EP1145656B1 - Overall safety braces incorporating inflatable bladder - Google Patents

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EP1145656B1
EP1145656B1 EP01400925A EP01400925A EP1145656B1 EP 1145656 B1 EP1145656 B1 EP 1145656B1 EP 01400925 A EP01400925 A EP 01400925A EP 01400925 A EP01400925 A EP 01400925A EP 1145656 B1 EP1145656 B1 EP 1145656B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/012—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids
    • A41D13/0125—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids with buoyancy aids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
    • B63C9/11—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses
    • B63C9/125—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
    • B63C9/1255—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments inflatable
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S2/00—Apparel
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  • the present invention relates to safety suspenders for high pants, said suspenders incorporating a lifejacket. These straps are intended to fit coats with suspenders or pants with suspenders used by professional sailors, high navigators sea or racing boats or in fresh water.
  • the shape inflatable safety bra general in inverted U. This type of bra is passed around the user neck and the two parallel branches of the U are arranged on his chest to maintain his head and face out of water.
  • a system of straps ensures the maintenance of the bra with chest or waist belt and ties anterior to the ends of the two branches of the U and by at least a posterior attachment to the base of the U behind the neck, the fasteners attaching to the belt.
  • the bra is deflated.
  • the bra is inflated, the inflation can be achieved with a compressed gas cylinder and / or by mouth inflation. In the case of inflation by bottle compressed gas, inflation can be triggered either manually or automatically, a trigger detecting the presence of water.
  • bras are safety elements which must be regularly checked both from the point of view of their tightness that of the operation of the inflation members. Those are also relatively expensive devices.
  • it is essential to wear safety equipment and particular a bra the responsibilities of the employee and the employer can be engaged in the opposite case.
  • Gold although the brassieres have made enormous progress from the point of for their ease of installation and their comfort, some employees prefer to do without it. Likewise in the activities of leisure it is desirable to wear this type of equipment. It is therefore essential to have bras that while effective, respecting safety standards, are simple to put in place, be comfortable and, above all, be essential, the user cannot do without it.
  • pants are waterproof and resistant clothing that protects them from environment that can be aggressive.
  • pants amount to designate these different types of garments which have at least one extension in common anterior above the waist, towards the thorax, of the user, said anterior extension here being called anterior flap.
  • anterior flap the anterior extension
  • the present invention therefore provides safety suspenders for high pants, said suspenders incorporating a lifejacket, the suspenders and therefore the front bra must be put in place for the pants to hold.
  • the invention therefore relates to safety suspenders for high pants incorporating a lifejacket, the lifejacket being secured to a belt by at at least one belt clip, the pants having at least an anterior flap and being held in place by suspenders.
  • GB-A-2 268 387 discloses suspenders and a pants corresponding respectively to the preamble of claims 1 and 10.
  • the shoulder straps consist of a cover and the inflatable life jacket, the life jacket and the cover having a general inverted U shape, at rest the cover enveloping the life jacket between an inner sheet against the user and an outside sheet opposite the previous, the sheets being integral along the inner edge of the U and removable fasteners being arranged along the sheets on the outer edge of the U to allow rapid opening of said cover; in front the straps are fixed towards the top of the flap thanks to two removable anterolateral attachments, said anterolateral attachments being secured to the outer sheet of the cover at a distance from the ends of the two branches of the U; behind the straps are attached to the top of the pants by means of at least one removable postero-median attachment, said postero-medial attachment being secured to the base of the U arranged on the rear and lateral parts of the user's neck; and the pants have substantially at the waist passers-by intended to receive the belt, each of the ends of the two branches of the U having the corresponding belt clip.
  • the invention also relates to high pants with at least one front flap and held in place by straps, in front the straps being fixed towards the top of the flap thanks to two removable anterolateral fasteners and rear straps being attached to the top of the pants with a postero-median attachment.
  • the pants have means according to any of the features listed above and intended to receive suspenders according to any one of previous features.
