Emergency preparedness vest

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing emergency food and water and medical supplies in a body worn garment. The garment has a plurality of pockets labeled with their contents in the form of food and water. Other pockets are labeled with the type of injury the contents are intended to treat thereby eliminating the need to search or look into the pockets to find the supplies appropriate to the injury. The garment has a top vest portion worn around the torso and a separable bottom belt portion which can be worn independently as a belt and complete first aid kit by a second person.

1 . A survival supply garment for a person comprising: 
 a vest portion having neck and arm openings and adapted for wearing about the torso by a human;    said vest portion having an outside surface and a bottom edge;    a belt portion, said belt portion having an exterior surface extending between two distal ends and having a top edge;    means for removable engagement of said distal ends to each other;    means for removable engagement of said top edge of said belt to said bottom edge of said vest portion;    a plurality of vest pockets, said plurality of vest pockets having a sealable aperture providing access to an interior cavity;    said interior cavity of said vest pockets adapted for holding a supply of food and water for said wearer;    means for engagement of said vest pockets said outside surface of said vest portion;    a plurality of belt pockets;    means for engagement of said belt pockets to said exterior surface of said belt portion; and    said belt pockets having a sealable opening providing access to an inside cavity, said inside cavity being inventoried with first aid supplies, whereby said belt is separable from said vest as a wearable first aid kit for a second person while concurrently leaving said person wearing said remaining vest portion, with a supply of food and water.    
   
   
       2 . The survival supply garment of  claim 1  additionally comprising: 
 said belt pockets being removably engageable with said exterior surface whereby said individual belt pockets and their contents may be removed and thereby each become a separable first aid kit which may be given to one or a plurality of other users.    
   
   
       3 . The survival supply garment of  claim 1  wherein each of said belt pockets are inventoried with first aid supplies for injuries likely to occur in emergencies common to the geographic area in which the survival supply garment is intended for use.  
   
   
       4 . The survival supply garment of  claim 2  wherein each of said belt pockets are inventoried with first aid supplies for injuries likely to occur in emergencies common to the geographic area in which the survival supply garment is intended for use.  
   
   
       5 . The survival supply garment of  claim 1  additionally comprising: 
 at least one of said belt pockets being labeled with indicia;    said indicia indicating the specific injury type the contents of said respective belt pocket is intended to treat, whereby said contents may be accessed for treating said specific injury type without the need to look at said contents prior to usage to ascertain suitability to the intended injury treatment.    
   
   
       6 . The survival supply garment of  claim 2  additionally comprising: 
 indicia on at least one of said belt pockets, said indicia indicating the specific injury type the contents of said respective belt pocket is intended to treat; and    whereby said belt pocket may become said separable first aid kits when separated from said belt portion and given to other users to treat said specific injury type indicated, without looking at said contents of said respective belt pocket.    
   
   
       7 . The survival supply garment of  claim 3  additionally comprising: 
 at least one of said belt pockets being labeled with indicia;    said indicia indicating the specific injury type the contents of said respective belt pocket is intended to treat, whereby said contents may be accessed for treating said specific injury type without the need to look at said contents prior to usage to ascertain suitability to the intended injury treatment.    
   
   
       8 . The survival supply garment of  claim 4  additionally comprising: 
 indicia on at least one of said belt pockets, said indicia indicating the specific injury type the contents of said respective belt pocket is intended to treat; and    whereby said belt pocket may become said separable first aid kits when separated from said belt portion and given to other users to treat said specific injury type indicated, without looking at said contents of said respective belt pocket.    
   
   
       9 . The survival supply garment of  claim 1  additionally comprising: 
 said vest pockets having an inventory of food and water stored therein sufficient for three days survival by said person wearing said survival supply garment.    
   
   
       10 . The survival supply garment of  claim 2  additionally comprising: 
 said vest pockets having an inventory of food and water stored therein sufficient for three days survival by said person wearing said survival supply garment.    
   
   
       11 . The survival supply garment of  claim 3  additionally comprising: 
 said vest pockets having an inventory of food and water stored therein sufficient for three days survival by said person wearing said survival supply garment.    
   
   
       12 . The survival supply garment of  claim 4  additionally comprising: 
 said vest pockets having an inventory of food and water stored therein sufficient for three days survival by said person wearing said survival supply garment.    
   
   
       13 . The survival supply garment of  claim 7  additionally comprising: 
 said vest pockets having an inventory of food and water stored therein sufficient for three days survival by said person wearing said survival supply garment.    
   
   
       14 . The survival supply garment of  claim 8  additionally comprising: 
 said vest pockets having an inventory of food and water stored therein sufficient for three days survival by said person wearing said survival supply garment.    
   
   
       15 . The survival supply garment of  claim 1  additionally comprising: 
 indicia on said outside surface, said indicia identifying the person issued said survival supply garment whereby said person may be identified if incapacitated.    
   
   
       16 . The survival supply garment of  claim 2  additionally comprising: 
 indicia on said outside surface, said indicia identifying the person issued said survival supply garment whereby said person may be identified if incapacitated.    
   
   
       17 . The survival supply garment of  claim 11  additionally comprising: 
 indicia on said outside surface, said indicia identifying the person issued said survival supply garment whereby said person may be identified if incapacitated.    
   
   
       18 . The survival supply garment of  claim 12  additionally comprising: 
 indicia on said outside surface, said indicia identifying the person issued said survival supply garment whereby said person may be identified if incapacitated.    
   
   
       19 . The survival supply garment of  claim 13  additionally comprising: 
 indicia on said outside surface, said indicia identifying the person issued said survival supply garment whereby said person may be identified if incapacitated.    
   
   
       20 . A method of providing survival supplies adapted for potential disasters likely to occur in differing geographic locations, comprising the steps of: 
 providing a vest with vest pockets inventoried with three days food and water;    providing a belt having belt pockets thereon with said belt removably engageable with said vest;    stocking said belt pockets with first aid supplies adapted for use in injuries most likely to occur in the geographic area of intended use of the survival supplies; and    providing the ability for said belt to be separated from said vest and used by a second person, as a first aid kit independent of said vest.