EP3747755B1 - Suit for double-blocking of water infiltration - Google Patents

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EP3747755B1
EP3747755B1 EP19916544.0A EP19916544A EP3747755B1 EP 3747755 B1 EP3747755 B1 EP 3747755B1 EP 19916544 A EP19916544 A EP 19916544A EP 3747755 B1 EP3747755 B1 EP 3747755B1
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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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D31/00—Materials specially adapted for outerwear
    • A41D31/04—Materials specially adapted for outerwear characterised by special function or use
    • A41D31/10—Impermeable to liquids, e.g. waterproof; Liquid-repellent
    • 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
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
    • B63C11/04—Resilient suits
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2300/00—Details of garments
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    • A41D2300/22—Elastic inserts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2300/00—Details of garments
    • A41D2300/20—Inserts
    • A41D2300/24—Folded inserts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2300/00—Details of garments
    • A41D2300/30—Closures
    • A41D2300/322—Closures using slide fasteners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2300/00—Details of garments
    • A41D2300/30—Closures
    • A41D2300/324—Closures using snap fasteners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2500/00—Materials for garments
    • A41D2500/50—Synthetic resins or rubbers
    • 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
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
    • B63C11/04—Resilient suits
    • B63C2011/046—Wet suits, or diving vests; Equipment therefor

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  • Embodiments of the inventive concept described herein relate to a suit for water sports used on water and in water, and more particularly, to a suit for blocking water inflow in a double manner.
  • a suit for water sports is worn to protect a body when enjoying various water sports such as scuba diving, surfing, swimming, triathlon, wind surfing, etc.
  • the suit includes a wet suit and a dry suit.
  • the wet suit refers to a suit in which inner seawater heated by a body temperature while the suit is gradually getting wet in water is maintained between a skin and the suit.
  • the dry suit refers to a suit that essentially blocks inflow of water (seawater) into an inside thereof when used underwater.
  • the dry suit is relatively expensive because the suit is manufactured using a water-proof zipper so that water does not inflow into the suit.
  • the water-proof zipper is provided on a back side of the suit.
  • a user when wearing or removing the suit by himself or herself, a user must wear or remove the suit while being careful not to cause a breakdown in the water-proof zipper.
  • the wet suit so that only a small amount of seawater gradually inflows into the suit such that the suit is in close contact with the body while much seawater does not inflow into an inside of the suit.
  • a large amount of water inflows through an ankle, wrist, and neck portion into the inside of the suit thereby creating a space between the suit and a skin such that the suit is not in close contact with the body.
  • a large amount of water inflows into the suit thereby leading to decrease in a body temperature and loss of buoyancy, thereby causing personal accident.
  • the wet suit it is preferable to wear the wet suit so that the suit is tightly fitted to the body so that the suit is not loose.
  • a gap between a neck portion of a wearer and the suit is created due to movement of the head, so that the suit is not tightly fitted to a neck of the wearer. This causes a large amount of seawater to inflow through the gap into the suit, thereby causing decrease in the body temperature.
  • Document JP 2016 117967 A is an example of prior art relevant to the present invention.
  • Embodiments of the inventive concept provide a suit for blocking water inflow into the suit in a double manner in which a time and effort in attaching and detaching the suit to and from a body of a user are significantly reduced compared to the conventional wet suit, and the user easily and conveniently wears and takes off the suit by himself or herself, and in which water inflow into the suit is effectively blocked when the user wears the suit and then uses the suit on water and underwater.
  • a suit having a water-inflow double-blocking function includes a lower body portion, an upper body portion coupled to a top of the lower body portion and integral with the lower body portion, wherein the upper body portion has an opening defined in a top center of the upper body portion, and a neck cover coupled removably to the upper body portion, the neck cover including: a neck portion surrounding a neck, and an extension extending outwardly from a bottom of the neck portion to surround the neck, wherein the extension is inserted into the opening of the upper body portion and is coupled to an inner surface of the upper body portion, wherein the neck cover prevents water from flowing into the opening of the upper body portion, wherein the upper body portion includes an over-head cover having one side part fixed to a rear portion of the upper body portion, and having the other side part coupled to a front portion of the upper body portion and extending across a central top of the upper body portion, wherein the over-head cover has a head receiving hole defined therein through which a head passes, wherein the over-
  • the water inflow prevention films may be arranged on each of an inner surface of the over-head cover and an outer surface of the upper body portion and may be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined spacing.
