Lion Apparel, Inc.

Dennis Sargent

Donald Aldridge

Bill McKenney

An arrangement for supporting a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) on a firefighter's turnout coat includes a vest-type garment composed of a back panel and shoulder and waist straps attached to respective upper and lower portions of the back panel. Releasable coupling devices are connected to the ends of the shoulder and waist straps for detachably connecting the respective ends together to tightly secure the vest-type garment on the wearer. The back panel of the garment can be secured to either the inside or the outside of the back of an outer protective shell of the coat. The shoulder and waist straps of the vest-type garment are located internally of an inner liner of the coat by extending from the back panel of the vest-type garment through slots in the inner liner. The SCBA supporting arrangement also includes an elongated flexible pouch mounted in the center of the exterior of the back of the outer shell of the coat for holding an air bottle of the SCBA. The pouch is mounted either directly on the back panel when attached to the outside of the outer shell of the coat or indirectly on the back panel when attached to the inside of the outer shell. The pouch includes bands or straps attached to the pouch and back panel to firmly secure the air bottle therein.

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Salt Lake, UT, United States of America

Dennis Sargent