  • the user of the pants is must have a bra, otherwise the pants cannot be held in place.
  • This device which has for role the maintenance of the pants instead of suspenders classics used on this type of garment amounting to the peculiarity of enclosing a floating vest folded in such a way that it fits seamlessly into its cover which fulfills the role of suspenders.
  • the vest can be manual or automatic and has preferably, and in order to comply with European standards, a buoyancy of at least 150 Newtons.
  • the lifejacket is secured to the belt by belt clips, the belt is therefore one of the essential elements of security.
  • the device the invention therefore forms an assembly of the safety harness type which has a towing handle which withstands forces according to the standards in force.
  • the various fasteners being removable, on the one hand, the pants can be put on by the user in various ways, suspenders being detached only at the front or only at the rear or still completely detached.
  • the suspenders in case the pants would be damaged or not suitable for the intended use, it is possible to keep the suspenders and to change only the one this for a new one or one of another type (the sinful sailor becoming regatta for example).
  • postero-median attachment concerns both a single back strap and a set of back straps and, for example, two.
  • the user is wearing pants 1 extending forward by a flap 11.
  • the pants 1 is held in place by straps 2 which are fixed with a removably at the front on the flap 11 by two fasteners antero-lateral 6 and 6 '.
  • Figure 2 shows the rear part of the suspenders 2.
  • the suspenders have a general inverted U shape.
  • the two branches 2a and 2a 'of the U are intended to be placed laterally on the user's chest and base 2b of the U in back of his neck.
  • a postero-median attachment 7 is fixed to the level of base 2b in order to ensure the maintenance between said base 2b and the pants 1 via two parts of fasteners 71 and 72.
  • the pants do not have an extension up back of the user.
  • pants having upward backward extensions of the user by example rear flap, are also usable, a means adjusting the length of the postero-median attachment (7) to adjust the suspenders on the pants.
  • Figure 3 details the construction of the suspenders 2.
  • the latter consist of a cover 4 inside which is arranged a bra 5.
  • the cover is formed of a internal sheet placed in contact with the user and a sheet external opposite to the previous one.
  • the bra 5 is wrapped between the inner and outer sheets of the cover 4, said sheets being integral at the inner edge 4a of the U.
  • the outer edge 4b of the sheets is closed by one or more rapid opening and closing devices, for example of the type Velcro®.
  • the bra 5 is arranged deflated and folded inside the cover 4.
  • the two sheets of the cover have been separated along the outer edge 4b, the corresponding removable fasteners having been separated, in order to reveal the bra 5 which is partially unfolded and which reveals an oral inflator and a whistle.
  • the postero-median attachment 7 is fixed on the bra 5, an opening through the internal sheet of the cover allowing the exit of said fastener 7.
  • Fasteners of belt 10 are attached to the two ends of the branches of the U on the brassiere 5.
  • Each of the belt clip ends 10 has at least one pass-through through which a belt 9 is passed.
  • the pants 1 have internally passers-by through which said belt 9 has also passed.
  • the belt is closed and buckled laterally on the side or side of the user.
  • Belt loops arranged on pants 1 are on the inner side of the latter and the belt is therefore passed inside the pants.
  • the loop for the fastening and closing of the belt is arranged on the face external of the pants because it must be accessible. In this mode of the belt is removable and can be removed from the trousers.
  • the looping is carried out on the front of the pants substantially at the height of the flap 11 so that the latter covers said closing and sealing at passers-by exits corresponding belt.
  • the belt clip is a device of another type and for example that the belt has a hooking element on which is fixed in a way removable said belt clip, the belt being able, by elsewhere, be irremovable in the pants, be it the elements that prevent its exit or that it is fixed in one or several points of the pants.
  • elements hooks are provided on the belt, preferably used removable devices that are incompatible with those of antero-lateral and postero-median attachments to prevent the user cannot mount the shoulder straps on the trousers.
  • the anterolateral 6 and 6 'and postero-medial attachments 7 consist of two parts respectively 61, 62 and 61 ', 62' and 71, 72 which can be quickly attached and detached one on the other by snap-type closures.
  • the various fasteners can be adjustable in length to fit the coat user conformation.
  • the setting can be obtained by the use of an elastic material and / or by a device for length adjustable straps.
  • FIG. 4 An example of a snap closure is shown in Figure 4 for the postero-median attachment.
  • the part attachment 71 is a strap adjustable in length.

