Patent ID: 8710477

Claim:
A radiation protective garment for use by a wearer having a waist and shoulders, comprising in combination: a flexible inner layer having a plurality of apertures defined therein, an outer layer and a radiation protective layer disposed between said inner layer and said outer layer, said garment having a weight, a first side, a second side, two shoulder portions, a front portion and a rear portion, each of said front and rear portions having a top portion, a waist portion and a bottom portion; first and second stay members each formed in an inverted U-shape, said first and second stay members disposed within said garment, each stay member having front and rear ends and a top portion, each stay member extending from its front end at its respective front waist portion of said garment vertically over its respective top portion corresponding to the shoulder area of the wearer and downward to its rear end at said rear waist portion of said garment; a support belt having means to attach said belt to said garment around said outer covering at said waist portion of said garment and means for securing said support belt tightly around said waist of said wearer; said support belt positioning said top portions of said first and second stay members above said shoulders of said wearer wherein all of said weight of said garment is supported by said first and second stay members which are held in place by the support of said support belt by said front and rear ends of said stay members by said belt supported at said waist of said wearer; said outer layer and radiation protective layer each having an air entry aperture defined therethrough in a portion of said garment above said support belt; air-movement means disposed on said exterior of said garment; and a pipe connecting said air-movement means to said air entry aperture of said garment for directing a flow of air from the exterior said garment through said air entry aperture of said garment to the space defined between said radiation protective material layer and said inner layer, said air further passing through said plurality of apertures of said inner layer to be directed against the body of the wearer for cooling of said wearer.