The present disclosure relates, in one aspect of the disclosure, to an inflatable water sport safety garment for providing buoyancy to a wearer comprising a harness structure, at least one handle, and at least one inflatable flotation device. The harness structure may include at least two shoulder portions, at least one torso portion encircling the torso of the wearer and attached to the shoulder portions, and at least one central portion connected to the shoulder portions.

A coat with an integrated drag harness. The harness is a single strip of material, such as a flat webbing or rope that extends through a slit in the center of the back of the coat torso below the neck opening. Inside the torso, the strip is a yoke that follows a path that runs from the slit, around one arm hole, across the slit, around the other arm hole, and ending at the slit. The yoke is secured to the torso by stitching. The strip extends a length outside of the slit to form a strap that is at least is four feet long. Optionally, the end of the strap has a handle. Optionally, the strap is stored in a pocket in the back of the torso.

A garment with an integrated belt. The garment includes a top bottom, front, a first side portion, second side, and rear portions. The belt is attached to the garment and includes: a belt member having front, first rear, and second rear portions, and a belt fastener connected to the first rear portion of the belt member. The front portion of the belt member is attached to at least one of the front portion, first side portion and second side portion, of the garment, at one or more attachment regions, such that the front portion of the belt member is unable to move relative to the garment. In a fastened configuration, the belt fastener connects the first rear portion of the belt member to the second rear portion of the belt member, and the belt fastener is located adjacent to the rear portion of the garment.

A garment for use by a user wearing a safety harness includes a garment body having a front side and a rear side, an opening having a shape defined in the front side of the garment body and partially retained by a flexible portion, a releasable closure disposed on the garment body adjacent the opening and configured to cover the opening. The flexible portion allows the shape of the opening to expand to allow a portion of the safety harness to extend through the opening without displacing the garment body.

A cargo-carrying sweatshirt includes a front panel, a rear panel, a left panel connecting the front panel and the rear panel wherein the left panel has a left sleeve, and a right panel connecting the front panel and the rear panel wherein the right panel has a right sleeve. A head opening is provided at a top portion of the sweatshirt and defined by the front panel and the rear panel. A body opening is provided at a bottom portion of the sweatshirt and is defined by the front panel, the rear panel, the left panel, and the right panel. The sweatshirt includes a plurality of cargo carrying accessories on the front panel, the rear panel, and the sleeves.

A protective garment having a support harness conduit comprising a flexible transition duct and a flexible rope cover forming a sleeve vertically centered on the back of the garment, the transition duct being attached to both arm sections and the torso section of the garment, or attached to the back below the neck section extending to above the waist of the garment, the torso end of the transition duct having a width wider than the back of the garment; with the distal closure end of the rope cover having a closure device to close the conduit and reduce the interchange of fluids or particulates between the interior and the exterior of the garment; wherein the rope cover end of the transition duct has a width that is at least 30 percent the width of the back of the garment.

An outerwear garment for use with a fall-arrest harness devised to permit a fall-arrest harness to be worn underneath an outerwear garment body, such as a jacket, vest, or coat, between an aperture on a rear side thereof and a Dee-ring access flap covering the aperture. A plurality of fasteners disposed on each of the rear side adjacent the access flap and along the perimeter of the access flap permits the access flap to be automatically opened for access to the fall-arrest harness. Lanyard hook-receiving members disposed on a front side of the garment body also permit hanging of lanyard hooks thereon during periods of non-use.

Hiking/trekking garment employing a special suspension harness and bat-wing type sleeves configured to permit the garment to be partially doffed in a gathered transport mode yet is retained on the hiker's back for rapid deployment in case of unexpected change in the weather. The backpack and garment may be donned or doffed independent of the other and without assistance of another person. The harness prevents the garment from riding up and back to not choke the wearer. The garment is specially configured with expandable backpack cover panels. A backpack may be donned or doffed by the wearer alone without assistance and independent of the garment, even while the garment is deployed in the inclement weather use position. Conversely, the garment can be independently put on or taken off without disturbing the backpack and without assistance. The length of the garment may be selected to form a cloak or a jacket.

The present disclosure provides a self-adjusting garment for lifting or lowering a wearer. It has three functionally necessary and sufficient elements, two weight bearing straps and a connecting isosceles trapezoidal fabric. These elements provide three self-adjusting openings for the legs and torso and a loop usable in combination with a lifting mean, such as a hook. In some embodiments, the connecting isosceles trapezoidal fabric has an opening usable for discharging bodily wastes. The self-adjusting garment accommodates and adapts to wide range of body sizes and shapes automatically. When suspended, the wearer's weight automatically secures and safely restrains the wearer.

The present invention is directed to an exercise activity suit for use by a user. The exercise activity suit includes a plurality of flexible and elastic strips and a flexible tensioner system. The plurality of flexible and elastic strips are configured in the suit, wherein the plurality of flexible and elastic strips are connected through the tensioner system. The suit according to the present invention engage the muscles and then builds and releases a combination of kinetic energy and potential energy during use.