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Safety vest
Assignee: Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail
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Filing: 1983-06-13
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Granted: 1985-04-23
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Expires: 2003-06-13
Abstract
Abstract The safety vest of the present disclosure comprises a front panel and a r panel forming a torso encircling garment and displaying a plurality of strap receiving guide strips; a strap arrangement is associated with this garment and includes two main pairs of straps, each strap of the first pair forming a continuous detachable loop with a front portion, a back portion, a shoulder portion and a hip portion, and each strap of the second pair forming also a continuous detachable loop which is adapted to surround the thigh of a user and which is engaged with the lowermost part of the front portion of the first pair of straps; buckles are associated with each strap of each pair for detaching the loops.
Inventors
- 👤 Garry Savage
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:08
CPC Classifications
A; A62; A62B; A62B35/00; A62B35/0006; A62B35/0018
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
A safety vest comprising: (a) a front section and a rear section forming a torso encircling garment; (b) a plurality of strap guide means attached to said garment; (c) a strap arrangement associated with said guide means and said garment, said arrangement including (i) a first pair of separate straps, each forming a continuous detachable loop with a front portion, a back portion, a shoulder portion and a hip portion, and each passing through associated guide means on said garment; said front portion extending vertically over said garment; (ii) a second pair of separate straps, each forming a continuous detachable loop adapted to surround the thigh of a user and engaging a lower-most part of the front portion of said first pair of straps; the engagement of the second pair of straps to the lower-most part of the first pair of straps being at its front-most portions so that, at impact following an accidental fall, a major portion of the forces exerted on the strap arrangement are transmitted to the second pair of straps which cause the thighs to pivot and to provoke a dynamic resistance by the thigh muscles; and (d) buckle means associated with each strap of each pair for detaching said loops.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
205 words
A safety vest comprising: (a) a front section and a rear section forming a torso encircling garment; (b) a plurality of strap guide means attached to said garment; (c) a strap arrangement associated with said guide means and said garment, said arrangement including (i) a first pair of separate straps, each forming a continuous detachable loop with a front portion, a back portion, a shoulder portion and a hip portion, and each passing through associated guide means on said garment; said front portion extending vertically over said garment; (ii) a second pair of separate straps, each forming a continuous detachable loop adapted to surround the thigh of a user and engaging a lower-most part of the front portion of said first pair of straps; the engagement of the second pair of straps to the lower-most part of the first pair of straps being at its front-most portions so that, at impact following an accidental fall, a major portion of the forces exerted on the strap arrangement are transmitted to the second pair of straps which cause the thighs to pivot and to provoke a dynamic resistance by the thigh muscles; and (d) buckle means associated with each strap of each pair for detaching said loops.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A safety vest as defined in claim 1 further comprising a third pair of straps disposed over said front section and interconnecting said front portions of said first pair at vertically spaced locations; and buckle means associated with each strap of said third pair.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A safety vest as defined in claim 1, wherein said lowermost part of each front portion of each strap of said first pair is folded; each strap of said second pair being received in the folded area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A safety vest as defined in claim 3, wherein said folded area defines a junction between said front portion and said hip portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A safety vest as defined in claim 1, wherein said front section of said garment includes closure means extending vertically and centrally thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
A safety vest as defined in claim 1, wherein said garment is sleeveless.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A safety vest as defined in claim 1, wherein each said strap of said second pair includes a pad slidably mounted thereon and disposed rearwardly of said lowermost part of said front portion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A safety vest as defined in claim 1, further comprising a cable connecting unit attached to said back section; each said back portion of said first pair of straps engaging said unit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A safety vest as defined in claim 1, wherein said buckle means of said second pair of straps are disposed outwardly relative to said lowermost part of said front portion of said first pair.
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