Protective boots and pant combination
A protective garment consisting of boots and pants which can be quickly attached and detached. The boots contain an attachment ring which sealingly mates with a respective attachment ring on the pant leg by a bayonet attachment. There is also provided a kit for retrofitting existing boots and protective garments.
1. In a protective garment comprising boots and pants portions, with pant legs, the improvement which comprises a first means comprising a ring containing an inner groove in which an O-ring holds said boot and is attached at the top and outside of each of said boots and a second means comprising a ring at the bottom of each pant leg, one of said means comprises at least one L-shaped slot for receiving said at least one tab whereby said first and second means are sealed together to prevent entry of fluids and unsealed by a twisting movement, and locking means to prevent unsealing.
2. The protective garment of claim 1 wherein the pants contain cuffs in which each cuff is adhered to the outside of a ring of said second means and also held by an O-ring.
3. The protective garment of claim 2 including clamps for holding said cuffs against said rings of said second means.
4. The protective garment of claim 1 wherein each ring is plastic.
5. The protective garment of claim 1 wherein said locking means comprise a screw which prevents movement of said first and second means when sealed together.
6. The protective garment of claim 1 wherein said first means comprises a pair of rings which are adhesively attached to the top of said boots, said rings each having an outer ledge and a groove on their top carrying an O-ring, and said second means comprises a pair of rings which can sit on said ledge and comprises and internal ledge which sits on said O-ring and whereby the boot rings and pant rings can be twisted into a sealed relationship.
7. The protective garment of claim 6 including tabs and L-shaped slots for placing said rings in a sealed relationship.
8. The protective garment of claim 7 including locking means to prevent movement of said rings after sealing.
9. A kit for providing a quick release and attachment of a protective garment to protective boots which comprises a first pair of rings for attachment to the top and outside of said boots and a second pair of rings for attachment to the legs of a protective garment, one pair of rings having at least one tab and the other pair of rings having an L-shaped slot for receiving said at least one tab to provide a seal between the rings when twisted, and means for locking said rings, one of said first and second pair of rings contains an inner groove in which an O-ring holds said boot.
10. The kit of claim 9 including an adhesive.
11. The kit of claim 9 wherein one pair of rings comprises an outer ledge and the other pair of rings can sit on said outer ledge to provide a seal and has an internal ledge which sits on top of a ring to provide a further seal.
12. The kit of claim 9 including clamping means for holding a pant leg on a ring.
13. The kit of claim 9 including means for holding a ring on the top of a boot.