CN210137831U

CN210137831U - Intelligent multipurpose protective clothing

Info

Publication number: CN210137831U
Application number: CN201920417524.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张建平; 张赛
Original assignee: Beijing Sunyingui Green Technology Research Institute Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Sunyingui Green Technology Research Institute Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-29
Filing date: 2019-03-29
Publication date: 2020-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 2029-03-29

Abstract

An intelligent multi-purpose protective garment, particularly a ski suit, is provided comprising air bags arranged at a plurality of locations in the garment, and an inflator capable of rapidly inflating the air bags, wherein the garment further comprises a sensing element capable of sensing the absence of a triggering element and in response thereto issuing a triggering signal to the inflator to trigger the inflator to begin inflating the air bags. The triggering element may be connected to the ski pole by a tether and the sensing element is located near the cuff of the sleeve of the suit and in the normal state the triggering element is releasably connected to the sensing element, whereas in the event of a skier falling or being struck, the triggering element disengages from the sensing element as the ski pole is thrown away, causing the sensing element to fail to sense the triggering element and thereby triggering the inflator to begin inflating the air-bag, thereby providing cushioning protection to the skier.

Description

Intelligent multipurpose protective clothing

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an intelligence multipurpose protective clothing to especially, relate to a skiing clothes.

Background

In PCT/CN2017/105381, filed by the applicant on 19/10/2017, an intelligent multipurpose protective garment is proposed, which can adjust the inflation state of air pressure in the protective garment according to the requirements of cold protection and convenient work, and can rapidly inflate and pressurize when a wearer is in danger, thereby providing cushioning protection for the wearer.

Such protective garments are particularly beneficial for skiers. This is because skiing is a quick and dangerous exercise that can easily collide with foreign objects or other skiers during rapid gliding of the skier, which can cause serious or even fatal injuries to the skier, and therefore it is very beneficial for the ski suit to inflate rapidly to provide cushioning protection to the skier when the skier is at risk.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Since skiing is a very dangerous sport, especially in alpine skiing, once a skier encounters a danger such as falling or colliding with an external object such as a rock or a tree, on one hand, the skier is easily injured, and on the other hand, since people in alpine are rare, the skier in a dangerous situation is hardly found by other people, so that the skier is easily frostbitten and dies and other tragedies in cold conditions. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an active protection system for skiers, which can send the status of skiers to outside such as rescue stations, so as to facilitate quick rescue of skiers in dangerous states.

The utility model discloses it is created based on this thought, according to the utility model discloses, provide an intelligence multipurpose protective clothing, this protective clothing is including setting up the gasbag in a plurality of positions departments of protective clothing to and can be fast to the gas filled aerating device of gasbag, wherein, the protective clothing still includes inductive element, and this inductive element can the sensing trigger element not exist and respond to here and send triggering signal to aerating device to trigger aerating device begins to aerify the gasbag.

The triggering element may be connected to the ski pole by a tether and the sensing element is located near the cuff of the sleeve of the suit and in the normal state the triggering element is releasably connected to the sensing element, whereas in the event of a skier falling or being struck, the triggering element disengages from the sensing element as the ski pole is thrown away, causing the sensing element to fail to sense the triggering element and thereby triggering the inflator to begin inflating the air-bag, thereby providing cushioning protection to the skier.

Preferably, the trigger element may be attached to the inductive element by magnetism, hook and loop, snap connection, or the like.

Preferably, the sensing element may be a hall element and the triggering element may be a magnetic sheet, whereby the hall element may sense the magnetism of the magnetic sheet and issue a triggering signal when the magnetic sheet is detached from the hall element.

Alternatively, the sensing element may be a reed switch and the triggering element may be a magnetic sheet, the reed switch being in one of an on and off state when the magnetic sheet is attracted to the sensing element, and the reed switch being switched to the other of the on and off state when the magnetic sheet is detached, thereby emitting the triggering signal.

Alternatively, the sensing element may be a photosensor and the triggering element may be a shielding plate, which may be magnetic to attach to the photosensor by magnetic force, thereby shielding the photosensor, and when the shielding plate is released, the photosensor senses external light, thereby emitting a triggering signal.

Alternatively, the trigger element is not attached to the inductive element, but is only capable of being sensed by the inductive element. For example, the trigger element comprises an NFC chip and the inductive element comprises an NFC reader, the inductive element being capable of sensing the presence of the trigger element when the trigger element is within a predetermined range of the inductive element and determining that the trigger element is disengaged and emitting a trigger signal when the trigger element is disengaged beyond said predetermined range.

