Patent ID: 7469424

Claim:
A protective bib formed from an essentially triangular panel of material, comprising: a neck section substantially covering the upper torso of an intended wearer having a collar edge truncating the panel at the narrow end and intersecting with two flanking sleeve edges at the two sides of the panel, whereat two collar straps extend bilaterally from the intersections, each strap having one of a complementary set of fasteners at the end thereof to secure a collar around the neck of the wearer; a middle section substantially covering the lower torso of the wearer; and a lower section substantially covering the lap of the wearer having a lower edge at the wide end of the panel, the lower edge being divided by a perpendicular slit extending substantially to the middle section, the slit dividing the lower section into a lower right portion and a lower left portion, each portion having one of a complementary set of fasteners at the interior and exterior corners thereof, the interior corners of the two portions sharing one of the complementary set of fasteners, the fastener array providing for selectively joining the portions together at the slit or individually joining each portion onto itself at the corners.