Radiation protective apron

Claim 1

A RADIATION SHIELDING APRON COMPRISING: (A) A BODY MEMBER INCLUDING (1) A TAPERED LOWER PORTION ADAPTED TO FIT BETWEEN THE TIGHTS OF A SEATED HUMAN PATIENT, (2) A MAIN PORTION WHICH LIES ABOVE THE TAPERED POSITION AND IS ADAPTED TO COVER AT LEAST A PART OF THE TORSO OF SUCH PATIENT AND, (3) A PAIR OF SPACED SHOULDER STRAPS WHICH EXTEND UPWARDLY FROM THE UPPER EDGE AND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID MAIN PORTION AND WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO EXTEND OVER THE SHOULDERS OF SUCH PATIENT; (B) A CROSS STRAP ADAPTED TO EXTEND BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER STRAPS; (C) ADJUSTABLE MEANS SECURING SAID CROSS STRAP TO SAID SHOULDER STRAPS TO HOLD THE BODY MEMBER IN THE DESIRED POSITION IN RELATION TO A SEATED PATIENT; AND (D) A BIB AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE BIB TO SAID SHOULDER STRAPS AT ANY OF VARIOUS POSITIONS TO ADJUST THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID BODY PORTION FOR PATIENTS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; THE TAPERED LOWER PORTION AND THE MAIN PORTION OF SAID BODY MEMBER BEING FORMED OF RADIATION ABSORPTIVE MATERIAL.