Patent ID: 7739749
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: A41D,A62B,F41H

Abstract:
1. For a military or paramilitary firefighter or emergency worker, a protective garment, which is reversible, which has a first shell of high visibility with portions that are reflective, fluorescent, or both, which has a second shell of low visibility without such portions, which has a moisture barrier between the first and second shells, and which is wearable with either the first or second shell facing outwardly and with the other of the first and second shells facing inwardly, wherein NFPA 1971 refers to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1971 standard for “Protective Clothing for Structural Fire Fighting” and wherein each shell conforms in terms of heat resistance, flame resistance, and tear strength to all applicable standards of NFPA 1971 for heat resistance, flame resistance, and tear strength of outer shells of protective clothing covered by NFPA 1971.