Apparel – Body garments – Waists
Patent
1992-07-09
1994-10-04
Crowder, Clifford D.
Apparel
Body garments
Waists
2 81, 2221, 2227, 2236, 2255, 2338, A41D 102
Patent
active
053513401
ABSTRACT:
A work garment having a waist portion covering a lower back area of a wearer and a front closure, and a support member, attached to the garment, for supporting a lumbar region of the wearer. The support member preferably includes a plurality of elastic bands extending about the waist portion of the garment and having complementary closure members positioned adjacent to the front closure of the work garment, and a contact member, attached to the elastic straps, positioned to contact the lumbar region of the wearer. In one embodiment, the elastic straps are integral with the work garment, which may be a coverall, and in other embodiments with firefighter garments such as a jacket, pant, and girdle. In one embodiment, the contact member consists of a resilient pad centered in the lumbar area of the wearer, and in another embodiment, the contact member consists of a plurality of elongate, vertically-extending stays.
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Biefeld Diana L.
Crowder Clifford D.
Lion Apparel, Inc.
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