The trigger signal may be received by the inflator device in a wired or wireless manner.

The air charging device comprises a shell, a motor, a fan assembly and a controller, wherein the motor, the fan assembly and the controller are arranged in the shell, and the controller receives a trigger signal sent by the induction element and controls the motor and the fan assembly.

The inflator further includes a pressure sensor in communication with the bladder to sense a pressure at which the bladder is inflated, and the controller is configured to receive a signal from the pressure sensor and to cease operation of the inflator when the signal indicates that the pressure within the bladder reaches a predetermined threshold.

The inflator further comprises a check mechanism, and the check mechanism comprises a valve seat and a check valve plate, so that air can only be filled into the airbag from the inflator, and pressure air in the airbag is prevented from being discharged through the inflator.

The motor is a high speed dc motor, which may have a speed in the range of 50000rpm to 70000 rpm.

The protective garment also includes vital signs sensors that sense vital signs of the wearer, including blood pressure, heart beat, body temperature, and the like.

The controller is configured to receive the signals of the vital signs sensor and to evaluate the vital signs of the wearer from the signals. Preferably, the controller evaluates the vital signs of the wearer to three levels, emergency, dangerous and normal, and actively issues a distress signal to the outside when the vital signs of the wearer are evaluated to be in an emergency state.

Preferably, the inflator is further provided with a sensor that measures the position where the wearer is located, such as a GPS sensor, a beidou sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, or the like, and the distress signal preferably contains positional information of the wearer.

Preferably, the protective suit is further provided with a deflation valve so as to release the gas filled in the air bag.

Preferably, the protective clothing is provided with an alarm mark or an alarm lamp.

Preferably, the inflator is further provided with an active protection system comprising a plurality of radars to sense the environment surrounding the wearer, the controller being configured to receive signals from the radars and automatically trigger the inflator to inflate the airbag upon determining that the wearer is in rapid proximity to or is in rapid proximity to an external object.

Drawings

The foregoing and other features, advantages and technical advantages of the invention may be understood by reference to the following detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGS. 1A and 1B are front and rear views illustrating a smart ski suit;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the inflator;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the inflator 100;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the inflator 100;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along B-B of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along C-C of FIG. 3; and

fig. 7 is an enlarged view at a circle in fig. 5.

Detailed Description

The intelligent protective clothing according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in the following description, the intelligent protective clothing is described by way of example of a ski suit, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to ski suits, but can be applied to various fields requiring safety protection.

Fig. 1A and 1B are front and rear views of the ski suit, respectively. As shown in fig. 1A and 1B, the appearance of the ski suit is similar to that of a general ski suit, including a front sheet, a rear sheet, left and right shoulder portions, left and right sleeves, and a collar.

However, in the ski suit 200 according to the present invention, a plurality of air bags 210 are provided in, for example, the front part, the rear part, the left and right sleeves, and the collar, and the left and right inflators 100 are provided at the left and right shoulders, respectively. The plurality of air bags provided in the ski suit may be inflated by the left and right inflators to expand when a danger is detected or is imminent, thereby providing cushioning protection for the skier, particularly for critical areas of the skier, including, for example, the front chest, the rear spine, the left and right elbows, the neck, etc.

The air cells may be in series communication with each other such that the left and right inflators inflate all of the air cells in sequence. Alternatively, the air bags may be divided into a plurality of groups, the air bags in each group being communicated in series and the groups being communicated in parallel, and the groups being connected to left and/or right inflators via conduits respectively for inflating the air bags according to a predetermined sequence. Preferably, the set of balloons protecting the neck and the posterior spine are inflated preferentially, then the balloon protecting the front chest and finally the balloon protecting the elbow.

At a predetermined position of the ski suit, for example, adjacent the cuffs of the left and/or right sleeves, a sensing element 220 is provided which senses the presence of a trigger element 230 and, when the trigger element is not sensed, issues a trigger signal, thereby triggering the inflator.

In a preferred embodiment, the sensing element is a hall element and the triggering element is a magnetic sheet, the triggering element being connected to the ski pole, for example by a tether, whereby under normal conditions, for example when a skier is safely engaged in a skiing sport, the skier holds the ski pole and the magnetic sheet is magnetically attracted to the hall element and enables the hall element to sense the magnetic sheet, and when a dangerous condition occurs, for example when the skier falls, the ski pole disengages from the skier's hand so that the magnetic sheet disengages from the hall element, in which case the hall element does not sense the magnetic sheet and issues a triggering signal which is received by the inflator and triggers the inflator to operate to inflate an air bag within the ski suit. The trigger signal sent by the Hall element can be transmitted in a wireless or wired mode and is received by the inflating device in a wired or wireless mode.