Abstract

The life jacket (5) is fixed to a belt (9) by belt straps (10,10'). The over trousers (1) comprise a front flap (11) and are held in place by a U-shaped safety shoulder harness (2a). The shoulder harness is composed of a cover (4) which envelops the life jacket between an internal layer against the user and an outer layer. The flap is fixed upwards in front of the harness by two removable front side straps (6,6'). In the rear the harness is fixed upwards from the pants by a rear removable median strap (7) which is fixed at the base of the U.

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La présente invention concerne des bretelles de sécurité pour pantalon montant, lesdites bretelles incorporant une brassière de sauvetage. Ces bretelles sont destinées à s'adapter à des cottes à bretelles ou des pantalons montants à bretelles utilisés par des marins professionnels, des navigateurs de haute mer ou des régatiers ou encore en eau douce.The present invention relates to safety suspenders for high pants, said suspenders incorporating a lifejacket. These straps are intended to fit coats with suspenders or pants with suspenders used by professional sailors, high navigators sea or racing boats or in fresh water.

On connaít les brassières de sécurité gonflables de forme générale en U inversé. Ce type de brassière est passé autour du cou de l'utilisateur et les deux branches parallèles du U sont disposées sur sa poitrine afin de maintenir sa tête et son visage hors de l'eau. Un système de sangles assure le maintien de la brassière par une ceinture thoracique ou ventrale et des attaches antérieures aux extrémités des deux branches du U et par au moins une attache postérieure à la base du U en arrière du cou, les attaches se fixant sur la ceinture. Au repos, la brassière est dégonflée. Pour utilisation, la brassière est gonflée, le gonflage pouvant être réalisé grâce à une bouteille de gaz comprimé et/ou par gonflage à la bouche. Dans le cas d'un gonflage par bouteille de gaz comprimé, le déclenchement du gonflage peut être obtenu soit manuellement, soit automatiquement, un dispositif de déclenchement détectant la présence d'eau.We know the shape inflatable safety bra general in inverted U. This type of bra is passed around the user neck and the two parallel branches of the U are arranged on his chest to maintain his head and face out of water. A system of straps ensures the maintenance of the bra with chest or waist belt and ties anterior to the ends of the two branches of the U and by at least a posterior attachment to the base of the U behind the neck, the fasteners attaching to the belt. At rest, the bra is deflated. For use, the bra is inflated, the inflation can be achieved with a compressed gas cylinder and / or by mouth inflation. In the case of inflation by bottle compressed gas, inflation can be triggered either manually or automatically, a trigger detecting the presence of water.

Ces brassières sont des éléments de sécurité qui doivent être contrôlées régulièrement tant du point de vue de leur étanchéité que du fonctionnement des organes de gonflage. Ce sont également des dispositifs relativement coûteux. D'autre part, dans certaines activités professionnelles, par exemple la pêche, il est indispensable de porter des équipements de sécurité et en particulier une brassière, les responsabilités de l'employé et de l'employeur pouvant être engagées dans le cas contraire. Or, bien que les brassières aient fait des progrès énormes du point de vue de leur facilité de mise en place et de leur confort, certains employés préfèrent s'en passer. De même dans les activités de loisir il est souhaitable de porter ce type d'équipement. Il est donc indispensable de disposer de brassières qui tout en étant efficaces, respectant les normes de sécurité, soient simples à mettre en place, soient confortables et, surtout, soient indispensables, l'utilisateur ne pouvant s'en passer.These bras are safety elements which must be regularly checked both from the point of view of their tightness that of the operation of the inflation members. Those are also relatively expensive devices. On the other hand, in certain professional activities, for example fishing, it is essential to wear safety equipment and particular a bra, the responsibilities of the employee and the employer can be engaged in the opposite case. Gold, although the brassieres have made enormous progress from the point of for their ease of installation and their comfort, some employees prefer to do without it. Likewise in the activities of leisure it is desirable to wear this type of equipment. It is therefore essential to have bras that while effective, respecting safety standards, are simple to put in place, be comfortable and, above all, be essential, the user cannot do without it.

Par ailleurs, certaines activités maritimes peuvent être la source de nombreux incidents pouvant endommager les brassières, par exemple pour un pêcheur, piqûre par un hameçon, frottement d'un câble... Il est donc souhaitable de disposer de brassières que l'on puisse porter d'une manière continue, et donc à titre préventif, mais qui soient relativement protégées vis-à-vis de l'environnement extérieur.In addition, certain maritime activities may be the source of numerous incidents that could damage the lifejackets, for example for a fisherman, sting with a hook, rubbing a cable ... It is therefore desirable to have bras that we can wear continuously, and therefore preventively, but which are relatively protected vis-à-vis the environment outside.

Enfin, les personnes évoluant dans le milieu maritime sont généralement équipés de cottes ou de pantalons montants, qui sont des vêtements étanches et résistants qui les protègent d'un environnement qui peut être agressif. Dans la suite on utilisera le terme pantalon montant pour désigner ces différents types de vêtements qui possèdent en commun au moins un prolongement antérieur au dessus de la taille, vers le thorax, de l'utilisateur, ledit prolongement antérieur étant ici appelé bavette antérieure. Cependant on considère également les pantalons montants qui ont une bavette postérieure, c'est à dire dans le dos de l'utilisateur.Finally, people working in the maritime environment are usually fitted with overcoats or pants, which are waterproof and resistant clothing that protects them from environment that can be aggressive. In the following we will use the term pants amount to designate these different types of garments which have at least one extension in common anterior above the waist, towards the thorax, of the user, said anterior extension here being called anterior flap. However, we also consider the high pants which have a rear flap, ie in the back of the user.

La présente invention propose donc des bretelles de sécurité pour pantalon montant, lesdites bretelles incorporant une brassière de sauvetage, les bretelles et donc la brassière devant être obligatoirement mises en place pour que le pantalon tienne.The present invention therefore provides safety suspenders for high pants, said suspenders incorporating a lifejacket, the suspenders and therefore the front bra must be put in place for the pants to hold.

