Patent ID: 9700085
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A41D,A62B

Claim:
1. A protective garment comprising: a body comprising a front portion, a rear portion and a neck opening; a left sleeve attached to the body at a left sleeve opening and a right sleeve attached to the body at a right sleeve opening; a left leg and a right leg each extending from the body; a left shoulder region located between the left sleeve opening and the neck opening; a right shoulder region located between the right sleeve opening and the neck opening; a crotch region comprising a crotch point where the left and right legs meet the body, wherein a crotch axis extends horizontally through the crotch point when the garment is worn by a person standing upright; a first strap comprising a first strap upper portion and a first strap lower portion, and a second strap comprising a second strap upper portion and a second strap lower portion, wherein the first strap and the second strap are each directly attached to a material forming the rear portion of the body wherein at least a portion of the first strap comprises an elastic strap that returns to at or near an original length after removal of an elongation force causing elastic elongation of the elastic strap of 10% or more, and wherein the first strap is directly attached to the material forming the rear portion of the body while the at least a portion of the first strap comprising the elastic strap is elastically elongated such that the material forming the rear portion is shirred where directly attached to the first strap when the first strap is in a relaxed configuration; and a first strap line extending from the left shoulder region to the right leg on the rear portion of the body and a second strap line extending from the right shoulder region to the left leg on the rear portion of the body, wherein the first strap line and second strap line intersect at an intersection; wherein the first strap upper portion is positioned coincident with the first strap line above the intersection, and the second strap upper portion is positioned coincident with the second strap line above the intersection, and further wherein the first strap lower portion is positioned coincident with one of the first strap line or the second strap line below the intersection, and the second strap lower portion is positioned coincident with the other of the first strap line or the second strap line below the intersection wherein the body comprises a waist region located entirely below the left and right sleeve openings and entirely above the crotch point, and wherein the intersection of the first strap line and the second strap line is located within the waist region.