As another example, the sensing element may be a reed switch that closes when the magnetic strip is attracted to the reed switch and opens when the magnetic strip is released, whereby the open signal is received by the inflator to trigger the inflator; alternatively, it may be that when the magnetic sheet is attracted to the reed switch, the reed switch is opened, and when the magnetic sheet is detached due to, for example, a fall of a skier, the reed switch is closed by its own elasticity, thereby triggering the inflator.

As still another example, the sensing element may be a photoelectric element embedded in the cuffs of the left and/or right sleeves, and at the position where the photoelectric element is disposed, the cuffs are provided with apertures which are blocked when the magnetic sheet is attracted to the sleeves, and when the magnetic sheet is detached, the apertures are exposed and the photoelectric element senses light through the apertures, thereby generating a trigger signal to trigger the inflator.

The above are various examples of the inductive element, however, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to these examples, but any inductive element may be employed; in addition, the above trigger element is described by taking a magnetic sheet as an example, but the trigger element may be other elements, for example, any element detachably attached to a sleeve by means of a hook and loop fastener, a snap fastener or the like may be used as the trigger element.

In addition, although it is mentioned above that the triggering element is attached to the sleeve so as to be sensed by the sensing element, it can be understood that, according to the present invention, the triggering element does not have to be attached to the sleeve, and the object of the present invention can be achieved as long as the triggering element is in a range in which the sensing element can be sensed in a normal state.

For example, the triggering element may be, for example, a near field sensing chip (NFC), and the sensing element may be an inductor capable of sensing the near field sensing chip, whereby, when the triggering element is within a certain range of the inductor, the inductor may sense the presence of the triggering element, and when a dangerous state such as a skier falling down occurs, the near field sensing chip is far away from the inductor, so that the inductor cannot sense the near field sensing chip, thereby generating a triggering signal to trigger the inflator.

The induction element or the sensor triggered inflator can adopt a wired mode or a wireless mode, and in the wired condition, the induction element can be connected with a controller of the inflator through a lead embedded in the ski suit and sends a trigger signal to the controller of the inflator; in the case of wireless, the sensing element may comprise, for example, a wireless transmitter, and the inflator controller may comprise a wireless receiver, whereby the triggering signal of the sensing element is received wirelessly.

Next, an inflator 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to fig. 2 to 7. The inflators are respectively installed in the left and right shoulders of the ski suit, and the inflators provided at the left and right shoulders are mirror images of each other, and therefore, only one of them will be described below.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the inflator, fig. 3 is a top view of the inflator 100, fig. 4 is a bottom view of the inflator 100, fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along B-B of fig. 3, fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along C-C of fig. 3, and fig. 7 is an enlarged view at a circle in fig. 5. In addition, in the following description, directional terms are defined for convenience in the case where the ski suit is worn on a skier, for example, the top refers to a direction toward the sky when the skier stands, and the bottom is a direction opposite to the top; the outer or outer end refers to the side or end facing the outside of the skier's body, while the inner or inner end refers to the side or end facing the skier's body. The front side or end refers to the side or end that the skier faces, while the back side or end refers to the side or end that the skier faces away.

As shown in fig. 2 to 7, the inflator 100 includes a housing 101, and the housing 101 is generally made of plastic and formed in a shape whose bottom surface conforms to the shoulder of the human body so that the inflator 100 is disposed in the shoulder of the ski suit without causing discomfort to the wearer.

An electronic control board 102 is provided on the top surface of the housing 101, and necessary control elements and receiving elements are provided thereon. A motor 103 and a fan 104 fixed to an output shaft of the motor are provided in the housing 101, and as shown in the drawing, two motors 103 and fans 104 are provided side by side for each inflator to rapidly inflate the airbag in a very short time, for example, 0.1 second to 0.5 second. However, the present invention is not limited to the number of motors and fans, and one motor and fan or more than two motors or fans may be used as long as the airbag can be filled within a predetermined time.

In one embodiment, the motor may be a high speed DC motor, which may have a speed in the range of 50000rpm to 70000 rpm. In addition, as shown in the figure, a plurality of fans, 6 in the figure, are axially arranged on the output shaft of each motor, and the fans may be axial flow fans, but a centrifugal fan or a mixed flow fan may be adopted as long as the fans can output enough flow.

The outer end of the housing 101 includes a mesh which may be exposed to the outside or wrapped by ski wear and exposed when needed. The inner end of the housing 101 includes an air outlet 107 which communicates with the air-bag of the ski suit to inflate the air-bag.

