Patent ID: 6961962

Claim:
A combination comprising a closure zipper, which is useful for opening and closing an outer shell of a protective garment, and two liner zippers, which are useful, each on one side of the closure zipper, for attaching and detaching an inner liner for the protective garment, wherein each zipper has two rows of interengageable teeth, wherein, on each side of the closure zipper, a common, fabric tape having two opposite edges is provided, which is adapted to be attached to and within the outer shell, and one of the rows of interengageable teeth of the closure zipper and one of the rows of interengageable teeth of one of the liner zippers are provided along the opposite edges of the common, fabric tape, and wherein the other row of interengageable teeth of each of the liner zippers is attached to one edge of a separate, fabric tape, which is adapted to be attached to the inner liner.