Abstract A garment suitable for military and/or police personnel comprises a jacket member constructed of fire retardant cloth, having front and back sections joined along shoulder covering parts, and at least one open side for donning the jacket with a flap extending from the back section partly around and securable to the front section. The jacket member has a plurality of integral external compartments receiving and retaining individual items such as survival kits of food, flares, radio, etc. A ballistic fragmentation protective member, preferably a removable fragmentation protective cloth, has a cover of waterproof material such as vinyl chloride, and is positioned within a pocket formed on the jacket member to cover a major portion of the front, or the front and back of the torso of the wearer. A removable antiballistic armor unit, as of ceramic, is held in a separate pocket means on the jacket member which positions the armor unit across the front of the torso of the wearer, and a separate such unit across the back of the wearer where rear protection is needed. The pockets may include individual fasteners through which the fragmentation protective cloth and/or the armor units can be removed by the wearer when they are not needed.
Inventors
👤 Robert F Roisten
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-27 05:09
CPC Classifications
F; F41; F41H; F41H1/00; F41H1/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
A life-support garment comprising: a. a torso-covering front section, b. means for attaching said front section to a wearer''s torso with said front section adapted to cover substantial portion of the front thereof, c. means defining a first pocket on said front section extending throughout a substantial portion of said front section and adapted to receive an armor unit therein which substantially fills all of said first pocket, d. means defining a second pocket extending substantially coextensively with said first pocket in underlying relationship thereto and adapted to receive a ballistic fragmentation protective member, and e. means defining a plurality of equipment-receiving third pockets mounted on an exterior surface of said front section in spaced relationship to each other and in a center field portion of said front section leaving marginal side edges thereof free of pockets to accommodate harness straps whereby a harness may be worn over said garment with the straps of a harness adapted to extend across said front section and along said marginal side edges thereof and said third pockets remain freely accessible to the wearer of said garment.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
A life-support garment comprising: a. a torso-covering front section, b. means for attaching said front section to a wearer''s torso with said front section adapted to cover substantial portion of the front thereof, c. means defining a first pocket on said front section extending throughout a substantial portion of said front section and adapted to receive an armor unit therein which substantially fills all of said first pocket, d. means defining a second pocket extending substantially coextensively with said first pocket in underlying relationship thereto and adapted to receive a ballistic fragmentation protective member, and e. means defining a plurality of equipment-receiving third pockets mounted on an exterior surface of said front section in spaced relationship to each other and in a center field portion of said front section leaving marginal side edges thereof free of pockets to accommodate harness straps whereby a harness may be worn over said garment with the straps of a harness adapted to extend across said front section and along said marginal side edges thereof and said third pockets remain freely accessible to the wearer of said garment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A garment as defined in claim 1 further comprising: a. a torso-covering back section, and b. means attaching said back section to said front section to position said back section over the back portion of the torsO of a wearer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising: a. means for selectively opening and closing at least some of said pocket means.