Anti-Slip Slip-On Slip-Over Roof Safety Shorts

Abstract

Anti-slip clothing with a homogeneous gripping surface for use by anyone with a need to be on steep sloped surface such as a roof which effectuates a reduced coefficient of sliding friction between the wearer and the steep sloped surface. The anti-slip clothing can be an article of clothing such as a shirt, vest, jacket, pancho, coveralls, overalls, pair of shorts, pair of pants, waist-sashes or partial leg coverings, calf and forearm coverings, slip-over clothing such as slip-over shirts and fastenable slip-over shorts worn on the body or over other conventional articles of clothing and which includes a gripping surface applied to an exterior or optionally to the interior surface of the article of clothing so that when the inside non-slip surface contacts with the existing wearers conventional existing clothing it prevents slippage between the anti-slip clothing and the wearers conventional existing clothing.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of traversing a roof, comprising the steps of:
 1) providing an article of clothing selected from at least one of the following: shorts, pants, jumpsuit; the article of clothing having an exterior surface, wherein the article of clothing is configured to slip-on and slip-off existing clothing, and wherein the exterior surface is substantially covered with a pattern of slip resistant gripping material; and, wherein the article of clothing has a cinching means to prevent the end of the leg holes and arm holes of the article of clothing from rolling upward after being worn over the existing clothing;   2) donning the article of clothing while on a roof, or, prior to traversing a roof;   3) traversing a roof;   4) dismounting from the roof;   5) removing the article of clothing.   
     
     
         2 . A method as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein two to eight inches of the interior surface area of the leg and arm holes of the article of clothing is substantially covered with a pattern of clothing-to-clothing slip resistant gripping material. 
     
     
         3 . A method as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein all of the interior surface area of the article of clothing is substantially covered with a pattern of clothing-to-clothing slip resistant gripping material.