  • the water inflow prevention films formed on the inner surface of the over-head cover and the water inflow prevention films formed on the outer surface of the upper body portion may be arranged in a zigzag form, such that the water inflow prevention film formed on the outer surface of the upper body portion blocks a gap between the adjacent water inflow prevention films formed on the inner surface of the over-head cover.
  • Each of the water-proof rubbers may be made of an elastic rubber and pressurizes each of the both lateral ends of the over-head cover to allow the both lateral ends of the over-head cover to be in close contact with the upper body portion.
  • the upper body portion may further include a fixing cover fixed to the front portion of the upper body portion, wherein the fixing cover may include a zipper to couple and fix the other side part of the over-head cover to the front portion of the upper body portion.
  • One of female and male snap buttons may be formed on each of front and rear portions of the extension of the neck cover and the other of female and male snap buttons may be formed on each of the front and rear portions of the upper body portion so that the neck cover is detachably coupled to the upper body portion using the female and male snap buttons.
  • a water-proof rubber may be disposed on an inner surface of the neck cover to allow the neck cover to closely adhere to a skin of the neck, thereby preventing water from flowing through a gap between the neck cover and the neck into the opening of the upper body portion.
  • the suit includes the neck cover coupled to the opening of the upper body portion, and the over-head cover for covering and sealing a gap between the neck cover and the opening of the upper body portion in a double manner.
  • the suit may effectively block inflow of outside water into the inside of the suit.
  • the present embodiments are provided to completely disclose the inventive concept, and to fully inform a person of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the inventive concept belongs to the scope of the invention. Further, the inventive concept is only defined by the scope of the claim. Accordingly, in some embodiments, well-known components, well-known operations, and well-known approaches are not described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the inventive concept.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a suit for blocking water inflow in a double manner according to an embodiment of the inventive concept
  • FIG. 2 show a state of a separation between an over-head cover and a neck cover shown in FIG. 1 .
  • a suit 10 according to an embodiment of the inventive concept is worn to protect a body of a user when performing various water sports activities such as scuba diving, surfing, swimming, triathlon, windsurfing, etc.
  • the suit implements a protective effect that prevents a decrease in a body temperature during water sports activities, and prevents damage to the body from external objects.
  • the suit 10 is manufactured in a one-piece form for easy wearing and undressing, and is made of neoprene having excellent elasticity so that water does not inflow into the inside of the suit by maximizing adhesion thereof with the body after wearing the suit.
  • the neoprene outer surface is coated with polyurethane to reduce a surface friction with water during scuba diving or swimming, thereby lowering a resistance to water during underwater activities.
  • the suit 10 is manufactured in a one-piece form, and is divided into a lower body portion 1 and an upper body portion 2 based on a body wearing portion. As shown in FIG. 2 , an opening 2a which has an open top is defined in a top center of the upper body portion 2.
  • the opening 2a is formed by cutting a top portion in a roughly 'Y' shape so that the wearer does not feel uncomfortable when wearing or removing the suit 10. Accordingly, when wearing or undressing the suit 10, the wearer may open the opening 2a of the upper body portion 2 beyond a width of the wearer's shoulder, thus significantly reducing wearing and undressing times. Further, it is easy to wear for those having a physical handicap to easily wear the suit 10.
  • a neck cover 21 is provided on the opening 2a of the upper body portion 2, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 .
  • the neck cover 21 may protect the wearer's neck from external objects, and keep the neck of the wearer warm and prevent water from flowing into the opening 2a of the upper body portion 2 during water sports activities.
  • the neck cover 21 may have an approximately neck warmer shape.
  • the neck cover 21 may include a neck portion surrounding the neck, and an extension extending outwardly from a bottom of the neck portion to surround the neck and coupled to an inner surface of the upper body portion 2.
  • the neck cover 21 has at least a portion inserted inside the upper body portion 2 through the opening 2a of the upper body portion 2, and tightly coupled to an inner surface of the upper body portion 2.
  • the neck cover 21 has male snap buttons 21a on front and rear sides thereof, such that the male snap buttons 21a may be detachably coupled to female snap buttons 2b provided on front and rear sides of the upper body portion 2.
  • an inner skin of the neck cover 21 which is in direct contact with the wearer's neck is made of a shark skin fabric so that the neck cover 21 closely adheres to the skin of the neck area when the neck cover 21 is in contact with water, thereby to prevent water from flowing into the inside of the suit through the neck cover 21 and the neck portion.
