Abstract: A carrier assembly including a harness and a front bullet-proof chest plate; a first strap provided with a first element of a first quick connector; a second strap provided with a first element of a second quick connector; a third strap provided with a second element of the first quick connector; a fourth strap provided with a second element of the second quick connector; the front bullet-proof chest plate including third and fourth elements for cooperating respectively with the first and second elements of the first quick connector; and fifth and sixth elements for cooperating respectively with the first and second elements of the second quick connector.

Abstract: A harness comprises a non-openable and entirely closed belt and adjuster (11) enabling adjustment of the dimension of the belt to allow passage at the hips of the user. The adjuster may be a strap (12) having two self-gripping strips, one being of the buckle type (13) and the other of the hook type (14). The strap (12) is attached to one end of the belt, at the back of a roping up bow (15) and is passed through a ring (16) attached to the other end portion of the belt, its end provided with the hook type self-gripping strip (14) is folded back against its portion with the buckle type self-gripping strip (13). When the self-gripping strips are separated, the belt recovers its maximum length to pass over the hips of the user. The harnesses can take any harnesses form including shorts, Bermuda shorts or trousers.

Abstract: A backpack having a front panel normally riding on the back of the wearer according to this invention has a front panel which is vertically elongated and which is formed of an at least semirigid shell having a shape generally complementary to that of the back of the wearer and constucted to be relatively bendable longitudinally and relatively stiff transversely. Thus the panel can bend forward and back, that is about a horizontal axis, but cannot flex about a vertical axis. This is achieved by forming the shell with transverse rigidifying formations so it is longitudinally relatively bendable and transversely relatively stiff. These formations according to this invention are ridges or grooves.