Patent ID: 7578005
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: A41B,A41D

Abstract:
1. A shirt constructed of flame resistant material comprising a front half, a back half, and a sleeve on each side of the shirt, the back half including: a shoulder yoke of flame resistant material extending between said sleeves of flame resistant material, a cape portion of flame resistant material extending downwardly from said shoulder yoke and between said sleeves and having a width, at least one ventilation opening positioned at or near at least one side edge of the cape portion, at least two separate safety panels positioned beneath the cape portion and extending from along at least one edge of the sleeve adjacent the ventilation opening near the edge of the cape portion toward the center of said back half, and an inner mesh panel, fixed to and between said at least two separate safety panels, and extending downwardly from said shoulder yoke, beneath said cape portion, parallel thereto, and having an entire width less than the width of the cape portion, wherein the cape portion and the at least two separate safety panels overlap only at the edges of the cape portion so that the overlapping cape portion and at least two separate safety panels protect the mesh panel from direct infrared exposure through the ventilation opening, and wherein said mesh panel is not completely covered by said at least two separate safety panels.