Closure means for a protective garment

Claim 1

IN A PROTECTIVE GARMENT INCLUDING AN OPENING, FLAPS DEFINING SAID OPENING, SAID FLAPS INCLUDING OPPOSED BODIES OF COHESIVE MATERIAL ADAPTED TO ABUT AND COHERE WHEN SAID FLAPS ARE OVERLAPPED AND PRESSED TOGETHER; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY SPACED AND ALIGNED POCKETS SECURED TO EACH FLAP INWARDLY THEREOF, SAID BODIES OF COHESIVE MATERIAL COMPRISING A FIRST ROW OF VERTICALLY DISPOSED AND SPACED STRIPS SECURED TO SAID POCKETS OF ONE FLAP INWARDLY THEREOF AND A SECOND ROW OF VERTICALLY SPACED AND HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED STRIPS SECURED TO THE POCKETS OF SAID OTHER FLAP OUTWARDLY THEREOF, SAID STRIPS OF ONE FLAP BEING ADAPTED TO CROSS SAID STRIPS OF SAID OTHER FLAP WHEN SAID ONE FLAP IS OVERLAPPED ON SAID OTHER FLAP, AND EACH POCKET BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AT LEAST ONE FINGER OF A WEARER''S HAND THEREIN, WHEREBY TO PROVIDE MEANS FOR MANUALLY OVERLAPPING SAID FLAPS AND PRESSING SAID CROSSED STRIPS INTO COHERING RELATION FROM INSIDE SAID GARMENT TO CLOSE AND SECURE SAID FLAPS.