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Safety and Protective Gear

Materials worn or fitted to protect the body from cold, impact and crashes, including the wetsuit of foamed neoprene that gives thermal protection to a wet wearer, the bicycle helmet that eases impacts to the head and the seat belt that holds a person in a vehicle during a collision. An invention belongs here when the cited article describes it as a garment or device designed to protect its user from harm.

Safety and Protective Gear
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Wetsuit (Wikipedia)
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is a garment worn to provide thermal protection while wet
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Bicycle helmet (Wikipedia)
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is a type of helmet designed to attenuate impacts to the head of a cyclist
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Seat belt (Wikipedia)
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is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle
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