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Protective garment having retaining bag

  • US 5,410,758 A
  • Filed: 11/15/1993
  • Issued: 05/02/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A reusable protective garment, comprising;

  • a fluid repellent front panel sized and shaped to cover at least an upper torso of a user;

    first and second fluid repellent back panels fixedly attached along side seams to the front panel and adapted for detachable fastening to each other;

    means for detachably securing free edges of the back panels, said securing means comprising at least one elongated fastener attached to a collar portion of the first back panel, an inner surface of the fastener and a collar portion of the second back panel being provided with discrete strips of matching hook and loop fastening material, the length of said elongated fastener being greater than a length of the strip of the fastening material secured to the second back panel, so as to allow self-mating of the elongated fastener when the garment is being cleaned, said collar portions carrying a stretchable woven collar;

    a pair of fluid repellent sleeve portions, said sleeve portions being provided with stretchable woven cuffs; and

    a fluid repellent retaining bag fixedly attached to a lower interior surface of the front panel, said bag comprising a reversible bag panel and a flap secured along opposite sides to corresponding sides of the bag panel, said flap having an unsecured side which extends horizontally across entire length of the bag panel, said bag receiving and retaining a contaminated folded protective garment when the bag and the flap are turned inside out, thereby preventing exposure of contaminated surfaces of the garment.

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