Patent ID: 6662372
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A firefighter's coat and harness combination comprising a firefighter's coat, which has a thigh strap pocket being openable and closeable, and a firefighter's harness, which has two thigh straps, each thigh strap having a first end, at which said thigh strap is attached permanently to other portions of the harness, each thigh strap having a second end, at which said thigh strap is attachable detachably to other portions of the harness, wherein the thigh straps, while detached at their second ends, are stowable removably in the thigh strap pocket, and wherein the coat has a flap having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge being an upper edge when the coat is worn and the thigh strap pocket is closed and the second edge being a lower edge when the coat is worn and the thigh strap pocket is closed, the flap being foldable along the first edge, oppositely, to close the thigh strap pocket and to open the thigh strap pocket, the second edge being attachable detachably to a rear portion of the coat, when the thigh strap pocket is closed.