Protective garment

Abstract

A garment comprising: at least one pocket; and at least one protective pad located within said at least one pocket; and at least one connecting structure for securing at least one optional protective pad to the garment the at least one connecting structure being capable of cooperating with a complementary connecting structure operatively connected to the at least one optional protective pad.

1 . A garment comprising:
 at least one pocket; and at least one protective pad located within said at least one pocket; and   at least one connecting structure for securing at least one optional protective pad to the garment the at least one connecting structure being capable of cooperating with a complementary connecting structure operatively connected to the at least one optional protective pad.   
     
     
         2 . The garment of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 at least one optional protective pad operatively connected to the garment by the at least one connecting structure.   
     
     
         3 . The garment of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one optional protective pad is selected from the group comprising:
 a shoulder cap, a sternum plate, a top spine plate, a middle spine plate or a bottom spine plate.   
     
     
         4 . A garment comprising:
 a plurality of pockets operatively positioned in the garment having a plurality of protective pads located within the plurality of pockets; and   a plurality of connecting structure for securing at least one of the plurality of optional protective pads to the garment, the plurality of connecting structure being capable of cooperating with a plurality of complementary connecting structure operatively connected to the plurality of optional protective pads.   
     
     
         5 . The garment of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a plurality of optional protective pad operatively connected to the garment by the plurality of connecting structure   
     
     
         6 . The garment of  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of optional protective pads is selected from the group comprising:
 shoulder caps, a sternum plate, a top spine plate, a middle spine plate or a bottom spine plate.