Safety Harness Assembly

Abstract

A safety harness assembly for providing hand holds for a passenger on a motorcycle includes a garment that may be worn by a driver of a vehicle. A gripping apparatus is coupled to the garment to be gripped by a passenger of the vehicle.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A safety harness assembly configured to provide grips for a passenger on a vehicle, said assembly comprising:
 a garment configured to be worn by a driver of a vehicle; and   a gripping apparatus coupled to said garment, said gripping apparatus being configured to be gripped by a passenger of the vehicle.   
     
     
         2 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said garment has a pair of arm portions and a body portion, said body portion having a front side, a back side, a neck and a waist, said front side having a first cut therein extending between said neck and said waist, said front side having a plurality of second cuts extending therethrough, said second cuts defining a plurality of pockets within said body portion, said body portion being configured to envelop the drivers torso, each of said arm portions being configured to insertably receive one of the driver's arms. 
     
     
         3 . The assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein said gripping apparatus comprises a harness positioned within said garment, said harness including a plurality of longitudinal straps and a plurality of lateral straps. 
     
     
         4 . The assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein said longitudinal straps being spaced apart from each other and extending upwardly along said front side and downwardly along said back side, said lateral straps extending around said body portion such that said lateral straps are coupled to and intersect said longitudinal straps. 
     
     
         5 . The assembly according to  claim 4 , wherein each of said lateral straps has a break therein to define a first end and a second end of each of said lateral straps, said first end and said second end of each of said lateral straps being positioned adjacent to said first cut in said front side. 
     
     
         6 . The assembly according to  claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of first fasteners and a plurality of second fasteners, each of said first fasteners being coupled to said first end of one of said lateral straps, each of said second fasteners being coupled to said second end of one of said lateral straps, each of said first fasteners being complementary with an associated one of said second fasteners. 
     
     
         7 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a plurality of longitudinal straps;   a plurality of pockets; and   a plurality of handles each coupled to and being an integral part of one of said longitudinal straps, each of said handles being aligned with one of said pockets such that each of said handles is accessed through said pockets, said pockets being configured to insertably receive hands of a passenger of the vehicle, said handles being configured to be gripped by the passenger of the vehicle such that the passenger of the vehicle is secured on the vehicle.   
     
     
         8 . A safety harness assembly configured to provide grips for a passenger on a vehicle, said assembly comprising:
 a garment configured to be worn by a driver of a vehicle, said garment having a pair of arm portions and a body portion, said body portion having a front side, a back side, a neck and a waist, said front side having a first cut therein extending between said neck and said waist, said front side having a plurality of second cuts extending therethrough, each of said second cuts defining a plurality of pockets within said body portion, said body portion being configured to envelop the drivers torso, each of said arm portions being configured to insertably receive one of the driver's arms;   a gripping apparatus coupled to said garment, said gripping apparatus being configured to be gripped by a passenger of the vehicle, said gripping apparatus comprising:
 a harness positioned within said garment, said harness including a plurality of longitudinal straps and a plurality of lateral straps, said longitudinal straps being spaced apart from each other and extending upwardly along said front side and downwardly along said back side, said plurality of lateral straps extending around said body portion such that said lateral straps are coupled to and intersect said longitudinal straps, each of said lateral straps having a break therein to define a first end and a second end of each of said lateral straps, said first end and said second end of each of said lateral straps being positioned adjacent to said first cut in said front side; 
 a plurality of first fasteners and a plurality of second fasteners, each of said first fasteners being coupled to said first end of one of said lateral straps, each of said second fasteners being coupled to said second end of one of said lateral straps, each of said first fasteners being complementary with an associated one of said second fasteners; and 
 a plurality of handles each coupled to and being an integral part of one of said longitudinal straps, each of said handles being aligned with one of said pockets such that each of said handles is accessed through said pockets, said pockets being configured to insertably receive hands of a passenger of the vehicle, said handles being configured to be gripped by the passenger of the vehicle such that the passenger of the vehicle is secured on the vehicle.