Protective garment having outer title shell, inner liner and standards indicia

Abstract

A protective garment having an outer shell, when worn without an inner liner, conforms to and displays, on the outer shell, an indicium or indicia that the protective garment conforms to at least one standard for protective garments, such as NFPA 1999 (03), NFPA 1951 (01), or both. When worn within the protective garment, the inner liner causes the protective garment to conform to and displays an indicium or indicia that the protective garment conforms to at least one standard, which is a different standard, for protective garments, such as NFPA 1971 (00). When the inner liner is worn within the outer shell, a tag displaying the indicium or indicia displayed on the inner liner is manipulatable and is attachable detachably to the outer shell, via coactive elements, such as coactive elements of a hook-and-loop fastener, so as to mask the indicium or indicia displayed by the outer shell but so as to display the indicium or indicia displayed by the inner liner.

1 . A protective garment comprising an outer shell and combined with a liner, the protective garment being wearable without the liner, 
 wherein, when worn without the inner liner, the protective garment displays an indicium or indicia that the protective garment conforms to at least one standard for protective garments, and    wherein the liner, when worn within the outer shell, displays an indicium or indicia that the protective garment conforms to at least one standard, which is a different standard, for protective garments.    
   
   
       2 . The protective garment of  claim 1 , wherein, when the liner is worn within the protective garment, the indicium or indicia displayed by the liner is manipulatable so as to mask the indicium or indicia displayed by the protective garment when worn without the liner.  
   
   
       3 . The protective garment of  claim 2 , wherein the indicium or indicia displayed by the liner is displayed or are displayed on a tag, which extends from the inner liner and which, when the inner liner is worn within the protective garment, is manipulatable so as to mask the indicium or indicia displayed by the protective garment when worn without the liner.  
   
   
       4 . The protective garment of  claim 3 , wherein the tag, when manipulated so as to mask the indicium or indicia displayed on the outer shell, is attachable detachably to the outer shell.  
   
   
       5 . The protective garment of  claim 4 , wherein the tag is attachable detachably to the outer shell, via coactive elements on the outer shell and on the tag respectively.