Patrick Garrett, a 29-year-old Ford Motor Co.engineer, pulls a baggy blue jumpsuit over his street clothes, cinches a bulky, corset-style belt around his waist and winces as he tightens the Velcro strap around his neck. A colleague adjusts the suit’s metal bars that stiffen Garrett’s elbows, knees and feet. Next, the engineer — a specialist in « human factors and ergonomics » — dons an oversized pair of yellowish glasses marred with scratches that make eyes cataract-cloudy and sensitive to glare. He then struggles to get into two pairs of rubber gloves designed to reduce the flexibility of the joints in his fingers. Bundled up and looking like a toddler in an oversized snow suit, Garrett gingerly lowers his frame into a Ford Focus parked inside the company’s design center. He puffs as he struggles to pull the seat belt across his chest. Adjusting the radio controls is an effort. « I’m not even going to try to look over my shoulder, » Garrett said. « My range of motion is really limited. I guess this is what it must be like to be 59. » The bizarre outfit is called « The Third Age » suit. It’s designed
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