US 12,268,396 B2
Wearable safety tourniquet assembly for chainsaw chaps
Eric Le Blanc, Murrieta, CA (US)
Filed by Eric Le Blanc, Murrieta, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,165.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038923 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A41D 13/05 (2006.01); A41D 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1327 (2013.01) [A41D 13/0543 (2013.01); A41D 13/0568 (2013.01); A41D 17/00 (2013.01); A41D 2300/20 (2013.01); A41D 2600/20 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00858 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable safety tourniquet assembly, comprising:
a protective garment having:
multiple elongated limb sections configured to protect limbs of a wearer, the limb sections having a front face, an inner face, and an outer face;
multiple safety tourniquets, each safety tourniquet having:
a resilient strap being circumferentially and fixedly integrated into the limb sections of the protective garment, the strap operable to wrap around a portion of each limb of the wearer; and
a tensioning mechanism being operatively connected to the strap, the tensioning mechanism being oriented towards the outer face of the limb sections, wherein the tensioning mechanisms is configured to tighten the strap around each limb to stem the flow of blood, wherein an audible and/or visual alarm is coupled to the tensioning mechanism and triggered by the tensioning mechanism when the tensioning mechanism is incrementally tightened.