Between the air outlet of the housing 101 and the fan, there is further provided a check valve which allows gas to enter the airbag only from the inflator, and does not leak from the airbag through the inflator. In the present embodiment, the check valve is constituted by the check rubber sheet 105 provided in the housing, and when the inflator operates, the pressure of the gas from the fan pushes the check rubber sheet 105 open, thereby inflating the airbag, and when the motor of the inflator 100 stops operating, the gas pressure in the airbag presses the check rubber sheet 105 against the valve seat 106 formed in the housing, thereby preventing the gas from leaking through the housing of the inflator 100.

An air pressure sensor 108 is also provided in the housing 101 of the inflator 100 to sense the air pressure of the airbag. And, when the air pressure sensor 108 senses that the air pressure of the airbag reaches a predetermined threshold value, the inflator 100 stops continuing to inflate. It is advantageous to control the inflator by sensing the pressure at which the bladder is inflated using the pressure sensor 108 to ensure that the bladder is inflated with sufficient air. This is beneficial for operation at different altitudes. In addition, the amount of power of the battery that supplies power to the motor of the inflator 100 may decrease due to the use of the ski wear, and thus if the time is relied on as the control condition of the inflator, there is a possibility that under-inflation may be caused in the case where the amount of power of the battery decreases. And the inflation requirement can be met under various conditions by sensing the air pressure actually filled in the air bag.

A manual switch 240 is further provided on the ski suit to manually control the inflator so that the inflator is manually controlled to operate to inflate the airbag. In addition, the ski suit is further provided with a deflation valve 250 to deflate the air in the ski suit as required after the ski suit is inflated for storage.

The ski wear can also be provided with sensors to measure vital signs of the skier, for example sensors at the location of the heart to sense the skier's heartbeat and/or body temperature, and blood pressure sensors at the sleeves to measure the skier's blood pressure, for example. The controller receives these data characterizing the vital signs of the skier and calculates from these data various parameters of the skier, such as the skier's heat consumption, intensity of movement, etc., and these data can be read and displayed by an application installed on the skier's smartphone, etc. Additionally, warnings are issued to skiers or automatically to rescue stations when these vital signs are at danger thresholds. For example, when the heart rate of the skier exceeds a predetermined value, when the body temperature is lower than a predetermined value, or when the blood pressure is lower than a predetermined value, alarm information is issued.

A sensor that senses geographical information of the skier, such as GPS, beidou, etc., is also provided on the electronic control board to sense and record the location where the skier is located, which can be read by an application of the skier's smartphone, etc., and record the skier's footprint. In addition, when sending alarm information, can include the position of skier and launch to nearby rescue station to the rescue personnel can fix a position the skier fast.

Alternatively, the controller may evaluate the data characterizing the vital signs of the skier and classify the current state of the skier into an emergency, dangerous and normal state, and take different countermeasures for the different states. For example, in the case of an emergency evaluation, the controller automatically transmits an alarm distress message to a rescue station or the like, and in the case of a dangerous state, the controller first reminds the skier of himself or herself, and in the case where the state continues to be not improved, upgrades the state to the emergency state, and automatically transmits the alarm distress message.

According to the utility model discloses a ski suit can also include the active protection system (not shown), for example, still be provided with the radar in a plurality of positions on inflator's casing, the radar can detect the obstacle around the skier constantly to when detecting that the obstacle high speed is close to, the automatic trigger inflation device is for the gasbag is inflated, from this, prevents that the skier from being hit by high speed.

The radar may be a laser radar, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In the following, the operation of the intelligent multipurpose protective clothing (ski wear) according to the invention is briefly described.

After the air is discharged from the ski suit, the ski suit can be stored and worn like a normal ski suit, and the air permeability of the ski suit can be maintained as compared with the case where the whole ski suit is doubled to form the whole air cavity by using the air bag.

When the skier wears the ski suit according to the utility model discloses a because the ski suit is in the gassing state, can not bring any inconvenience to the skier. During the high-speed descending process of the skier, the active protection system is started, the periphery of the skier is scanned and detected at any time, and if the skier is found to be fast approaching an external obstacle or an external object (for example, another skier) is fast approaching the skier, the active protection system sends out a trigger signal to trigger the inflator to be fast inflated, so that the air bag in the ski suit is expanded, and protection is provided for the skier.

