length of flexible strap material being bent into a bight extending away from said end portion of said main sling body member, and said pair of opposite ends being attached to said end portion; and

(c) a stopper mounted on said bight and arranged so as to keep said bight engaged with a sling swivel.

10. The attachment portion of claim 9 wherein said loop lock defines a pair of holes through which said length of flexible strap material extends, with a portion of said second strap member extending along a first side of said loop lock and with each of said opposite ends extending from a respective one of said pair of holes on a second side of said loop lock.

11. The attachment portion of claim 10 wherein said stopper is in the form of a flat plate.

12. The attachment portion of claim 10, wherein said loop lock is of a rigid plastic material.

13. The attachment portion of claim 9 wherein said stopper is elongate and can pass through a strap-receiving opening in a sling swivel in a first, lengthwise orientation, but is held against said sling swivel in a second orientation, in which it cannot pass through said strap-receiving opening, by tension in said flexible strap material.

14. The attachment portion of claim 13 wherein said length of flexible strap material is no wider than about half as wide as said end portion.

15. A sling, comprising:

(a) a main sling body of flexible strap material having a front end and a rear end;

(b) a front end attachment portion located at said front end of said main sling body; and

(c) a rear end attachment assembly extending from said rear end of said main sling body, and wherein said rear end attachment assembly includes;

(d) a first strap member having a first end and a second end, said second end being attached to and adjustably movable along an intermediate part of said first strap member, forming a stock-encircling loop;

(e) a flexible second strap member having a pair of opposite ends defining a length, both of said opposite ends being attached to said first strap member at respective locations separated along said first strap member by a distance that is less than said length, so that said flexible second strap member includes a loose bight; and

(f) a stopper mounted on said bight of said flexible second strap member and arranged so as to keep said bight engaged with a sling swivel.

16. The sling of claim 15 wherein said first strap member is wider than said second strap member.

17. The sling of claim 16 wherein said second strap member is no wider than about half as wide as said first strap member.

18. The sling of claim 15 wherein said second end of said first strap member is connected to said intermediate part thereof by a slide loop permitting a stock-encircling loop of adjustable size to be formed by said first strap member.

19. The sling swivel of claim 15 wherein said stopper defines a pair of holes through which said second strap member extends, with a portion of said second strap member extending along a first side of said stopper and with each of said opposite ends extending from a respective one of said pair of holes on a second side of said stopper.

20. The sling of claim 19 wherein said stopper is in the form of a flat plate.

21. The sling of claim 19 wherein said stopper is of a rigid plastic material.

22. The sling of claim 15 wherein said stopper can be passed through a strap-receiving opening of a sling swivel in a predetermined orientation when said bight is slack, but is held against said sling swivel in a second orientation, in which it cannot pass through said strap-receiving opening, by tension in said second strap member.

23. A rear end attachment assembly for a sling, comprising:

(a) a strap member having a first end, a second end, and a length, said second end being attached to and adjustably movable along an intermediate part of said strap member, forming a stock-encircling loop, said strap member having a half twist located in said stock-encircling loop, and said strap member being bent along a line transverse to said length, thereby forming and including a bight in said strap member;

(b) a sling swivel defining a strap-receiving opening, said bight extending through said strap-receiving opening and thereby being engaged with said sling swivel; and

(c) a stopper mounted on said bight in said strap member and arranged so as to keep said bight engaged with said sling swivel.

25. The rear end attachment assembly of claim 23 wherein said stopper is in the form of a three-bar slide.