Patent ID: 7426755
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
1. A protective garment comprising an outer shell, an intermediate liner wearable within the outer shell, and an inner liner wearable within the intermediate liner, and further comprising means for indicating visually to a person observing the outer shell, while the protective garment is being worn, whether the intermediate liner is being worn and whether the inner liner is being worn; wherein the indicating means comprises a tab extending from the intermediate liner and being visible to a person observing the outer shell, while the protective garment is being worn, if the intermediate liner is being worn, and wherein the indicating means comprises a tab extending from the inner liner and being visible to a person observing the outer shell, while the protective garment is being worn, if the inner liner is being worn; and wherein the tab extending from the intermediate liner is manipulatable to an indicating position, in which the tab extending from the intermediate liner can be detachably attached to the outer shell and in which the tab extending from the intermediate liner indicates to a person observing the outer shell, while the protective garment is being worn, that the intermediate liner is being worn and wherein the tab extending from the inner liner is manipulatable to an indicating position, in which the tab extending from the inner liner can be detachably attached to the tab extending from the intermediate liner and in which the tab extending from the inner liner indicates to a person observing the outer shell, while the protective garment is being worn, that the inner liner is being worn.