Belly chain anchor

Abstract

The belly chain anchor is a system that is incorporated into incarceration uniforms that allows law enforcement officers to secure belly chains to the uniforms, preventing the detainees from stepping out of the belly chains and using them as weapons. The belly chain anchor limits the mobility of one or both of the detainees' hands or arms by securing the belly chain to the uniform. The belly chain is secured to the anchor at about the location that the chain that connects to the detainee's handcuff chain.

1 . A belly chain anchor comprising: a strip of reinforcement material sewn to the interior or exterior circumference or front/back half of an incarceration uniform, either to the lower portion of a shirt or the midsection of a jumpsuit at the lower waist line, with anchor tabs securely stitched to the left and right sides of the belly chain anchor, containing reinforced slotted holes in each the left and right side anchor tabs. 
   
   
       2 . The invention of  claim 1  further comprising leather, nylon, or other durable material, which is integrated into the incarceration uniform by stitching, as to securely fasten it to the uniform. 
   
   
       3 . The invention of  claim 2  further comprising one slotted anchor hole at least 0.75 inches long in each of the anchor tabs, with the anchor tabs positioned on the left and right sides of the uniform, at about the location of the detainees arms. 
   
   
       4 . The invention of  claim 3  further comprising reinforced stitching of the left and right slotted anchor holes.