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US 12,636,526 B1Granted
Safety vest
OwnerNathaniel Brown, Julie Hawkins-Ennisinventors
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Abstract
A safety vest including a vest assembly, an attaching assembly, and a chain assembly. The vest assembly includes a vest. The attaching assembly includes an attaching portion. The attaching portion is attached to the vest. The chain assembly includes a chain, a first hook and a second hook. The first and second hook are attached to the ends of the chain. The first hook is secured to the attaching members. The second hook is secured to a trash truck to secure a user to the trash truck avoiding a person from falling of the trash truck.
Claims2
A safety vest, comprising:
- a vest assembly including a vest, a front portion, a rear portion, and a belt;
- wherein said front portion has an upper portion with a curved shape that defines a neck opening, said upper portion curves inward to accommodate arms of a user, said front portion has a lower portion with a curved shape, said front portion and said rear portion are attached by edges to define a first opening at a bottommost end of said vest assembly, a second opening and a fourth opening that are opposite one to the other for receiving arms of the user, and a third opening for receiving a head of the user, wherein said third opening and said first opening are diametrically opposed to each other, said belt horizontally surrounds said front portion and said rear portion and is capable of adjusting the width of said vest;
- an attaching assembly including an attaching portion, wherein said attaching portion is attached to a central portion of said front portion of said vest;
- said attaching portion comprises two semicircular rings, wherein one end of each semicircular ring is attached to said central portion of said front portion and another end of each semicircular ring is configured to be fixed to a chain assembly;
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- the chain assembly including a chain, a first hook and a second hook, wherein said first hook is attached to an end of said chain, said second hook is attached to another end of said chain, said first hook is secured to said attaching portion and said second hook is configured to be secured to a trash truck to avoid a person from falling from said trash truck, said first hook and said second hook are clevis hooks, said chain comprises oval links and is made of metal.
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A safety vest, consisting of:
- a vest assembly including a vest, adjusting elements and a belt, the vest has a front portion and a rear portion;
- said front portion has an upper portion with a curved shape that defines a neck opening, said upper portion curves inward to accommodate arms of a user, said front portion has a lower portion with a curved shape, said front portion and said rear portion are attached by edges comprising a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge to define a first opening at a bottommost end of said vest assembly, a second opening and a fourth opening that are opposite one to the other for receiving arms of the user, and a third opening for receiving a head of the user, wherein said third opening and said first opening are diametrically opposed to each other:
- the adjusting elements are located on said first edge and said second edge of said vest to connect said front portion and said rear portion and to adjust the length of an upper portion of said vest, said belt horizontally surrounds said front portion and said rear portion and is capable of adjusting the width of said vest;
- an attaching assembly including an attaching portion, wherein said attaching portion is attached to a central portion of said front portion of said vest, said attaching portion consists of two semicircular rings, wherein one end of each semicircular ring is attached to said central portion of said front portion and another end of each semicircular ring is fixed to a chain assembly, said attaching portion is made of metal;
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- a chain assembly including a chain, a first hook and a second hook, wherein said first hook is attached to an end of said chain, said second hook is attached to another end of said chain, said first hook is secured to said attaching portion and said second hook is configured to be secured to a trash truck to avoid a person from falling from said trash truck, said first hook and said second hook are clevis hooks, said chain comprises oval links and is made of metal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.