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  Emergency preparedness vestUSPTO Application #: 20060288466Title: Emergency preparedness vest Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing emergency food and water and medical supplies in a body worn garment. The garment has a plurality of pockets labeled with their contents in the form of food and water. Other pockets are labeled with the type of injury the contents are intended to treat thereby eliminating the need to search or look into the pockets to find the supplies appropriate to the injury. The garment has a top vest portion worn around the torso and a separable bottom belt portion which can be worn independently as a belt and complete first aid kit by a second person. (end of abstract) Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center - Del Mar, CA, US Inventor: Frank B. Bucheit USPTO Applicaton #: 20060288466 - Class: 002102000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, Vests The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060288466. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention herein disclosed relates generally to emergency response equipment. More specifically, the invention herein described and disclosed relates to a custom configurable vest having a plurality of different pocket enclosures for storage of first aid and survival supplies adapted for emergencies which might occur in specific geographic locations. Further the device includes survival supplies, and first aid supplies in a removably engageable belt that can be given to another person to aid the injured. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Disasters occur in venues and locales around the earth on a regular basis. Natural disasters include such devastating events as earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and tornados. Man-made disasters can be equally devastating and can be caused accidentally by explosions and industrial accidents as well as intentionally by terrorists such as the recent attacks in New York City. [0003] No matter how such disasters are caused, the result is inevitably the same in that many people, lucky enough to survive, are injured. Such injuries run the gauntlet from minor to life threatening with both types of patient in need of first aid. Further, in the period subsequent to the occurrence of a disaster, frequently people are left to their own devices to survive for the first few hours or days. Survival of the injured requires immediate and ongoing medical treatment. Survival of the healthy requires a supply of food and water until emergency relief arrives from the government and from aid agencies. [0004] Additionally, the type of disaster a person might encounter can be very geographically distinct. For instances people in the Midwest area of the United States frequently encounter tornados. However people living on the West Coast of the United States rarely encounter tornados but frequently are subjected to brush fires and floods. More recently, the extreme danger post to coastal dwellers has been exhibited by the massive destructive power of tsunamis. [0005] As a consequence of this variable risk of harm to people determined by their locale, there can be a variable requirement for the first aid supplies needed in specific geographic regions. People suffering injuries from a tornado in the Midwest may require very different treatment for injuries from those suffering burns or smoke inhalation in a West Coast brush fire. As such, the first aid supplies for differing regions of the world may be specialized to the potential harm from the local risk of disaster or man-made hazards. [0006] In addition to the first aid supplies that must be available to people after a disaster or accident, food and water for those first few hours or days, is a requirement to keep the survivors healthy and alive. While tastes may vary in geographic locations for food, the nutritional needs of survivors do not and a standardized food supply can be made available. [0007] Such a food and first aid supply should be available on a moment's notice since there is generally scant warning of the occurrence of disasters such as earthquakes and explosions and the like. Food and first aid supplies should also be easily carried by the survivors once a disaster or accident has occurred. [0008] Still further, because some survivors may lack first aid training but require substance, the ability to easily enable other survivors to render first aid with an available and organized supply of easily carried first aid supplies is desirable. [0009] In recent times, various devices have attempted to address this need for food and first aid supplies that are easily transported by survivors after a disaster. [0010] U.S. Pat. No. 4,637,075 (Ingrisano) teaches an emergency medical services system for delivering primary care and emergency treatment. However, the vest of Ingrisano is designed solely for use by paramedics and emergency service personnel. It lacks sufficient food and water for the recommended three days subsequent to the disaster. Further, it lacks any ability to disburse the supplies to other emergency personnel for their use. [0011] U.S. Pat. No. 5,265,782 (McNamara) features a vest for carrying medical supplies. However, McNamara's is designed for military use and has no food or other survival items. Further, McNamara lacks any ability to transfer first aid supplies to another person or to transfer specific first aid supplies to a third party. [0012] U.S. Pat. No. 5,361,412 (Perry) provides a vest type device which includes pockets to hold provisions for the wearer during an emergency situation. However, the vest of Perry is not designed to carry water and provides no first aid components in an organized fashion. [0013] U.S. Pat. No. 5,797,140 (Davis) teaches a garment that is intended for use by law enforcement. The Davis device while bullet resistant, has no food or water for the recommended three days subsequent to a disaster. Neither does it provide any organized first aid supplies. [0014] U.S. Pat. No. 5,890,227 (Brown) discloses a vest adapted for wearing by emergency medical technicians. Its main purpose is to transfer stretcher weight to the body of the wearer. Consequently while it is designed for emergency personnel, it lacks any organized or transferable first aid supplies or sustenance supplies. [0015] U.S. Pat. No. 6,314,579 (Marcon) teaches a personal survival vest designed to keep the wearer warm in cold environment. While it has a plurality of pockets, it lacks a three-day food and water supply and also an organized first aid supply that may be transferred to another person in an emergency. [0016] As such there exists a pressing need for a survival garment that provides storage for a food and water supply for a person surviving a disaster. Such a device should be easily configurable to the geographic location of the potential survivor. Such a device should also contain a first aid supply that is organized by potential injury, and the components of which are easily transferred to one or more other persons for their use in providing first aid. [0017] With respect to the above description, before explaining at least one preferred embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangement of the components or steps set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The various apparatus and methods of the invention are capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways which will be obvious to those skilled in the art once they review this disclosure. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. [0018] As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for designing of other devices, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present disclosed device. It is important, therefore, that the objects and claims be regarded as including such equivalent construction and methodology insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [0019] Further objectives of this invention will be brought out in the following part of the specification, wherein detailed description is for the purpose of fully disclosing the invention without placing limitations thereon. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0020] The device herein described and disclosed, features a user wearable vest with a plurality of individual storage compartments. The vest can be sized to fit children through large adults or can be manufactured in a one size fits all embodiment. It is easily stored in the home, office, car, or boat for immediate retrieval when needed. [0021] The vest is equipped with a plurality of pockets which may be stocked with emergency supplies of a general nature or very specific to the locale where the wearer lives and potential disasters that are more likely to occur in that venue. Preferably the pockets have a flap that is highly reflective and bright to make the vest highly visible to rescue personnel should the wearer be trapped or lost. For easy use by the wearer or others, the flaps on the pockets should also clearly identify the contents of the individual pockets. Continue reading... Full patent description for Emergency preparedness vest Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Emergency preparedness vest patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. Start now! - Receive info on patent apps like Emergency preparedness vest or other areas of interest. ### Previous Patent Application: Hooded garment with built-in skull cap, gloves, and lower face covering with mouth opening Next Patent Application: Dread cap Industry Class: Apparel ### FreshPatents.com Support Thank you for viewing the Emergency preparedness vest patent info. 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