Patent ID: 7448093
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: A41D,A43B,A62B

Abstract:
1. A safety suit for the gas- or liquid-proof connection of gloves or boots with arm or leg openings, the safety suit comprising: safety suit arm or leg opening material having an outer surface and an inner surface; a glove leg or boot-leg material having a glove leg or boot-leg outer surface; a support ring having a support ring inner surface and a support ring outer surface, said support ring outer surface being in contact with an inner side of said glove leg or boot-leg; an elastic cuff connected to said support ring inner surface, said elastic cuff being moveable from a non-use position to a use position, said cuff forming a first folded portion and a second folded portion in said use position to press said safety suit arm or leg opening material against said glove leg or boot-leg, wherein said first folded portion seals at least a portion of said safety suit arm or leg opening material, said glove leg or boot-leg material and said support ring, and said second folded portion is folded in a direction opposite of said first folded portion such that said second folded portion is located at a spaced location from said first folded portion, said elastic cuff being in contact with said inner surface of said safety suit arm or leg opening material in said non-use position, said outer surface of said safety suit arm or leg opening material extending substantially parallel to said to said boot-leg outer surface.