Patent ID: 6115850
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
A combination of protective garments by a wearer when dealing with hazardous material or contaminants, the combination having a right side and a left side and comprising an inner garment an outer garment, and a pair of gloves, wherein on each of the right and left sides of the combination:(a) the inner garment has a sleeve, which is adapted to cover one arm of the wearer and which has a wrist-covering at one end and an opposite end;(b) a glove of the pair is adapted to cover one wrist and one hand of the wearer, on the arm covered by the inner garment sleeve; the glove has a wrist-covering portion adapted to cover the wrist of the wearer and a hand-covering portion adapted to cover the hand of the wearer; and the wrist-covering portion of the glove is securable to the wrist-covering portion of the inner garment sleeve;(c) the outer garment has a sleeve adapted to cover the inner garment sleeve; the outer garment sleeve has a wrist-covering end and an opposite end; the sleeve has a slit extending from the wrist-covering end of the outer garment sleeve toward the opposite end of the outer garment sleeve; and the slit has two opposite edges;(d) the outer garment has a releasable fastener, which is adapted to fasten the opposite edges of the slit to each other so that the outer garment sleeve is adapted comparatively snugly to embrace the wrist-covering portion of the glove and the wrist-covering portion of the inner garment sleeve, and which is releasable to enable the opposite edges of the slit to separate so as to enable the glove covering the wrist and the hand of the wearer and the inner garment sleeve covering the arm of the wearer to enter the opposite end of the outer garment sleeve and to pass freely through the outer garment sleeve after the wrist-covering portion of the glove has been secured to the wrist-covering portion of the inner garment sleeve; and(e) the outer garment has a gusset, which extends along the slit and joins the opposite edges of the slit to each other, which is adapted to fit within the outer garment sleeve when the outer edges of the slit are fastened to each other, and which enables the outer garment sleeve comparatively loosely to embrace the wrist-covering portion of the glove and the wrist-covering portion of the inner garment sleeve when the opposite edges of the slit are separated; andwherein the inner garment includes a barrier against chemical agents, biological agents, or both, wherein each of the gloves includes a barrier against chemical agents, biological agents, or both, and wherein the outer garment is flame resistant and includes a thermal barrier and a moisture barrier.