L'invention concerne donc des bretelles de sécurité pour pantalon montant incorporant une brassière de sauvetage, la brassière de sauvetage étant solidarisée à une ceinture par au moins une attache de ceinture, le pantalon comportant au moins une bavette antérieure et étant maintenu en place par des bretelles.The invention therefore relates to safety suspenders for high pants incorporating a lifejacket, the lifejacket being secured to a belt by at at least one belt clip, the pants having at least an anterior flap and being held in place by suspenders.

Le document GB-A-2 268 387 divulgue des bretelles et un pantalon correspondant respectivement au préambule des revendications 1 et 10.GB-A-2 268 387 discloses suspenders and a pants corresponding respectively to the preamble of claims 1 and 10.

Selon l'invention,
les bretelles sont constituées d'une housse et de la brassière de sauvetage gonflable, la brassière et la housse ayant une forme générale en U inversé, au repos la housse enveloppant la brassière entre un feuillet intérieur contre l'utilisateur et un feuillet extérieur opposé au précédent, les feuillets étant solidaires le long du bord intérieur du U et des attaches amovibles étant disposées le long des feuillets sur le bord extérieur du U afin de permettre une ouverture rapide de ladite housse;
en avant les bretelles sont fixées vers le haut de la bavette grâce à deux attaches antéro-latérales amovibles, lesdites attaches antéro-latérales étant solidarisées sur le feuillet extérieur de la housse à distance des extrémités des deux branches du U;
en arrière les bretelles sont fixées vers le haut du pantalon grâce à au moins une attache postéro-médiane amovible, ladite attache postéro-médiane étant solidarisée à la base du U disposée sur les parties arrière et latérales du cou de l'utilisateur;
et le pantalon comporte sensiblement au niveau de la taille des passants destinés à recevoir la ceinture, chacune des extrémités des deux branches du U comportant l'attache de ceinture correspondante.According to the invention,
the shoulder straps consist of a cover and the inflatable life jacket, the life jacket and the cover having a general inverted U shape, at rest the cover enveloping the life jacket between an inner sheet against the user and an outside sheet opposite the previous, the sheets being integral along the inner edge of the U and removable fasteners being arranged along the sheets on the outer edge of the U to allow rapid opening of said cover;
in front the straps are fixed towards the top of the flap thanks to two removable anterolateral attachments, said anterolateral attachments being secured to the outer sheet of the cover at a distance from the ends of the two branches of the U;
behind the straps are attached to the top of the pants by means of at least one removable postero-median attachment, said postero-medial attachment being secured to the base of the U arranged on the rear and lateral parts of the user's neck;
and the pants have substantially at the waist passers-by intended to receive the belt, each of the ends of the two branches of the U having the corresponding belt clip.

Dans divers modes de mise en oeuvre de l'invention, les moyens suivants pris isolément ou selon toutes leurs combinaisons techniquement possibles sont mis en oeuvre:

