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US5035007:
Firefighter's trousers capable of receiving a booted foot
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Grilliot, William L.; Dayton, OH 45417
Grilliot, Mary I.; Dayton, OH 45417
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1991-07-30
/ 1990-04-20
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| Application Number: |
US1990000512739
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| IPC Code: |
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A41D 1/06;
A62B 17/00;
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A41D 13/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/227;
002/081;
002/272;
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002/227;
002/081;
002/272;
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| Field of Search: |
002/022,23,24,81,227,272
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| Abstract: |
Firefighter's trousers which can be donned by a firefighter wearing boots or the like. The trousers have a pair of leg portions. Each of the leg portions has sections which are separated before the trousers are donned. Then after the trousers are donned the sections are attached together around the boots and legs of the firefighter.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Jacox & Meckstroth ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Schroeder, Werner H.; Biefeld, Diana L.
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| Parent Case: |
This application is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 07/330,125, filed Mar. 29, 1989, which is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 07/182,399, filed Apr. 18, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,817,211.
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First Claim:
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The invention having thus been described, the following is claimed.
1. A firefighter's trousers which are easily donned by a firefighter who wears boots, in which each of the boots has a foot part and a leg part, the foot part and the leg part of each of the boots having given dimensions, the trousers comprising outer shell material which has abrasion resistant and flame resistant qualities, and an inner liner material which has thermal insulation and moisture insulation qualities, the inner liner material being covered by the outer shell material, the outer shell material having a torso part and a pair of leg parts, the inner liner material having a torso part and a pair of leg parts, each of the leg parts of the outer shell material and each of the leg parts of the inner liner material of the trousers having a lower portion which is adapted to be positioned above the foot part of the boot of a firefighter who wears the trousers, the leg parts of the inner liner material being tubular and forming a tubular passage significantly greater in dimensions than the given dimensions of the foot part and leg part of the boots, the leg parts of the outer shell material freely encompassing the respective leg part of the inner liner material whereby the boots move easily through the leg parts of the trousers as a firefighter dons the trousers while wearing the boots, the lower portion of each of the leg parts of the outer shell material having a bottom edge, the lower portion of each of the leg parts of the inner liner material having a bottom edge, the bottom edge of the lower portion of the leg parts of the outer shell material and the bottom edge of the leg parts of the inner liner material being above the foot parts of the boots as the boots and trousers are worn by the firefighter, whereby the legs of the firefighter are adequately protected while permitting ease of donning of the trousers while the firefighter wears boots, each of the leg parts of the outer shell material including two separate sections which extend upwardly from the bottom edge of the leg part of the outer shell material, the sections extending substantially the length of the leg parts, fastener means carried by the sections of each of the leg parts of the outer shell material for attaching together the two sections of the leg parts of the outer shell material, whereby the sections of the leg parts of the outer shell material are attached together after the trousers are donned, the leg parts of the outer shell material forming a tubular passage having a dimension only slightly greater than the given dimension of the leg part of the boots when the sections of the lower portion of the leg parts of the outer shell material are attached together, whereby the lower portion of the leg parts of the outer shell material closely enclose the lower portion of the leg parts of the inner liner material.
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