Protective garment with attachable hood

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In a protective garment, such as one worn by a firefighter a rescue worker, or a racing car driver in which fasteners, such as snap fasteners are used for attaching a liner detachably to a coat a hood having a cape hanging downwardly is provided with loops. Each loop has two ends and is affixed at each end to the cape. Each loop is adapted to extend around a respective fastener between the coat and the liner, so as to attach the hood detachably when the liner is attached detachably to the coat. In one contemplated embodiment the ends of each loop are affixed to each other and to the cape. In another contemplated embodiment the loops are defined by a continuous ribbon affixed to the cape at …