  • les passants sont disposés sur la face intérieure du pantalon;
  • les extrémités de la ceinture sont accessibles à l'utilisateur sur la face extérieure du pantalon sensiblement sur le coté de l'utilisateur pour bouclage par une fermeture de ceinture;
  • les extrémités de la ceinture sont accessibles à l'utilisateur sur la face extérieure du pantalon vers la partie médiane avant pour bouclage par une fermeture de ceinture afin d'assurer l'étanchéité au niveau de la fermeture de ceinture grâce au recouvrement par la bavette antérieure, au moins un passant étant disposé de chaque coté de la fermeture de ceinture entre la fermeture de ceinture et l'attache de ceinture correspondante (lors de la mise en place et la fermeture de la ceinture, la bavette antérieure n'est pas encore mise en place sur l'avant du thorax de l'utilisateur et ce dernier a donc accès aux extrémités de la ceinture);
  • la ceinture est amovible;
  • les attaches de ceinture comportent des passants, la ceinture étant passée dans lesdits passants;
  • l'attache postéro-médiane et les attaches de ceinture sont solidarisées à la brassière dans des zones de solidarisation, l'attache postéro-médiane étant passée à travers une ouverture du feuillet intérieur de la housse;
  • la brassière et la housse sont en outre solidarisées entre elles au moins dans les zones suivantes:
    • zone de solidarisation de l'attache postéro-médiane sur la brassière,
    • zone de solidarisation des attaches de ceinture sur la brassière;
  • les bretelles sont ajustables, au moins un des moyens suivant étant mis en oeuvre:
    • les deux attaches antéro-latérales sont réglables en longueur,
    • l'attache postéro-médiane est réglable en longueur,
    • les deux attaches antéro-latérales sont réalisées dans un matériau élastique,
    • l'attache postéro-médiane est réalisée dans un matériau élastique;
  • les attaches antéro-latérales sont à ouvertures et fermetures rapides;
  • l'attache postéro-médiane est à ouverture et fermeture rapide;
  • les attaches amovibles antéro-latérales et postéro-médiane comportent des moyens d'ouverture et de fermeture rapide de forme spécifique empêchant l'utilisation de bretelles autres que les bretelles à brassière de l'invention;
  • les attaches amovibles antéro-latérales et postéro-médiane sont incompatibles entre elles afin d'empêcher l'inversion du sens de mise en place des bretelles;
  • les attaches amovibles antéro-latérales et postéro-médiane sont de types mâles et femelles inversées entre elles afin d'empêcher l'inversion du sens de mise en place des bretelles;
  • les attaches amovibles disposées le long des feuillet sur le bord extérieur du U sont du type VELCRO®.
In various embodiments of the invention, the following means taken in isolation or in all their technically possible combinations are used:
  • the loops are arranged on the inside of the pants;
  • the ends of the belt are accessible to the user on the outside of the pants substantially on the side of the user for fastening by a belt closure;
  • the ends of the belt are accessible to the user on the external face of the pants towards the front middle part for fastening by a belt closure in order to ensure sealing at the level of the belt closure thanks to the covering by the anterior flap , at least one passer-by being placed on each side of the belt closure between the belt closure and the corresponding belt clip (during the fitting and closing of the belt, the front flap is not yet put on in place on the front of the user's chest and the user therefore has access to the ends of the belt);
  • the belt is removable;
  • the belt clips have loops, the belt being passed through said loops;
  • the postero-median fastener and the belt fasteners are secured to the bra in fastening zones, the postero-median fastening being passed through an opening in the inner sheet of the cover;
  • the bra and the cover are also joined together at least in the following areas:
    • area of attachment of the postero-median attachment on the bra,
    • belt fastening area on the bra;
  • the straps are adjustable, at least one of the following means being used:
    • the two antero-lateral attachments are adjustable in length,
    • the postero-median attachment is adjustable in length,
    • the two antero-lateral attachments are made of an elastic material,
    • the postero-median attachment is made of an elastic material;
  • the anterolateral fasteners are quick openings and closings;
  • the postero-median attachment is quick opening and closing;
  • the removable antero-lateral and postero-median fasteners include quick opening and closing means of specific shape preventing the use of suspenders other than the suspenders with bra of the invention;
  • the removable antero-lateral and postero-median fasteners are incompatible with each other in order to prevent the reversal of the direction of fitting of the straps;
  • the removable antero-lateral and postero-median fasteners are of the male and female types reversed between them in order to prevent the reversal of the direction of fitting of the straps;
  • the removable fasteners arranged along the sheets on the outer edge of the U are of the VELCRO® type.

L'invention concerne également un pantalon montant comportant au moins une bavette antérieure et maintenu en place par des bretelles, en avant les bretelles étant fixée vers le haut de la bavette grâce à deux attaches antéro-latérales amovibles et en arrière les bretelles étant fixée vers le haut du pantalon grâce à une attache postéro-médiane.The invention also relates to high pants with at least one front flap and held in place by straps, in front the straps being fixed towards the top of the flap thanks to two removable anterolateral fasteners and rear straps being attached to the top of the pants with a postero-median attachment.

Selon l'invention, le pantalon comporte des moyens selon l'une quelconque des caractéristiques précédemment listées et destinés à recevoir des bretelles selon l'une quelconque des caractéristiques précédentes.According to the invention, the pants have means according to any of the features listed above and intended to receive suspenders according to any one of previous features.

Grâce à l'invention, l'utilisateur du pantalon est obligatoirement pourvu d'une brassière, dans le cas contraire le pantalon ne peut pas être maintenu en place. Ce dispositif qui a pour rôle le maintien du pantalon en lieu et place des bretelles classiques utilisées sur ce type de vêtement montant à donc la particularité de renfermer un gilet flottant plié de telle façon qu'il s'intègre sans gêne dans sa housse qui rempli le rôle de bretelles. Le gilet peut être à déclenchement manuel ou automatique et a, de préférence, et afin de respecter les normes européennes, une flottabilité d'au moins 150 Newtons. La brassière de sauvetage est solidarisée à la ceinture par des attaches de ceinture, la ceinture est donc un des éléments essentiels de sécurité. Cette solidarisation permet la prise du naufragé par la brassière et/ou une sangle ou poignée sur l'avant de l'utilisateur sans que l'ensemble de sécurité ne se déplace dangereusement voire, plus grave, passe par dessus la tête de l'utilisateur. Le dispositif de l'invention forme donc un ensemble du type harnais de sécurité qui comporte une poignée de halage et qui résiste à des efforts selon les normes en vigueur.Thanks to the invention, the user of the pants is must have a bra, otherwise the pants cannot be held in place. This device which has for role the maintenance of the pants instead of suspenders classics used on this type of garment amounting to the peculiarity of enclosing a floating vest folded in such a way that it fits seamlessly into its cover which fulfills the role of suspenders. The vest can be manual or automatic and has preferably, and in order to comply with European standards, a buoyancy of at least 150 Newtons. The lifejacket is secured to the belt by belt clips, the belt is therefore one of the essential elements of security. This securing allows the shipwrecked to be taken up by the bra and / or a strap or handle on the front of the user without the safety assembly does not move dangerously or even more serious, goes over the user's head. The device the invention therefore forms an assembly of the safety harness type which has a towing handle which withstands forces according to the standards in force.

