A safety vest incorporates a safety harness between a vest inner lining and a vest outer shell with attachment couplers and rings incorporated in the vest in vest pockets that store the attachment couplers and rings out of sight in communicating between harness and a lanyard external to the vest. Thus, the attachment rings are stored in vest pockets except during use, making the vest appear as a normal garment suitable for general wear off a work location or during general harness nonuse periods. Storing the rings in vest pockets also avoids the rings becoming annoyances or hazards. The harness is multiuse and versatile with attachment rings and couplers in various locations on the harness so a wearer can move between different applications, including a ring on the dorsal back for use in fall arrest, rings on waist sides so the vest can be used for work positioning, a coupler at the sternum, a ring at the waist buckle for repel attachments, and leg straps for support below the waist when required. In each case, the attachment ring is conveniently stored out of sight during nonuse in a vest pocket. The safety harness can be inspected through the lumbar pocket.
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18. A safety vest adapted to receive a lanyard in secure attachment thereto,
the improvement comprising, a harness including a pair of shoulder straps, an attachment means on the harness for securing the lanyard to the harness, a garment including an outer shell, the harness inside the outer shell, with a pocket with an opening in the outer shell providing access from the harness inside the garment to the lanyard external to the garment, and at least one harness attachment strap extendable from the harness opposite said pocket opening to the attachment means attached on its distal end and of length sufficient to pass from the harness through the pocket opening to outside the garment outer shell, said harness attachment strap storable within the outer shell pocket during nonuse.
1. A safety vest adapted to receive a lanyard in secure attachment thereto, the improvement comprising,
a harness, the harness having a waist belt with belt ends and a pair of shoulder straps each with strap ends attached to the waist belt and each forming a shoulder loop having a front shoulder loop strap portion and a back shoulder loop strap portion and disposed such that the wearer's arms pass through the shoulder loops, an attachment means on the harness for securing the lanyard to the harness, a garment including an outer shell, the harness inside the outer shell, with pockets with openings in the outer shell providing access from the harness inside the garment to the lanyard external to the jacket, and at least one harness attachment strap extending from the harness opposite a pocket opening to the attachment means attached on its distal end and of length sufficient to pass from the harness through the pocket opening to outside the garment outer shell.
8. A safety vest adapted to receive a lanyard in secure attachment thereto, the improvement comprising,
a harness, the harness having a waist belt with belt ends and a pair of shoulder straps each with strap ends attached to the waist belt and each forming a shoulder loop having a front shoulder loop strap portion and a back shoulder loop strap portion and disposed such that the wearer's arms pass through the shoulder loops, an attachment means on the harness for securing the lanyard to the harness, a garment including an outer shell, the harness inside the outer shell, with pockets with openings in the outer shell providing access from the harness inside the garment to the lanyard external to the jacket, a left and a right sternum strap each attached at a sternum strap proximal end to a respective front shoulder loop portion, the sternum straps having releasably interlockable distal ends, a right and a left sternum pocket adapted to store the sternum straps with openings in the outer shell through which the respective sternum straps pass from their storage position inside the sternum pocket to external the outer shell.
11. A safety vest adapted to receive a lanyard in secure attachment thereto, the improvement comprising,
a harness, the harness having a waist belt with belt ends and a pair of shoulder straps each with strap ends attached to the waist belt and each forming a shoulder loop having a front shoulder loop strap portion and a back shoulder loop strap portion and disposed such that the wearer's arms pass through the shoulder loops, an attachment means on the harness for securing the lanyard to the harness, a garment including an outer shell, the harness inside the outer shell, with pockets with openings in the outer shell providing access from the harness inside the garment to the lanyard external to the jacket, a first pair of releasably interlocking leg straps and a second pair of releasably interlocking leg straps, each leg strap of the first and second pair depending from the waist belt, a pair of first leg strap pockets adapted to respectively store the first leg straps with openings in the outer shell through which the respective first leg straps may pass from their storage positions inside the first leg strap pockets to external the outer shell, a vest lumbar pocket adapted to store the second leg straps with an opening in the outer shell through which the second leg straps may pass from their storage positions inside lumbar pocket to external the outer shell for use, the distal ends of first and second leg straps interlockable to form a loop around a wearer's leg.
