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US 8,522,369 B2Granted
Garment protective system
AssigneeSullivans, Inc.
InventorMarc A. Bay
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Abstract
A garment protective system includes a protective member and an adjustable member. In another aspect of the present invention, body armor inside a jacket is repositionable due to adjustment of a coupled adjustment strap. A further aspect of the present invention provides a waist belt adjustably coupled to a shoulder area and/or a back area of a jacket.
Claims33
A garment system comprising:
- a jacket;
- a body armor member coupled to the jacket;
- and an adjustable strap operably and adjustably positioning the body armor member relative to at least a portion of the jacket in a predetermined position set by the user, wherein the body armor member is a three-dimensionally preformed shoulder pad located inside of the jacket.
A garment system comprising:
- a jacket;
- multiple protective pads coupled to the jacket;
- and an adjustable member coupled to the pads, wherein the pads comprise at least two three-dimensionally preformed shoulder pads located inside of the jacket.
A garment system comprising:
- a jacket;
- an adjustable belt located at a waist of the jacket;
- and an adjustable member spanning between the belt and a shoulder area of the jacket, and further comprising a protective pad located at the shoulder area of the jacket, wherein the adjustable member operably varies the orientation of the pad relative to the belt through length adjustment of the adjustable member.
A garment system comprising:
- a motorcycle garment;
- and an adjustable member spanning between a back area of the garment and a shoulder area of the garment;
- the distance between the back area and shoulder area being varied by adjustment of the adjustable member.
A garment system comprising:
- a first shoulder protective member;
- a waist belt;
- a second back protective member having an elongated configuration substantially from a transverse line through the shoulder member substantially to the waist belt;
- a first adjustable strap spanning between the belt and at least one of the members;
- and a second adjustable strap spanning between the protective members;
- adjustment of the straps operably varying relative positioning of the protective members.
3 more elements
A method of manufacturing a jacket, the method comprising:
- (a) making a jacket with an outer layer and an inner liner;
- (b) attaching pockets to the jacket;
- (c) inserting protective pads in the pockets;
- (d) attaching a substantially inelastic adjustable member to the pockets;
- and (e) setting a length of the adjustable member to one of various possible set positions, and further comprising:
- creating air flow vents in the outer layer of the jacket;
- and forming at least one of the protective pads in a three dimensional shape prior to attachment to the jacket.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.