Enfin, les différentes attaches étant amovibles, d'une part, le pantalon peut être enfilé par l'utilisateur de diverses manières, les bretelles n'étant détachées qu'à l'avant ou seulement à l'arrière ou encore totalement détachées. D'autre part, au cas où le pantalon serait abímé ou ne conviendrait pas pour l'utilisation envisagée, il est possible de conserver les bretelles et de ne changer que celui ci pour un neuf ou un d'un autre type (le marin pécheur devenant régatier par exemple).Finally, the various fasteners being removable, on the one hand, the pants can be put on by the user in various ways, suspenders being detached only at the front or only at the rear or still completely detached. On the other hand, in case the pants would be damaged or not suitable for the intended use, it is possible to keep the suspenders and to change only the one this for a new one or one of another type (the sinful sailor becoming regatta for example).

Dans le cadre de l'invention, le terme d'attache postéro-médiane concerne aussi bien une attache dorsale unique qu'un ensemble d'attaches dorsales et, par exemple, deux.In the context of the invention, the term postero-median attachment concerns both a single back strap and a set of back straps and, for example, two.

La présente invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture d'un exemple de mise en oeuvre donné à titre indicatif et non limitatif où:

  • La Figure 1 représente un utilisateur équipé d'une cotte selon l'invention.
  • La Figure 2 représente un pantalon avec les bretelles sur un utilisateur vu en profil arrière.
  • La Figure 3 représente un pantalon vu de face détaillant les bretelles.
  • La Figure 4 représente une attache amovible.
    • The present invention will be better understood on reading an exemplary implementation given by way of nonlimiting illustration where:
  • Figure 1 shows a user equipped with a coat according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows pants with suspenders on a user seen in rear profile.
  • Figure 3 shows pants seen from the front detailing the suspenders.
  • Figure 4 shows a removable clip.

    • Sur la Figure 1, l'utilisateur est équipé d'un pantalon montant 1 se prolongeant vers l'avant par une bavette 11. Le pantalon 1 est maintenu en place par des bretelles 2 qui sont fixées d'une manière amovible à l'avant sur la bavette 11 par deux attaches antéro-latérales 6 et 6'.In Figure 1, the user is wearing pants 1 extending forward by a flap 11. The pants 1 is held in place by straps 2 which are fixed with a removably at the front on the flap 11 by two fasteners antero-lateral 6 and 6 '.

    La Figure 2 permet de visualiser la partie arrière des bretelles 2. Les bretelles ont une forme générale en U inversé. Les deux branches 2a et 2a' du U sont destinées à être placées latéralement sur le thorax de l'utilisateur et la base 2b du U en arrière de son cou. Une attache postéro-médiane 7 est fixée au niveau de la base 2b afin d'assurer le maintien entre ladite base 2b et le pantalon 1 par l'intermédiaire de deux parties d'attaches 71 et 72. Sur cet exemple, le pantalon ne présente pas de prolongement vers le haut en arrière de l'utilisateur. Toutefois, dans d'autres modes de mise en oeuvre de l'invention, des pantalons possédant des prolongements vers le haut en arrière de l'utilisateur, par exemple bavette postérieure, sont également utilisable, un moyen de réglage de la longueur de l'attache postéro-médiane (7) permettant d'ajuster les bretelles sur le pantalon. Figure 2 shows the rear part of the suspenders 2. The suspenders have a general inverted U shape. The two branches 2a and 2a 'of the U are intended to be placed laterally on the user's chest and base 2b of the U in back of his neck. A postero-median attachment 7 is fixed to the level of base 2b in order to ensure the maintenance between said base 2b and the pants 1 via two parts of fasteners 71 and 72. In this example, the pants do not have an extension up back of the user. However, in other embodiments of the invention, pants having upward backward extensions of the user, by example rear flap, are also usable, a means adjusting the length of the postero-median attachment (7) to adjust the suspenders on the pants.

