HARNESS FOR BREATING APPARATUS
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There is disclosed a harness for breathing apparatus, the harness arranged to support a plurality of cylinders of breathable gas side-by-side. The harness comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending cylinder channels arranged side-by-side, each cylinder channel having a rear wall and open at least partially along its length and arranged to accommodate a cylinder. Adjacent cylinder channels are laterally separated by a longitudinally extending channel side wall that in use is disposed between adjacent cylinders.
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42 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A breathing apparatus set comprising:
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a harness comprising; upper and lower longitudinally spaced housings coupled together by a longitudinally extending back member; left and right shoulder straps; a waist belt; at least three longitudinally extending cylinder channels arranged side-by-side; at least two channel side walls, each channel side wall laterally separating a pair of adjacent cylinder channels; and at least two conduit retainers, each conduit retainer coupled to a channel side wall; at least three cylinders of breathable gas supported by the harness and located side-by-side, the cylinders having their upper portions retained by the upper housing and their lower portions retained by the lower housing, wherein each cylinder is disposed in a respective cylinder channel with a channel side wall disposed between adjacent cylinders; at least two conduits, each conduit fluidically coupled to a cylinder and attached to a conduit retainer at a position in front of the cylinders so as to inhibit the withdrawal of the respective channel side wall from between adjacent cylinders. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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- 24. A harness for breathing apparatus, the harness arranged to support a plurality of cylinders of breathable gas side-by-side, the harness comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending cylinder channels arranged side-by-side, each cylinder channel having a rear wall and open at least partially along its length and arranged to accommodate a cylinder, wherein adjacent cylinder channels are laterally separated by a longitudinally extending channel side wall that in use is disposed between adjacent cylinders.
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