1. In a open-air outdoor wash station for large objects, such as is used for periodic maintenance of transportation vehicles and washing of large animals, wherein said wash station includes a wash deck, a source of wash fluid and means for channeling said wash fluid from said wash deck, wherein the improvement comprises:
A. A source of pressurized wash fluid connected through a fluid supply conduit, within a wash station, to a pressure control valve for concurrently (1) reducing pressure of said wash fluid as it flows through said pressure control valve to a wash fluid delivery means within said wash station and (2) increasing pressure within an actuator fine that is in fluid communication with a hydraulic actuator, each of said fluid supply conduit and said actuator line being in fluid communication with each other and separated from said wash fluid delivery means by said pressure control valve; and
B. A hydraulic actuator mechanically coupled to a waste stream control valve; and
C. A waste stream control valve, which is mechanically biased in a closed position, mechanically coupled to said hydraulic actuator, whereby an increase in hydraulic pressure in said actuator line causes said actuator to force open said waste stream control valve, and a release of hydraulic pressure within said actuator line removes said opening force from said waste stream control valve, thereby allowing said waste stream control valve to return to a closed position.
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The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An abdominal-restraint garment comprising:
an outer garment layer having a front rise; and
an inner abdominal-restraint layer having a top, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge;
wherein the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer are attached to an inner side of the outer garment layer;
wherein the top of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is configured to be even with the front rise of the outer garment layer or extend above the front rise of the outer garment layer.
2. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 1, wherein the outer garment layer has a first side seam and a second side seam, and
wherein the first lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is attached to the inner side of the first side seam of the outer garment layer;
wherein the second lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is attached to inner side of the second side seam of the outer garment layer.
3. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 1, wherein the outer garment layer has a posterior portion, and
wherein the posterior portion of the outer garment layer further comprises a first back pocket having a lateral seam and a medial seam and a second back pocket having a lateral seam and a medial seam;
wherein the first lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is attached on or adjacent to the inner side of the lateral seam of the first back pocket of the posterior portion; and
wherein the second lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is attached on or adjacent to the inner side of the lateral seam of the second back pocket of the posterior portion.
4. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 3, wherein inner abdominal-restraint layer further comprises a bottom side and wherein the outer garment layer further comprises an inseam and a crotch seam, and wherein the bottom side of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is attached to the inner side of the inseam of the outer garment layer, to the inner side of the crotch seam of the outer garment layer, or to a combination thereof.
5. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 4, wherein only the first lateral edge, the second lateral edge, and the bottom side of the inner abdominal-restraint layer are attached to the outer garment layer.
6. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 5, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer is configured to extend across a garment-wearer’s abdominal region.
7. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 5, wherein the top of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is configured to extend above the front rise of the outer garment layer by 0.25 inches to 12 inches.
8. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 5, wherein the abdominal-restraint garment is a pair of pants, jeans, a pair of shorts, a skirt, leggings, or tights.
9. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 5, wherein the outer garment layer comprises denim, twill, woven fabric, or knit fabric.
10. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 5, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises spandex.
11. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 5, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises a double-layer of fabric with elastic stitched between the two layers.
12. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 5, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises a single layer of fabric.
13. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 12, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer does not comprise elastic.
14. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 1, wherein only the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint garment are attached to the outer garment layer.
15. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 1, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer is attached to the outer garment layer using one of a group consisting of sewing, adhering, zipping, buttoning, snapping, heat sealing, welding, gluing, bonding, laser cutting, and combinations thereof.
16. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 1, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer has a higher elasticity than the outer garment layer
17. A method of assembling an abdominal-restraint garment, the method comprising
attaching a first lateral edge of an inner abdominal-restraint layer to an inner side of an outer garment layer;
positioning the inner abdominal-restraint layer over an abdominal portion of the outer garment layer;
positioning a top of the inner abdominal-restraint layer such that it is even with a front rise of the outer garment layer or such that it extends above a front rise of the outer garment layer; and
attaching a second lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer to the inner side of the outer garment layer.
18. The method of claim 17, comprising the steps of
attaching the first lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer to an inner side of a lateral seam of a first back pocket of a posterior portion of the outer garment layer; and
attaching the second lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer to an inner side of a lateral seam of a second back pocket of the posterior portion of the outer garment layer.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising attaching a bottom side of the inner abdominal-restraint layer to an inner side of an inseam of the outer garment layer.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein attaching includes attaching only the first lateral edge, the second lateral edge, and the bottom side of the inner abdominal-restraint layer to the inner side of the outer garment layer.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein attaching includes at least one of sewing, adhering, zipping, buttoning, snapping, heat sealing, welding, gluing, bonding, laser cutting, or combinations thereof.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein attaching comprises configuring the inner abdominal-restraint layer to extend above the front rise of the outer garment layer by 0.25 inches to 12 inches.
23. The method of claim 20, wherein the outer garment layer comprises denim, twill, woven fabric, or knit fabric.
24. The method of claim 20, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises spandex.
25. The method of claim 20, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises a double-layer of fabric with elastic stitched between the two layers.
26. The method of claim 20, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises a single layer of fabric.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer does not comprise elastic.
28. The method of claim 20, wherein the attaching comprises only attaching the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge of the inner abdominal-restraint layer to the outer garment layer.
29. The method of claim 17, wherein positioning the inner abdominal restraint layer includes elastically extending the inner abdominal restraint layer over the abdominal portion.