Patent ID: 8151371
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A41D,A62B

Abstract:
1. A jacket of the type used by firefighters as protective garment, wherein a collar of the jacket projects upwardly from a shoulder/torso portion in a protective configuration, the collar comprising a lower edge connected to the shoulder/torso portion of the jacket in a straight seam, an upper exposed edge spaced apart from the lower edge, and a given shape to the upper exposed edge such that a variable height is defined between the lower edge and the upper exposed edge along the upper exposed edge, and wherein in the protective configuration with the collar projecting upwardly the given shape is as a function of anatomical features of a wearer of the jacket and defines two opposed concave edge portions in the upper exposed edge with the concave edge portions being located on opposite sides of the collar and each extending frontwardly from an adjacent convex edge portion, the concave edge portions being in alignment with the respective jaw sides of the wearer, the given shape defining two opposed other concave edge portions in the upper exposed edge with each other concave edge portion being located in alignment with a respective ear of the wearer, each concave edge portion being connected to a respective one of the other concave edge portions through the adjacent convex edge portion.