Patent ID: 7426753
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A garment suitable to be worn on an upper body portion of a person, consisting essentially of: a base fabric having a front portion and a rear portion, formed with openings for arms and head of the person, the front portion having a breast portion, and a portion that is not the breast portion; a first protective panel attached to the breast portion of the base fabric, but not attached to the front portion that is not the breast portion of the base fabric; a second protective panel attached to the breast portion of the base fabric, but not attached to the front portion that is not the breast portion of the base fabric; and a pair of sleeves attached to the base fabric for receiving the person's arms, each sleeve having an upper-arm portion and a forearm portion, and each sleeve having a third protective panel attached to an inner forearm surface of the forearm portion and not the upper-arm portion of each sleeve, wherein the third protective panel extends approximately half of a way around a perimeter of the forearm portion of each sleeve, and is positioned proximate to a wrist opening on the sleeve, wherein the first and second protective panels are positioned in a non-overlapping configuration, wherein the first and second protective panels are adapted to protect the upper body portion of the person during descent from a vertical surface, wherein each of the first and second protective panels comprises a substantially rectangular panel, wherein the first protective panel is positioned on a right side of the breast portion and proximate to a center of the garment, and the second protective panel is positioned on a left side of the breast portion and proximate to the center of the garment, wherein each of the first, second and third protective panels are separate and distinct panels, remote from each other, and wherein each of the first, second and third protective panels are comprised of aramid fiber.