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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vernon C Lenz, Union Gap, WA (US);
William Siska, Jr, Elma, NY (US);
Assignee:
Golden West Communications, Union Gap, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820222 ; 12820227 ; 12820522 ; 12820423 ; 116 / ;
Abstract
Safety equipment is described for use by firemen which includes an air tank (42, FIG. 2), a harness (14), a face mask (16), and a PASS (personal alert safety system 20), which assures that the PASS will be activated whenever the equipment is worn. The equipment includes a switch system with at least one switch (31-35) mounted on the equipment at a position to receive force as the equipment is mounted on the fireman, to set or actuate the PASS. The switch (31-34) can sense the force of the equipment against the fireman's body, and/or the switch (35) can sense buckling of a harness belt (48).