  • an over-head cover 22 is coupled, at one side, to a back side (a rear side) of the upper body portion 2 to cover and seal a gap between the neck cover 21 and the opening 2a in a double manner.
  • a fixing cover 24 is provided on a front side (abdomen side) of the upper body portion 2 and combined with the over-head cover 22 using a zipper 23, thereby to fix the other side of the over-head cover 22 to the upper body portion 2.
  • the zipper 23 may include a water-proof zipper.
  • the over-head cover 22 has a head receiving hole 22a into which the wearer's head is inserted. Accordingly, when wearing the suit, the user pulls the other side of the over-head cover 22 whose one side is fixed to the rear side of the upper body portion 2 to overlap a top central portion of the upper body portion 2, and then insert the head through the head receiving hole 22a and then fastens the other end of the over-head cover 22 to a top end of the fixing cover 24 using the zipper 23.
  • a water-proof rubber 25 may be embedded at each of both lateral ends of the over-head cover 22 to prevent water from flowing into the inside of the suit while preventing both lateral ends of the over-head cover 22 from rolling up.
  • the water-proof rubber 25 is made of an elastic rubber embedded inside and along each of both lateral ends of the over-head cover 22.
  • the water-proof rubber 25 uses an elastic force to elastically press both lateral ends of the over-head cover 22 to tightly adhere both lateral ends of the over-head cover 22 to the upper body portion 2. Thus, during water sports activities, water is prevented from flowing into the inside of the suit through a gap between the over-head cover 22 and the upper body portion 2.
  • FIG. 3 is a view showing to explain a state before wearing the over-head cover shown in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 4 is a view showing a state after wearing the over-head cover shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the user pulls the other side of the over-head cover 22 to overlap the top central portion of the upper body portion 2, and then use the zipper 23 to fix the other end of the over-head cover 22 to a top of the fixing cover 24.
  • the over-head cover 22 covers the opening 2a of the upper body portion 2 to which the neck cover 21 is coupled in a double manner to seal the neck portion, water inflow into the suit may be effectively blocked compared to a traditional rubber seal.
  • the over-head cover 22 covers and seals, in a double manner, a gap around the neck portion that may be formed due to movement of the head during water sports activities, thereby to completely block the inflow of water through the opening 2a of the upper body portion 2 into the suit.
  • water inflow prevention films 22b and 2c are formed to correspond to an inner surface of the over-head cover 22 and an outer surface of the upper body portion 2, respectively. In a state in which the over-head cover 22 is in close contact with the outer surface of the upper body portion 2, the water inflow prevention films 22b and 2c block a gap between the over-head cover 22 and the upper body portion 2 so that water inflow into the gap may be prevented.
  • Each of these water inflow prevention films 22b and 2c may be made of a silicon film. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , a plurality of water inflow prevention films 22b formed on the over-head cover 22 are arranged on the inner surface of the over-head cover 22 and are spaced from each other by a predefined regular spacing. In addition, a plurality of the water inflow prevention films 2c are arranged on the outer surface of each of front and rear sides of the upper body portion 2 and are spaced from each other by a predefined regular spacing and correspond to the plurality of the water inflow prevention films 22b formed on the over-head cover 22.
  • the water inflow prevention films 22b formed on the over-head cover 22 and the water inflow prevention films 2c formed on the outer surfaces of the front and rear sides of the upper body portion 2, respectively, are arranged in a zigzag shape, as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the water inflow prevention film 2c formed on the outer surface of the upper body portion 2 blocks a spacing between adjacent water inflow prevention films 22b formed on the over-head cover 22.
  • FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams showing a process of wearing a suit for blocking water inflow in a double manner according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.
  • FIG. 5A is a diagram when viewed from a front of the suit
  • FIG.5B is a diagram when viewed from a rear of the suit.
  • the user first inserts the neck cover 21 into the opening 2a of the upper body portion 2 and connect the neck cover 21 thereto, and then pulls the other side of the over-head cover 22 to overlap the top central portion of the upper body portion 2 and then puts the head thereof through the head receiving hole 22a and thus wear the suit. Then, the user attaches the other end of the over-head cover 22 to a top of the fixing cover 24 using the zipper 23 to complete the wearing.
  • the undressing may be performed in an order opposite to the order of wearing.

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