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US 2013/0152267 A1Published application
Safety apparatus for a person at an elevated location
OwnerVince Real, Vickie Real +2inventors
InventorsVince Real, Vickie Real, Vernon Heide, Doug Dixon
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Abstract
A safety apparatus for a person includes a harness and jacket worn b the person. The harness includes a dorsal ring and the jacket includes a dorsal opening aligned with the dorsal ring. A safety line can be attached to the dorsal ring without interfering with the operation of the jacket. The jacket is repeatably moveable between positions covering and uncovering the harness so that the jacket can be replaced with another one without removing the harness.
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A safety apparatus, comprising:
- a harness which includes a ring;
- a jacket having an opening extending therethrough, the jacket and harness being repeatably separable from each other;
- a fastening element carried by the jacket;
- a flap carried by the jacket;
- a complementary fastening element carried by the flap;
- wherein the flap is attached to the jacket proximate to a first side portion of the opening, and the fastening element is positioned proximate to a second side portion of the opening.
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A safety apparatus, comprising:
- a harness which includes a dorsal ring;
- a jacket having a dorsal opening extending therethrough, the jacket and harness being repeatably separable from each other;
- and
- a flap carried by the jacket, the flap being repeatably moveable between first and second opposed side portions of the dorsal opening, wherein a centerline of the jacket extends between the first and second opposed side portions.
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A method of manufacturing a safety apparatus, comprising:
- positioning a fastener proximate to a first side portion of a dorsal opening of a jacket;
- positioning a flap proximate to a second side portion of the dorsal opening;
- and
- positioning a complementary fastener so the complementary fastener is carried by the flap;
- wherein a centerline of the jacket extends between the first and second side portions of the dorsal opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.