Back to results
US 5,274,851 AGranted
Protective garment with a resilient support
AssigneeE-Z-EM, Inc.
InventorsTerry Simpkins, Sr., Terry Simpkins, Jr., Robert M. King
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeE-Z-EM, Inc.
InventorsTerry Simpkins, Sr., Terry Simpkins, Jr., Robert M. King
Estimating the term…
A protective garment incorporating radiation resistant materials has a resilient support for conforming to and supporting the weight of the garment across the back of the wearer. The support is a wide resilient band having a first end connected at a first interior side seam and a second end connected at a second interior side seam for extending across an interior back panel surface of the garment. When stretched across the back, the garment weight is distributed uniformly across the back to reduce fatigue. Alternatively, the garment may have a pair of resilient straps which extend from the shoulder seams and sides of a front panel, across the back to the front of the garment. By providing resilient back panels which extend from the shoulders, the front panel weight is distributed over the shoulders and back. Utilizing such a protective garment reduces upper body fatigue for those required to wear such garments.
In a radiology protective garment having radiation shielding material therein, the improvement comprising:
A radiology protective garment containing shielding material therein comprising a back panel, a first front panel and a second front panel, releasable separator means provided for attaching the front panels together and, resilient support means having a first end connected at a first interior side of the back panel and a second end connected at a second interior side of the back panel, the support means extendable across the width of the back panel, the horizontal length of the support means in an unstressed state being less than the width of the back panel such that when the first and second front panels are attached, the support means is stretched across and conforms to the back of a person wearing the garment.
A radiology protective garment having a front panel incorporating at least one leaded panel therein, first and second back panels attached to said front panel, each back panel attached at a shoulder seam and a side seam to the front panel and each back panel being wide and stretchable from the shoulder seams across the back of a wearer and being resilient in a longitudinal direction as well as in a direction perpendicular thereto for conforming to the back of a person wearing the garment, the back panels crossed across the back and having non-resilient portions extendable to meet and engage each other having means for attaching the non-resilient portions to eachother at the to hold the front panel against the body wherein the attachment of the non-resilient portions causes the stretchable back panels to stretch and release substantial weight from the shoulders and distribute the weight across the back.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.