    La Figure 3 permet de détailler la constitution des bretelles 2. Ces dernières sont constituées d'une housse 4 à l'intérieur de laquelle est disposée une brassière 5. La housse est formée d'un feuillet interne placé au contact de l'utilisateur et un feuillet externe opposé au précédent. La brassière 5 est enveloppée entre les feuillets interne et externe de la housse 4, lesdits feuillets étant solidaires au niveau du bord intérieur 4a du U. Par contre, le bord extérieur 4b des feuillets est fermé par un ou plusieurs dispositifs à ouverture et fermeture rapide, par exemple de type Velcro®. Au repos, la brassière 5 est disposée dégonflée et repliée à l'intérieur de la housse 4. Sur la partie droite de la figure 3, les deux feuillets de la housse ont été séparés le long du bord externe 4b, les attaches amovibles correspondantes ayant été séparées, afin de faire apparaítre la brassière 5 qui est en partie dépliée et qui laisse voir un dispositif de gonflage buccal ainsi qu'un sifflet.Figure 3 details the construction of the suspenders 2. The latter consist of a cover 4 inside which is arranged a bra 5. The cover is formed of a internal sheet placed in contact with the user and a sheet external opposite to the previous one. The bra 5 is wrapped between the inner and outer sheets of the cover 4, said sheets being integral at the inner edge 4a of the U. On the other hand, the outer edge 4b of the sheets is closed by one or more rapid opening and closing devices, for example of the type Velcro®. At rest, the bra 5 is arranged deflated and folded inside the cover 4. On the right side of figure 3, the two sheets of the cover have been separated along the outer edge 4b, the corresponding removable fasteners having been separated, in order to reveal the bra 5 which is partially unfolded and which reveals an oral inflator and a whistle.

    Les attaches antéro-latérales 6 et 6' sont fixées sur le feuillet externe de la housse 4. L'attache postéro-médiane 7 est fixée sur la brassière 5, une ouverture à travers le feuillet interne de la housse permettant la sortie de ladite attache 7. Des attaches de ceinture 10 sont fixées aux deux extrémités des branches du U sur la brassière 5. Chacune des extrémités d'attache de ceinture 10 comporte au moins un passant à travers lequel une ceinture 9 est passée. Par ailleurs, le pantalon 1 comporte intérieurement des passants à travers lesquels ladite ceinture 9 est également passée. Dans le mode de mise en oeuvre représenté, la ceinture est refermée et bouclée latéralement sur le flanc ou côté de l'utilisateur. Les passants de ceinture disposés sur le pantalon 1 sont sur la face interne de ce dernier et la ceinture est donc passée à l'intérieur du pantalon. Par contre, la boucle pour le bouclage et la fermeture de la ceinture est disposée sur la face externe du pantalon car elle doit être accessible. Dans ce mode de mise en oeuvre, la ceinture est amovible et peut être enlevée du pantalon.The anterolateral fasteners 6 and 6 'are fixed on the sheet outer cover 4. The postero-median attachment 7 is fixed on the bra 5, an opening through the internal sheet of the cover allowing the exit of said fastener 7. Fasteners of belt 10 are attached to the two ends of the branches of the U on the brassiere 5. Each of the belt clip ends 10 has at least one pass-through through which a belt 9 is passed. Furthermore, the pants 1 have internally passers-by through which said belt 9 has also passed. In the embodiment shown, the belt is closed and buckled laterally on the side or side of the user. Belt loops arranged on pants 1 are on the inner side of the latter and the belt is therefore passed inside the pants. However, the loop for the fastening and closing of the belt is arranged on the face external of the pants because it must be accessible. In this mode of the belt is removable and can be removed from the trousers.

    Dans un autre mode de mise en oeuvre non représenté, le bouclage s'effectue sur l'avant du pantalon sensiblement à la hauteur de la bavette 11 afin que cette dernière recouvre ladite fermeture et assure l'étanchéité au niveau des sorties de passants de ceinture correspondants. Il est également envisagé dans d'autres formes de mise en oeuvre que l'attache de ceinture soit un dispositif d'un autre type et par exemple que la ceinture comporte un élément d'accrochage sur lequel vient se fixer d'une manière amovible ladite attache de ceinture, la ceinture pouvant, par ailleurs, être inamovible dans le pantalon, que ce soit les éléments d'accrochage qui empêchent sa sortie ou qu'elle soit fixée en un ou plusieurs points du pantalon. Dans le cas où des éléments d'accrochage sont prévus sur la ceinture, on utilise de préférence des dispositifs amovibles qui sont incompatibles avec ceux des attaches antéro-latérales et postéro-médiane afin d'éviter que l'utilisateur ne puisse monter « de travers » les bretelles sur le pantalon.In another embodiment not shown, the looping is carried out on the front of the pants substantially at the height of the flap 11 so that the latter covers said closing and sealing at passers-by exits corresponding belt. It is also envisaged in other forms of implementation that the belt clip is a device of another type and for example that the belt has a hooking element on which is fixed in a way removable said belt clip, the belt being able, by elsewhere, be irremovable in the pants, be it the elements that prevent its exit or that it is fixed in one or several points of the pants. In the event that elements hooks are provided on the belt, preferably used removable devices that are incompatible with those of antero-lateral and postero-median attachments to prevent the user cannot mount the shoulder straps on the trousers.

