Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080196145 | Hood with enlargeable face opening - A protective hood is provided for covering at least a portion of a wearer's head. The hood includes an upper head covering section, a posterior head covering section, a neck covering section and an anterior head covering section. The anterior head covering section includes a window through which a portion of the wearer's face is exposed. The hood also includes an expansion gap which permits the wearer's head to pass through the window. | 08-21-2008 |
20080256678 | Drag harness and pocket - A drag harness for use with a protective garment for a fire fighter or emergency worker is provided. The drag harness includes a gripping loop having a pull strap affixed thereto. The pull strap extends from an aperture in the protective garment such that the drag loop can be pulled through the aperture to drag the wearer. Furthermore, the protective garment may include a pocket wherein a portion of the drag loop may be contained when in a stored state. | 10-23-2008 |
20080256689 | Rolled edge pocket flap - A closure for use with a pocket for a protective garment is provided. The closure includes a margin, a closure body and an edge. The edge is thicker than the closure body so as to provide better tactile feedback for the wearer. The edge may also include an insert located within the edge. | 10-23-2008 |
20080256690 | Rounded contour pocket - A protective garment for a firefighter or emergency worker is provided. The protective garment includes a generally cylindrically shaped limb covering portion such as a sleeve or pant leg. A pocket is affixed to the limb covering portion and includes a bottom portion having an inner margin with an unstressed shape conforming to the generally cylindrically shaped limb covering portion. | 10-23-2008 |
20080263755 | Protective garment having lower torso-covering and leg-covering portions and equipped with drag harness or drag harnesses - As worn by a firefighter or by an emergency rescue worker, a protective garment having a lower torso-covering portion and two leg-covering portions is equipped with a drag harness or drag harnesses. Each drag harness is accessible through an aperture or apertures somewhere in the lower torso-covering and leg-covering portions. In the illustrated and described embodiments, the protective garment is equipped with two knee pads. Each knee pad is manipulatable between a position wherein such knee pad covers the aperture or apertures in a given one of the leg-covering portions and positions wherein such knee pad does not cover the aperture or apertures in the given one of the leg-covering portions. Each knee pad may serve as a flap or may be completely detachable. | 10-30-2008 |
20080289083 | Drag harness with arm loops and handle - A drag harness ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080289086 | Protective garment and drag harness with flap - A protective garment for a fire fighter or emergency worker is provided. The protective garment includes an outer shell and a drag harness located at least substantially within the outer shell. The drag harness includes a wearer portion, a gripping portion and a flap operably coupled to the gripping portion. The flap is releasably secured to the outer shell in a stored state. The flap and the gripping portion remaining operably coupled to one another and extend away from the outer shell in a deployed state to drag a wearer. | 11-27-2008 |
20080289089 | Drag harness with multiple gripping locations - A drag harness for use with a protective garment for a fire fighter or emergency worker is provided. The protective garment includes an outer shell having a main body portion and at least two limb covering portions. The drag harness includes a wearer loop and at least two gripping portions. A first gripping portion is located at a first limb covering portion while a second gripping portion is located at a second limb covering portion. Each of the gripping portions is located adjacent the outer shell in a non-deployed state and extend away from the outer shell in a deployed state whereby a rescuer can drag a wearer. | 11-27-2008 |
20090077709 | Protective garment for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker wearing a weight-bearing harness over the exterior of the protective garment - A protective garment ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090077725 | Protective garment for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker wearing a weight-bearing harness over the exterior of the protective garment - A protective garment ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090100567 | Firefighter's coat with liner in tail pocket - A firefighter's coat including an outer shell and a liner. The outer shell has an inner surface, an outer surface, a front opening with a closure, and a downwardly extending rear tail. The liner has an outer surface facing the inner surface of the shell providing a barrier against the environment. The liner outer surface has a bottom edge loose from the outer shell inner surface to facilitate air circulation for drying when the coat is not in use, and a pocket is defined along the bottom of the outer shell tail and adapted to receive the rear of the liner bottom edge when the coat is in use. A releasable fastener is adapted to releasably secure the liner in the pocket. | 04-23-2009 |
20090260125 | Protective garment having two sleeves, each attached so as to extend in a forward direction when unstressed - A protective garment of a type preferably conforming to at least one NFPA standard and worn by firefighters and by emergency rescue workers has a body, which has two sleeve mouths, and has two sleeves. Each sleeve is attached to the body by being sewn thereto, along and around a margin of an associated one of the sleeve mouths, so as to extend in a forward direction when unstressed. The forward direction may be a forward and downward direction, a forward and upward direction, or a forward and lateral direction. The protective garment may be a protective coat, a protective jacket, a protective shirt, or a suit of protective coveralls. | 10-22-2009 |
20090307822 | Protective garment for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker and including a belt tunnel - A protective garment ( | 12-17-2009 |
20090320190 | Protective garment for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker and having a detachable cuff/wristlet - A protective garment ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100031416 | High Visibility Safety Apparel - A high visibility safety vest for use with an air/oxygen bottle such as used with a SCBA. The vest includes a torso covering portion of high visibility material. The torso covering portion includes a back panel with an air/oxygen bottle receiving cover of the high visibility material formed in the back panel to extend therefrom and cover an air/oxygen bottle of a SCBA worn by a wearer of the vest. | 02-11-2010 |
20100031417 | High Visibility Safety Apparel - A high visibility garment is provided for use by fire fighters and other emergency workers, and allows for large adjustment in size to accommodate both small and large body sizes, as well as worker apparel that can vary from a t-shirt to bunker gear or other heavy duty protective outerwear. | 02-11-2010 |
20100031422 | Protective Hood - A protective hood for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker. The hood includes a crown portion to cover the top of a wearer's head, the crown portion being made from a material having a primary stretch direction oriented to extend in a transverse (ear-to-ear) direction across the top of a wearer's head; and a lower portion that extends downward from the crown portion, the lower portion being made from a material having a primary stretch direction oriented to extend in a circumferential direction around a wearer's head. | 02-11-2010 |
20110138522 | Protective garment wearable with boots and comprising attached socks - For a firefighter, rescue worker, or chemical worker or for a person engage in an outdoor activity, a protective garment wearable with a pair of boots having leg-encasing portions comprises a pair of leg portions. Fitting into an associated one of the pair of boots, each leg portion has an attached sock, which may be detachably detached. The garment further comprises a pair of cuffs, each being attached to and around an associated one of the leg portions so as to extend downwardly over and around an upper area on the leg-encasing portion of an associated one of the boots. | 06-16-2011 |