Patent ID: 7905553

Claim:
A safety device, comprising: a garment shaped to be worn on a torso of a user; a flexible strap attachable to the garment and extending from the garment on first and second sides thereof, the strap having first and second ends; an elongated first fastener component attached at or near the first end of the strap, the first fastener component having a longitudinal direction and being positionable in either a first orientation with the longitudinal direction of the first fastener component oblique or substantially normal to a portion of the strap at or near the first end thereof, or a second orientation with the longitudinal direction of the first fastener component aligned or nearly aligned with a portion of the strap at or near at the first end thereof; and an elongated second fastener component attached at or near the second end of the strap, the second fastener component having a longitudinal direction and being positionable in either a first orientation with the longitudinal direction of the first fastener component oblique or substantially normal to a portion of the strap at or near the second end thereof, or a second orientation with the longitudinal direction of the second fastener component aligned or nearly aligned with a portion of the strap at or near at the second end thereof, wherein the first and second fastener components are capable of locking engagement with each other while joined in the first orientation, and are shaped for being used individually as anchors while in the first orientation and separated from each other, and wherein the first and second fastener components are longer than a width of the strap, the first and second fastener components have respective centroids, and the strap is attached to the respective first and second fastener components at respective locations that are offset from the respective centroids along the lengths of the first and second fastener components.