Patent ID: 6035440
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A41D,A62B

Abstract:
A safety vest adapted to receive a lanyard in secure attachment thereto, the improvement comprising,a harness, the harness having a waist belt with belt ends and a pair of shoulder straps each with strap ends attached to the waist belt and each forming a shoulder loop having a front shoulder loop strap portion and a back shoulder loop strap portion and disposed such that the wearer's arms pass through the shoulder loops,an attachment means on the harness for securing the lanyard to the harness, a garment including an outer shell, the harness inside the outer shell, with pockets with openings in the outer shell providing access from the harness inside the garment to the lanyard external to the jacket, andat least one harness attachment strap extending from the harness opposite a pocket opening to the attachment means attached on its distal end and of length sufficient to pass from the harness through the pocket opening to outside the garment outer shell.