Undergarment for Use with Protective Vest
OwnerCraig Tymofyinventor
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Abstract
An undergarment to be worn beneath a protective vest or uniform permits escape of perspiration and heat, and ventilation so that the wearer can remain reasonably comfortable while wearing the vest. The undergarment has vertically elongated ribs or bars space the vest away from the torso to create ventilation channels. Heat and perspiration vapor escape at the neck of the vest. The ribs or bars can each comprise a cloth strip or pocket sewn onto the garment, to contain a lightweight rod of open-cell or closed-cell polyethylene foam. Three or more of these ribs can be sewn onto the front, and two or more sewn onto the back.
Claims20
Undergarment to be worn on the torso of a wearer beneath a protective vest or protective uniform, the undergarment comprising a front and back and extending from a lower hem up to a neck opening;
- the undergarment including a plurality of elongated flexible vertical rib members on at least the front of the undergarment, extending vertically from above the lower hem substantially to said neck opening and creating vertical open channels between the undergarment and the protective vest or uniform to allow body heat and moisture to escape out at a neck opening of the vest or uniform.
In combination, a protective vest or uniform that is worn on the torso of a wearer and having a waist at its lower end, a neck opening for the wearer's neck, and openings for the wearer's arms;
- and an undergarment to be worn on the torso of the wearer beneath the protective vest or uniform, the undergarment comprising a front and back and extending from a lower hem up to a neck opening;
- the undergarment including a plurality of elongated flexible vertical rib members on at least the front of the undergarment, extending vertically from above the lower hem substantially to said neck opening and creating vertical open channels between the undergarment and the protective vest or uniform to allow body heat and moisture to escape out at the neck opening thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.