    Les attaches antéro-latérales 6 et 6' et postéro-médiane 7 sont constituées de deux parties respectivement 61, 62 et 61', 62' et 71, 72 qui peuvent être attachées et détachées rapidement l'une de l'autre par des fermetures du type à encliquetage. Les diverses attaches peuvent être réglables en longueur afin d'adapter la cotte à la conformation de l'utilisateur. Le réglage peut être obtenu par l'utilisation d'une matière élastique et/ou par un dispositif de sangles réglables en longueur.The anterolateral 6 and 6 'and postero-medial attachments 7 consist of two parts respectively 61, 62 and 61 ', 62' and 71, 72 which can be quickly attached and detached one on the other by snap-type closures. The various fasteners can be adjustable in length to fit the coat user conformation. The setting can be obtained by the use of an elastic material and / or by a device for length adjustable straps.

    Un exemple de fermeture à encliquetage est représenté à la figure 4 pour l'attache postéro-médiane. Par ailleurs, la partie d'attache 71 est une sangle réglable en longueur.An example of a snap closure is shown in Figure 4 for the postero-median attachment. Furthermore, the part attachment 71 is a strap adjustable in length.

    Les exemples qui ont été donnés sont purement indicatifs et ne sauraient limiter la portée de l'invention. En particulier, on aura bien compris que l'invention est adaptable à tout type de pantalon utilisable dans le milieu maritime ou d'eau douce.The examples which have been given are purely indicative and cannot limit the scope of the invention. In particular, we will have clearly understood that the invention is adaptable to any type of pants usable in the maritime or freshwater environment.

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    1. Safety braces for high fit trousers incorporating a lifejacket (5) , the trousers having at last one front bib and being maintained in position by mean of braces; braces being constituted a outer cover (4) and of an inflatable lifejacket (5) . The lifejacket and outer cover have an invented U shape. At rest, the outer cover contains the lifejacket between the inner part and the external part.
      On the front the braces are attached to the higher part of the bib with two front side removable attachments (6, 56'). The front side attachment are fixed to the external part of the outer cover at a distance from the extremities of the U branches. The external part and the inner part of the cover are fixed together along the inner side (4a) of the U and removable fastenings are positioned along the external side (4b) of the U to allow for a quick opening of the cover. At the back the braces are fixed at the top of the trousers by at least one back middle removable attachment (7) , the back middle attachment being attached at the base (2b) of the U on the back and side of the neck of the user.
      In the front, the lifejacket is attached to a belt (9) by means of at least two belt attachments (10, 10'). The trousers having loops around the waist to fit the belt (9) , loops being inside the trousers. Each of the extremities of the two branches of the U having a corresponding belt attachment (10, 10').
    2. Braces according to claim 1 characterised by the fact that the extremities of the belt are accessible to the user on the external face of the trousers towards the middle front part. Belt being fastened.
    3. Braces according to claim characterised by the fact that the extremities on the belt are accessible to the user on the external face of the trousers towards the front middle part, fastened with a belt fastener to ensure watertightness at fastening level thanks to the overlapping flap, one belt passage at least being positioned on each side of the belt fastening between the belt fastening and the corresponding belt attachment.
    4. Braces according to any of above claims characterised in the way that the belt is removable and the belt attachments have loops, the belt being threaded through the loops.
    5. Braces according to any of above claims characterised by the fact that the back middle attachment and the belt attachments are fixed to the lifejacket in attachment areas, the back middle attachment being passed through an opening in the inner part of the cover.
    6. Braces according to claim 5 characterised by the fact that the lifejacket and outer cover are fixed together in at least the following areas :
      attachment area of the back middle attachment on the lifejacket .
      attachment areas of belt attachments on lifejacket.
    7. Braces according to any of above claims characterised by the fact that they are adjustable, at least one of the following means being used :
      both front side attachments are adjustable in length;
      the back middle attachment is adjustable in length
      both front side attachments are made of elastic material
      the back middle attachment is made of elastic material.
    8. braces according to any of above claims characterised in the fact that the front side attachments are quick fastening and opening (61, 62, 61', 62')
    9. Braces according to any of above claims characterised in the fact that the back middle attachment is quick fastening and opening ( 71, 72).
    10. High fit trousers (1) having at least on front bib (11) and being maintained in position with braces, in the front the braces being fixed at the top of the bib by means of two removable front side attachments ( 6, 6') and at the back the braces being fixed at the top of the trousers with at least one back middle attachment (7). The braces are constituted of an outer cover and an inflatable lifejacket of the shape of an invented U . The trousers have, at waist level belt loops to hold the belt (9). The loops are positioned on the inside of the trousers.
      Each extremity of both front branches of the lifejacket have a belt attachment (10, 10'). The belt being threaded through the loops and the belt attachment are fixed to the belt. The middle back attached to the lifebelt is removable.
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