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US 2002/0152533 A1Published application
Enhanced visibility safety garment
OwnerGary M. Lesleyinventor
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Abstract
An improved high visibility PPE safety garment (10) comprises front panels (12, 14) and a rear panel (16) reinforced by an arrangement of contrasting straps (26, 28) with retroreflective strips (30) thereon extending across the front, back and sides to enhance visibility from all viewing angles. The PPE safety garment (10) is readily adjustable for proper fit over various outer garments of differently sized wearers. A second embodiment (50) is also disclosed.
Claims1
An enhanced visibility safety garment, which comprises:
- a rear panel having top, bottom and side edges, and inside and outside surfaces;
- a pair of front panels, each front panel having top, bottom and side edges, and inside and outside surfaces;
- said front and rear panels being of sufficient length to cover the torso of a wearer;
- the top edges of said front panels being secured in spaced apart relationship to the top edge of said rear panel in order to form a generally V-shaped neck opening;
- said front and rear panels being formed of a flexible, but substantially inextensible synthetic woven material;
- means for releasably securing the adjacent inner side edges of said front panels;
- a pair of longitudinal straps, each strap extending substantially continuously across the outside surfaces of said rear panel and the respective front panel between the top and bottom edges thereof;
- means for securing said longitudinal straps to said front and rear panels;
- said longitudinal straps being formed of a flexible, but substantially inextensible synthetic webbing material;
- at least one retroflective strip secured to each longitudinal strap;
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- means for releasably securing the adjacent outer side edges of said front and rear panels in adjustable spaced-apart relationship according to the size of the wearer.
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