Abstract: A belt assembly capable of functioning as both a safety belt and a support for a tool carrier, and which includes a first belt adapted to extend about the back of a user's waist and carrying two connecting rings at opposite sides of the user's body, and a second belt which also extends across the back of the user's waist and is attached to the first belt at a predetermined location but not at a second location at which the belts are separable to allow a tool carrier to be slipped onto and be suspended by that portion of the second belt. The first belt is preferably shaped to have two portions one of which is received behind and supports the user's waist, and the other of which can extend downwardly between the rings to support the user's body in a sitting position.

Abstract: A utility coat having a body portion with a central vertical front opening and engageable about the torso of a wearer, and a belt fixed to and extending about the exterior of said body portion and engageable about the midriff of the wearer's torso, said belt having flexible free end portions adjacent opposite sides of said opening. A pair of elongate flexible crotch straps are provided within said body portion, said straps having rear ends fixed to the belt at opposite rear quarters thereof and having front end portions with belt engaging loops. The front and rear end portions of said straps are releasably secured together within said body portion rearward of the wearer's torso when not in use, the front ends being releasable and movable under the wearer's crotch with the ends of the belt extending through the loops on the straps, whereby belt and straps establish a seating harness for the wearer.