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US 2013/0198928 A1Published application
Quick release garment
AssigneeEagle Industries Unlimited, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Asher, Carl James Quinlan
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Abstract
A quick release garment such as a tactical vest wherein the garment includes a waist belt that is provided with two connector systems, one for manual release of the belt and one for remote release of the belt. The vest may include armor that is generally conformable to the waist shape of a wearer, which armor is insertable within the waist belt of the garment.
Claims40
A garment comprising:
- a front torso panel;
- a rear torso panel;
- a pair of shoulder straps connecting an upper portion of each of the front and rear torso panels together;
- a waist belt mounted to at least one of the front and rear torso panels and positioned to extend around at least a portion of a wearer's waist area and connecting a lower portion of each of the front and rear torso panels together, said waist belt having first and second end portions;
- a first connector system adapted for attaching the first and second waist belt end portions together in a manual release mode;
- a second connector system adapted for attaching the first and second waist belt end portions together in a quick release mode;
- wherein at least one of the first and second connector systems connecting the first and second waist belt end portions together;
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- wherein the second connector system including a retainer device having a portion adjacent the rear torso panel, at least one second connector device and at least one second attachment device operably associated with a respective said second connector device whereby cooperative engagement between the retainer device and the at least one said second device being operable for releasably connecting the first and second waist belt end portions together.
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(canceled)
A vest comprising:
- a front torso panel;
- a rear torso panel;
- a pair of shoulder straps connecting an upper portion of each of the front and rear torso panels together;
- a waist belt secured to at least one of the front and rear torso panels and positioned to extend around at least a portion of a wearer's waist area and connecting a lower portion of each of the front and rear torso panels together, said waist belt having first and second side portions each with a front end portion and a rear end portion and a respective sleeve;
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- at least one flexible armor member retained in at least one of said sleeves and generally conformable to the contour of the wearer adjacent a lower portion of the front and rear torso panels.
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A quick release garment comprising:
- at least one torso member;
- a waist belt mounted to said torso member and positioned to extend around at least a portion of a wearer's waist area, said waist belt having first and second end portions adjacent said torso member;
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- a connector system adapted for releasably connecting the first and second waist belt end portions together, said connector system including first and second attachment devices operable to connect the first and second waist belt end portions together in at least two alternate modes of connection, said first attachment device including an adapter and said connector system further including a retainer device operably connected to the adapter to connect the first and second waist belt end portions together in a quick release mode.
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A garment comprising:
- at least one torso portion;
- a waist belt associated with said at least one torso portion and positioned to extend around at least a portion of a wearer's waist, said waist belt having first and second end portions;
- an adapter member having at least two end portions, one of said adapter member end portions being connectable with the first end portion of said waist belt and the other adapter end portion being connectable with the second end portion of said waist belt;
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- a retainer member operatively associated with said adapter member and with one of said first and second waist belt end portions for releasably connecting said adapter member to one of said first and second waist belt end portions whereby at least a portion of said retainer member is movable to release said adapter member from said one of said first and second waist belt end portions thereby disconnecting the first and second end portions of said waist belt.
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A garment comprising:
- at least one torso portion;
- a waist belt associated with said at least one torso portion and positioned to extend around at least a portion of a wearer's waist, said waist belt having first and second end portions;
- an adapter member having one end portion connectable with one of said first and second waist belt end portions and having another end portion connectable with the other of said first and second waist belt end portions, and wherein one of said adapter member end portions is releasably connectable with one of said first and second waist belt end portions for disconnecting said first and second waist belt end portions;
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- a retainer member operatively connected to the releasable end portion of said adapter member and to the releasable one of said first and second waist belt end portions, said retainer member being movable to release said adapter member from said one of said first and second waist belt end portions.
2 more elements
(canceled)
A vest comprising:
- a front torso panel;
- a rear torso panel;
- a pair of shoulder straps connecting an upper portion of each of the front and rear torso panels together;
- a waist belt secured to at least one of the front and rear torso panels and positioned to extend around at least a portion of a wearer's waist area and connecting a lower portion of each of the front and rear torso panels together, said waist belt having first and second side portions each with a front end portion and a rear end portion and a respective longitudinally extending sleeve;
- and
- at least one flexible armor member retained in at least one said sleeve and generally conformable to the contour of the wearer adjacent a lower portion of the front and rear torso panels.
3 more elements
A quick release garment comprising:
- at least one torso member;
- a waist belt mounted to said torso member and positioned to extend around at least a portion of a wearer's waist area, said waist belt having first and second end portions adjacent said torso member;
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- a connector system adapted for releasably connecting the first and second waist belt end portions together, said connector system including first and second attachment devices operable to connect the first and second waist belt end portions together in at least two alternate modes of connection;
- said first attachment device including an adapter and the connector system further including a retainer device operably connected to the adapter to connect the first and second waist belt end portions together in a quick release mode.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.