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US 2,115 · App. 10/166,949 · Granted Mar 1, 2005

Protective garment packed in sealed pouch wherein partial vacuum is drawn

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Patent No.
US 2,115
App. No.
10/166,949
Granted
Mar 1, 2005
Kind
H1
Abstract

For a person, such as a firefighter, a rescue worker, or a chemical or laboratory worker, who is preparing to work in a hazardous environment, a pack is prepared by providing a pouch, which is sealable so as to be fluid-tight, by packing a protective garment in the pouch, by sealing the pouch so as to be fluid-tight after the protective garment has been packed in the pouch so as to protect the protective garment against contamination before the pouch is opened, and by drawing a partial vacuum in the pouch so as to collapse the pouch against what has been packed in the pouch, when the pouch is sealed, thus not only to reduce overall bulkiness of the pack but also to provide evidence, if there is a perceptible loss of the partial vacuum, that the pouch has been tampered with or that the pouch has been opened. Other gear of diverse types may be packed with the protective garment.

Claims (4)

1. For a person preparing to be in a hazardous environment, a pack comprising a protective garment and a pouch, in which the protective garment is packed, which is sealed so as to be fluid-tight after the protective garment has been packed in the pouch so as to protect the protective garment against contamination before the pouch is opened, and in which a partial vacuum is drawn so as to collapse the pouch against what has been packed in the pouch, when the pouch is sealed, thus not only to reduce overall bulkiness of the pouch and what has been packed in the pouch but also to provide evidence, if there is a perceptible loss of the partial vacuum, that the pouch has been tampered with or that the pouch has been opened.

2. The pack of claim 1 wherein other gear is packed with the protective garment.

3. A method to prepare a pack for a person preparing to be in a hazardous environment, the method comprising steps of providing a pouch, which is sealable so as to be fluid-tight, packing a protective garment in the pouch, sealing the pouch so as to be fluid-tight after the protective garment has been packed in the pouch so as to protect the protective garment against contamination before the pack is opened, and drawing a partial vacuum in the pouch so as to collapse the pouch against what has been packed in the pouch, when the pouch is sealed, thus not only to reduce overall bulkiness of the pouch and what has been packed in the pouch but also to provide evidence, if there is a perceptible loss of the partial vacuum, that the pouch has been tampered with or that the pouch has been opened.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein other gear is packed with the protective garment.