US 11,986,029 B2
Coat with integral drag harness
Jack B Hirschmann, Jr., North Dartmouth, MA (US)
Assigned to Paramount Corporation
Filed by Paramount Corporation, North Dartmouth, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,950.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,278, filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110377 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/00 (2006.01); A41D 3/02 (2006.01); A62B 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/0007 (2013.01) [A41D 3/02 (2013.01); A62B 35/0037 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coat having material integrated therewith, the coat comprising:
(a) a torso having a back with an inner surface and an outer surface, a right arm hole, a left arm hole, and a neck opening;
(b) a slit in the center of the back below the neck opening and extending between the inner surface and the outer surface; and
(c) a single strip of material providing a strap and a yoke, the single strip of material extending through the slit to the strap with a free end outside the torso back, and to the yoke following a path on the inner surface of the torso, the path running from the slit, around one arm hole, across the slit, around the other arm hole, and ending at the slit, wherein the yoke is secured to the inner surface along the entire path to integrate the single strip of material providing the yoke with the coat to maintain attachment of the yoke and the coat when in use;
wherein the yoke is secured to the inner surface by sewing.