In addition, in the event that the skier collides with an external obstacle or falls, the skier's ski pole is often thrown out of the hand, which causes the triggering element to disengage from the sensing element, thereby triggering the inflator to rapidly inflate the ski wear, and when the pressure sensor of the inflator detects that the air pressure in the air bag reaches a predetermined level, the motor of the inflator is stopped, thereby stopping the inflation of the air bag of the ski wear.

At this time, a sensor provided on the ski suit, which senses vital signs of the skier, measures vital signs of the skier, such as blood pressure, body temperature, heartbeat, etc., and evaluates the condition of the skier to one of three levels according to the measured data, and at an emergency level, transmits a distress signal to the outside, preferably, the distress signal includes a geographic information signal indicating the location of the skier.

In addition, can also be provided with distress sign or distress signal lamp on the ski wear, from this, when sending distress signal to the external world, the distress signal lamp on the ski wear glimmers to the rescuer can find the skier that is in dangerous condition fast.

While the present disclosure has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Accordingly, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limiting, but illustrative.

Claims

1. An intelligent multi-purpose protective garment comprising air bags arranged at a plurality of locations in the garment, and an inflation device capable of rapidly inflating the air bags, characterised in that the garment further comprises a sensing element capable of sensing the absence of a triggering element and in response thereto issuing a trigger signal to the inflation device to trigger the inflation device to commence inflation of the air bags.

2. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 1, wherein the protective garment is a ski suit.

3. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 2, wherein the triggering element is attached to the ski pole by a tether and the sensing element is positioned near the cuff of the sleeve of the garment such that the sensing element triggers the inflation device when the ski pole is taken out of hand.

4. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment according to claim 3, wherein the triggering element can be attached to the sensing element by magnetic, hook and loop, or snap connections.

5. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 4, wherein the sensing element comprises a Hall element and the triggering element comprises a magnetic sheet.

6. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 4, wherein the inductive element comprises a reed switch and the triggering element comprises a magnetic strip.

7. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 4, wherein the sensing element comprises a photosensor and the triggering element comprises a shield sheet that shields the photosensor.

8. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 7, wherein the masking sheet is magnetic to attach to the photosensor by magnetic force.

9. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 3, wherein the trigger element comprises an NFC chip and the sensing element comprises an NFC reader, the sensing element being capable of sensing the presence of the trigger element when the trigger element is within a predetermined range of the sensing element and the sensing element determining that the trigger element is disengaged and emitting a trigger signal when the trigger element is disengaged beyond the predetermined range.

10. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 2, wherein the trigger signal is receivable by the inflator device in a wired or wireless manner.

11. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the inflation device comprises a housing, a motor and fan assembly disposed within the housing, and a controller that receives the trigger signal from the sensing element and controls the motor and fan assembly.

12. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 11, wherein the inflator further comprises a pressure sensor in communication with the air bladder to sense the pressure at which the air bladder is inflated, and the controller is configured to receive a signal from the pressure sensor and to cease operation of the inflator when the signal indicates that the pressure within the air bladder reaches a predetermined threshold.

13. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 11, wherein the inflator further comprises a non-return mechanism such that air can only be inflated from the inflator into the airbag while preventing pressurized air within the airbag from being expelled through the inflator.

14. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 13, wherein the check mechanism comprises a valve seat and a check valve flap.

15. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 11, wherein the motor is a high speed dc motor having a speed in the range of 50000rpm to 70000 rpm.

16. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 11, wherein the protective garment further comprises vital signs sensors that sense vital signs of the wearer, the vital signs including blood pressure, heart beat, body temperature, the controller being configured to receive signals from the vital signs sensors and to evaluate vital signs of the wearer from the signals.

17. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 16, wherein the controller assesses the vital signs of the wearer in three levels, emergency, dangerous and normal, and actively signals the outside for help when the vital signs of the wearer are assessed as emergency.

18. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 17, wherein the inflator is further provided with a sensor that measures the position of the wearer, and the distress signal contains information on the position of the wearer.

19. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 18, wherein the sensor that measures the location of the wearer comprises a GPS sensor, a beidou sensor, or a geomagnetic sensor.

20. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment according to claim 11, wherein a deflation valve is further provided on the protective garment to allow for the deflation of the gas filled in the air bags.

21. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment according to claim 11, wherein an alarm sign or an alarm light is provided on the protective garment.

22. The intelligent multi-purpose protective garment of claim 11, wherein the inflator is further provided with an active protection system comprising a plurality of radars to sense the environment surrounding the wearer, the controller being configured to receive signals from the radars and automatically trigger the inflator to inflate the airbag upon determining that the wearer is in rapid proximity to or is in rapid proximity to an external object.