Patent ID: 8011020

Claim:
A shirt constructed of flame-resistant material comprising a front half, a back half, and a sleeve on each side of the shirt, the back half including: a shoulder yoke of flame-resistant material extending between said sleeves of flame-resistant material, a cape portion of flame-resistant material extending downwardly from said shoulder yoke and between said sleeves and having a width, at least one ventilation opening positioned at or near at least one side edge of the cape portion, at least two separate inner panels positioned beneath the cape portion and at least one inner panel extending from at least one edge of the sleeve adjacent the at least one ventilation opening near the at least one side edge of the cape portion toward the center of said back half, and a ventilating panel, fixed to and between the at least two separate inner panels, and extending downwardly from said shoulder yoke, beneath said cape portion, parallel thereto, and having an entire width less than the width of the cape portion, wherein the cape portion and the at least two separate inner panels overlap only at the edges of the cape portion so that the overlapping cape portion and the at least two separate inner panels protect the ventilating panel from the direct exposure of to an electrical arc through the ventilation opening, and wherein said ventilating panel is not completely covered by said at least two separate inner panels.