Self adjustable harness or sling

Claim 1

In a self-adjustable harness for selective use alternatively as a sling when attached to a fixed support to cradle or stabilize, a human body or as a towing harness for pulling a movable object, comprising: a first pair of endless straps of approximately equal linear dimension to be disposed upon a user's body; a pair of independent rings through which both of said straps are loosely slidable; elongated rope means comprising a separate length of strap means having one end adapted to be secured selectively to a fixed support or to an object to be pulled; said first pair of endless straps being doubled back upon themselves in passing through each of said rings to provide a cradling means for the body of a user or to be worn on the body when pulling an object; the other end of said separate strap means including a buckle means through which said length of strap means passes serially to each of said rings in one direction to thereafter pass through each of said rings and to return in the opposite direction to pass again through said buckle means, whereby four plies of material are disposed on the side of said buckle means away from said rings, said four plies of material being secured to each other at that location; said buckle means being slidable on said strap means toward and away from said rings to vary the size of said cradling means.