14. A safety vest adapted to receive a lanyard in secure attachment thereto, the improvement comprising,
a harness, the harness having a waist belt with belt ends and a pair of shoulder straps each with strap ends attached to the waist belt and each forming a shoulder loop having a front shoulder loop strap portion and a back shoulder loop strap portion and disposed such that the wearer's arms pass through the shoulder loops, an attachment means on the harness for securing the lanyard to the harness, including an attachment means on the ends of the waist belt for attaching the lanyard, a garment including an outer shell, the harness inside the outer shell, with pockets with openings in the outer shell providing access from the harness inside the garment to the lanyard external to the jacket, the pockets comprising a cavity in which the attachment means is stored during nonuse, and in which the pockets further comprise front waist pockets with openings in the outer shell through which the waist belt ends pass when extended from inside the garment to outside the garment outer shell, a left and a right sternum strap each attached at a sternum strap proximal end to a respective front shoulder loop portion, a right and a left sternum pocket adapted to store the sternum straps with openings in the outer shell through which the respective sternum straps pass from their storage position inside the sternum pocket to external the outer shell, the sternum straps having interlockable distal ends, a dorsal ring having a lanyard attachment hole and a strap passthrough hole through which the back shoulder loop strap portions pass, the dorsal ring being disposed on the straps such that when the garment is worn, the dorsal ring is approximately in the wearer's dorsal area, a dorsal ring pocket adapted to store the dorsal ring with openings in the outer shell through which the dorsal ring passes when extended from its storage position inside the dorsal ring pocket to external the outer shell for attachment to a lanyard, a first pair of leg straps and a second pair of leg straps, each leg strap of the first and second pair depending from the waist belt, a pair of first leg strap pockets adapted to respectively store the first leg straps with openings in the outer shell through which the respective first leg straps pass when extended from their storage positions inside the first leg strap pockets to external the outer shell, a vest lumbar pocket adapted to store the second leg straps with an opening in the outer shell through which the second leg straps pass when extended from their storage positions inside lumbar pocket to external the outer shell for use, the distal ends of first and second leg straps releasably interlockable to form a loop around a wearer's leg, a pair of positioning rings on the waist belt, a pair of positioning ring pockets adapted to store the positioning rings with openings in the outer shell through which the positioning rings pass respectively when extended from their storage positions inside the positioning ring pockets to external the outer shell, the positioning rings and positioning ring pockets located on the waist belt at the garment sides.
2. The safety vest of
3. The safety vest of
4. The safety vest of
5. The safety vest of
6. The safety vest of
a pair of positioning rings on the waist belt, a pair of positioning ring pockets adapted to store the positioning rings with openings in the outer shell through which the positioning rings pass respectively when extended from their storage positions inside the positioning ring pockets to external the outer shell for attachment to a lanyard.
7. The safety vest of claim 6 14 in which the positioning rings and positioning ring pockets are located on the waist belt at the garment sides.
9. The safety vest of
10. The safety vest of
a dorsal ring having a lanyard attachment hole and a strap passthrough hole through which the back shoulder loop strap portions pass, the dorsal ring being disposed on the straps such that when the garment is worn, the dorsal ring is approximately in the wearer's dorsal area, a dorsal ring pocket adapted to store the dorsal ring with openings in the outer shell through which the dorsal ring may pass from its storage position inside the dorsal ring pocket to external the outer shell for attachment to a lanyard.
12. The safety vest of
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11 7 and a pair of shoulder straps 12 each with strap ends 13 attached to the waist belt and each forming a shoulder loop 14 having a front shoulder loop strap portion 15 and a back shoulder loop strap portion 16, disposed over the garment shoulders such that the wearer's arms pass through the shoulder loops. Matching belt couplers 17 on the belt ends 18 may be releasably interlocked as a buckle or coupled to a lanyard.
A pair of sternum straps 19 are each attached at a sternum strap proximal end 20 to a respective front shoulder loop portion. Respective sternum pockets 21 are provided to store the sternum straps during nonuse out of sight. Sternum pocket openings 22 in the outer shell are provided through which the respective sternum straps pass from their storage position inside the sternum pocket to external the outer shell.
A dorsal ring 23 having a lanyard attachment hole 24 and a strap passthrough hole 25 is mounted on the back shoulder loop strap portions, said portions passing through the passthrough hole. The dorsal ring is disposed on the straps such that when the garment is worn, the dorsal ring is approximately in the wearer's dorsal area making the versatile safety garment useful for fall arrest. A dorsal ring pocket 26 is provided to store the dorsal ring with pocket openings 27 in the outer shell through which the dorsal ring may pass from its storage position to external the outer shell for attachment to a lanyard.
Two pair of releasably interlocking leg straps 28 depend from the waist belt as extensions of the shoulder strap, secured to the waist belt as it crosses, each pair forming a leg loop 29 below the waist belt for disposition around a wearer's leg. A pair of first leg strap pockets 30 are provided to respectively store the first leg straps during nonuse with openings 31 in the outer shell through which the respective first leg straps may pass from their storage positions inside the first leg strap pockets to external the outer shell. A vest lumbar pocket 32 is also provided in which the second leg straps may be stored and including an opening 33 in the outer shell through which the second leg straps may pass from their storage positions inside the lumbar pocket to external the outer shell. The lumbar is large and open to between the garment inner lining and outer shell therein providing access to the safety harness within for visible inspection.
A pair of positioning rings 34 are provided on the waist belt at the garment sides 35 for securing a wearer, for example, to a wall or to rebar during construction of a building. A pair of positioning ring pockets 36 are also provided in which the positioning rings may be stored during nonuse with openings 37 in the outer shell through which the positioning rings may pass from their storage positions inside the positioning ring pockets to external the outer shell for attachment to a lanyard.
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