Device for article storage

Abstract

A device for storing emergency-use articles on a safety vest or similar garment in a manner that presents the articles for easy access and use. A harness including multiple flexible strap arms is securable, using hook-and-loop material, to both front and back surfaces of a chest panel of a conventional safety vest. Storage tubes of flexible material are captured by threading one respective strap arm through each tube. The tubes are sized to retain within them an emergency-use article such as a tourniquet.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A harness comprising:
 a stabilizing segment;   a full harness arm segment;   a first and second partitioned arm segment of the full harness arm segment formed by the bisection of the full harness arm segment with the stabilizing segment; and   a first and second tube respectively connected to the first and second petitioned arm segment, each of the first and second tube having a diameter respectively corresponding to a width of the first and second petitioned arm segment,   wherein the first partitioned arm segment is threaded through the first tube and the second partitioned arm segment is threaded through the second tube.   
     
     
         2 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein each tube includes a dispensing device secured at one end of 
       the respective tube and having a length which is longer than the length of the respective tube such that a portion of each dispensing device extends from the respective tube. 
     
     
         3 . The harness of  claim 2 , wherein the harness further includes an article maintained within the first or second tube by the dispensing device. 
     
     
         4 . The harness of  claim 3 , wherein the article is a tourniquet. 
     
     
         5 . The harness of  claim 3 , wherein the dispensing device of the tube having the article is configured to displace the article via the portion of the dispensing device extending from the tube. 
     
     
         6 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the full arm segment has a width of 1.5 inches and a length of 18-20 inches, and the stabilizing segment has a length of 12-18 inches. 
     
     
         7 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein each tube is configured to slide to different positions along a length of a respective petitioned arm segment. 
     
     
         8 . A vest comprising:
 a front panel; and   a harness including   a stabilizing segment;   a full harness arm segment;   a first and second partitioned arm segment of the full harness arm segment formed by the bisection of the full harness arm segment with the stabilizing segment; and   a first and second tube respectively connected to the first and second petitioned arm segment, each of the first and second tube having a diameter respectively corresponding to a width of the first and second petitioned arm segment,   wherein the first partitioned arm segment is threaded through the first tube and the second partitioned arm segment is threaded through the second tube,   
       wherein the harness is affixed to an upper portion of the front panel via horizontally connected first and second portioned arm segments folded around the front panel and vertically connected stabilizing segment folded around the front panel and over the first and second portioned arm segments. 
     
     
         9 . The vest of  claim 8 , wherein each tube includes a dispensing device secured at one end of the respective tube and having a length which is longer than the length of the respective tube such that a portion of each dispensing device extends from the respective tube. 
     
     
         10 . The vest of  claim 8 , wherein the harness further includes an article maintained within the first or second tube by the dispensing device. 
     
     
         11 . The vest of  claim 10 , wherein the article is a tourniquet. 
     
     
         12 . The vest of  claim 10 , wherein the dispensing device of the tube having the article is configured to displace the article via the portion of the dispensing device extending from the tube. 
     
     
         13 . The vest of  claim 8 , wherein the full arm segment has a width of 1.5 inches and a length of 18-20 inches, and the stabilizing segment has a length of 12-18 inches. 
     
     
         14 . The vest of  claim 8 , wherein each tube is configured to slide to different positions along a length of a respective petitioned arm segment. 
     
     
         15 . The vest of  claim 8 , wherein the vest is a ballistic weapon safety vest. 
     
     
         16 . A harness comprising:
 a stabilizing segment;   a full harness arm segment;   a first and second partitioned arm segment of the full harness arm segment formed by the bisection of the full harness arm segment with the stabilizing segment; and   a first and second tube respectively connected to the first and second petitioned arm segment, each of the first and second tube having a diameter respectively corresponding to a width of the first and second petitioned arm segment,   wherein   the first partitioned arm segment is threaded through the first tube and the second partitioned arm segment is threaded through the second tube,   each tube includes a dispensing device secured at one end of the respective tube and having a length which is longer than the length of the respective tube,   the harness further includes an article maintained within the first or second tube by the dispensing device,   the article is a tourniquet,   the dispensing device of the tube having the article is configured to displace the article via the portion of the dispensing device extending from the tube,   each tube is configured to slide to different positions along a length of a respective petitioned arm segment.   
     
     
         17 . The harness of  claim 16 , wherein the full arm segment has a width of 1.5 inches and a length of 18-20 inches, and the stabilizing segment has a length of 12-18 inches.