Protective apron construction

Claim 1

A MULTI-LAYER PLIANT APRON COMPRISING: (A) A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BODY PANEL ADAPTED TO COVER THE FRONT OF A WEARER''S BODY FROM THE NECK DOWNWARDLY TO BELOW THE WAIST; (B) A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED SHOULDER AND BACK WINGS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BODY PANEL AND EXTENDING GENERALLY UPWARDLY THEREFROM, THE BODY PANEL AND WINGS INCLUDING A SUPPORTING LAYER OF FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL, PROTECTIVE MEANS INCLUDING AN OUTER LAYER OF FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL OVERLYING SAID SUPPORTING LAYER AND JOINED THERETO ALONG MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS OF THE TWO LAYERS, AND A LAYER OF POROUS FOAM MATERIAL UNDERLYING THE WING AND UPPER BODY PANEL PORTIONS OF THE SUPPORTING LAYER AND BEING BONDED THERETO, THE POROUS MATERIAL LAYER BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THICKNESS THAN THE SUPPORTING LAYER AND HAVING A HIGHLY FRICTIONAL INNER EXPOSED SURFACE ADAPTED TO FRICTIONALLY CLING TO A WEARER''S BODY OR CLOTHING ACROSS THE SHOULDERS AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE UPPER CHEST AND BACK AND THEREBY TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE APRON; AND (C) TIE MEANS ATTACHED TO THE BODY PANEL APPROXIMATELY AT THE WAIST LEVEL THEREOF INCLUDING FLEXIBLE STRIPS ATTACHED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY PANEL AND ADAPTED TO BE KNOTTED BEHIND THE WEARER''S BACK.