Patent Publication Number: US-9901126-B2

Title: Protective garment assembly

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     The disclosure relates to garment devices and more particularly pertains to a new garment device for preventing a constricting snake from attacking a user. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a suit that may be worn by a user. A body portion of the suit may be worn on the user&#39;s torso. A pair of arm portions of the suit each may be positioned around an associated one of the user&#39;s arms. A plurality of leg portions of the suit each may be positioned around an associated one of the user&#39;s legs. A plurality of blades is coupled to each of the body, arm and leg portions of the suit. A constricting snake cannot constrict the user without being injured by the plurality of blades. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front view of a protective garment assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a left side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new garment device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the protective garment assembly  10  generally comprises a suit  12  that may be worn by a user  14 . The suit  12  may be comprised of a rigid material such as plastic or other similar material. The suit  12  includes a body portion  16  of the suit  12 . 
     The body portion  16  of the suit  12  has a pair of sleeves  18  movably coupled to each of a pair of shoulders  20  of the body portion  16  of the suit  12 . The user  14  wears the body portion  16  of the suit  12  so each of the user&#39;s legs  22  extends outwardly through a girdle  24  of the body portion  16  of the suit  12 . Each of the user&#39;s arms  26  extends outwardly through an associated one of the pair of sleeves  18  on the body portion  16  of the suit  12 . The body portion  16  of the suit  14  may be worn on the user&#39;s torso  28 . 
     A helmet  30  is provided. The helmet  30  may be worn on the user&#39;s head  32 . The helmet  30  may be an open face helmet of any conventional design. 
     The suit  12  includes a pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12 . The pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12  each has an outer wall  36  extending between a first end  38  and a second end  40  of each of the pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12 . Each of the first  38  and second  40  ends of the pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12  is open. The pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12  is each substantially hollow. Finally, the outer wall  36  of each of the pair of arms portions  34  of the suit  12  has a cylindrical shape. 
     The outer wall  36  of each of the pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12  is split between the first  38  and second  40  ends of each of the pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12 . Each of the pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12  are positionable between an open and a closed position. Each of the pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12  may be positioned around an associated one of the user&#39;s forearms  42 . 
     The suit  12  includes a plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12 . The plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  each has an exterior wall  46  extending between each of a primary end  48  and a secondary end  50  of each of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12 . Each of the primary  48  and secondary  50  ends of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  is open. Additionally, each of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  is substantially hollow. The exterior wall  46  of each of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  has a cylindrical shape. 
     The exterior wall  46  of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  is split between the primary  48  and secondary  50  ends of each of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12 . Each of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  is positionable between an open position and a closed position. Moreover, the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  may each be positioned around an associated one of the user&#39;s legs  22 . 
     A plurality of locks  54  is provided. Each of the plurality of locks  54  is coupled to the outer  36  and exterior  46  walls of an associated one of each of the pair of arm portions  34  and plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12 . The plurality of locks  54  are each positioned proximate the split in the exterior wall  46  and outer wall  36  of each of the pair of arm portions  34  and the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12 . The plurality of locks  54  retains each of the arm  34  and leg  44  portions of the suit  12  in the closed position. 
     The plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  comprise a pair of sets  56  of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12 . Each of the pair of sets  56  of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12  is positionable around an associated one of the user&#39;s upper  58  and lower  60  legs. Each of the user&#39;s knees  62  and each of the user&#39;s feet  64  are exposed. 
     A plurality of blades  66  is provided. Each of the plurality of blades  66  has a top edge  68  and a bottom edge  70 . The top  68  and bottom  70  edges of the plurality of blades  66  taper to a point on a front end  71  of each of the plurality of blades  66 . The bottom edge  70  of each of the plurality of blades  66  is coupled to each of the body  16 , arm  34  and leg  44  portions of the suit  12 . A constricting snake  72  cannot constrict the user  14  without being injured by the plurality of blades  66 . 
     A group of body ones  74  of the plurality of blades  66  each is coupled to each of the pair of shoulders  20  of the body portion  16  of the suit  12  and each of the pair of sleeves  18  of the body portion  16  of the suit  12 . Additionally, a pair of arm ones  76  of the plurality of blades  66  each is coupled to the outer wall  36  of an associated one of the pair of arm portions  34  of the suit  12 . A group of leg ones  78  of the plurality of blades  66  each is coupled to the exterior wall  46  of an associated one of the pair of sets  56  of the plurality of leg portions  44  of the suit  12 . Finally, a group of helmet ones  80  of the plurality of blades  66  is each coupled to an extraneous side  82  of the helmet  30 . 
     In use, the user  14  wears each of the body  16 , arm  34  and leg  44  portions of the suit  12  prior to going to sleep. The user  14  is protected from being attacked by the constricting snake  72  while the user  14  sleeps. Additionally, the user  14  wears the suit  12  if the user  14  is going to be entering the constricting snake&#39;s  72  natural environment. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.