FI80242B - Life-preserving suit - Google Patents

Description

1 80242

SAVING COSTUME - RÄDDNINGSDRÄKT

The invention relates to a life jacket as defined in the preamble of claim 1.

5 The life jackets and rescue suits currently in use consist of a single unit, which includes the seamlessest possible ankle and wrist to the hood. There are also suits where leg and hand protection is also an essential part of the suit. Especially when using GORE-TEX R material, the suits provide very good heat-retaining and moisture-resistant suits, which can be used e.g.

Float in 0 ° C water for several hours without any side effects.

15 The problem with current life jackets is their high cost. Since the suits must be able to be put on quickly if necessary, but on the other hand the openings that can be opened and closed must be absolutely waterproof, the zippers used in them form a very expensive structure for the suit-20, with all its fitting and fastening work.

The object of the invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks. In particular, it is an object of the invention to provide a new type of life jacket, by means of which the manufacturing costs of the suits can be considerably reduced, whereby their use in more and more applications becomes possible.

With regard to the features characteristic of the invention, reference is made to the claims.

The life jacket according to the invention consists essentially of a waterproof and breathable material, such as, for example, GORE-TEX R. According to the invention, the suit comprises a separate anorak with a hood and separate trousers and in addition a connecting structure connecting the trousers and the anorak, which is fixed and closely connected to them, whereby free of zippers, they can be worn separately on the users and connected tightly to each other by means of a connecting structure. The suits may have tight legs that seal to the ankles and wrists, in which case separate footwear and gloves 5 may be used in addition to the suit, or the suit may include, for example, footwear and gloves made of essentially the same material.

The plant structure according to the invention, which enables a zipper-free life jacket, comprises a hem extending downwards from the waist area of the anorak and a folded and extending fold down and extending from the waist of the trousers, both extending around the entire waist so that they can be rolled tightly when placed on top of each other.

According to the invention, the entire length 15 of the lower edge of the fold includes a small protrusion, a roller, which facilitates the start of the overlapping of the fold and the hem.

Both the hem and the fold, or either of them, either in part or in whole, are of some sealing material, such as thin rubber, or they can have 20 different sealing strips and adhesive surfaces, which, when rolled together, seal them into a waterproof seam.

Preferably, the waist region of the anorak includes a substantially waist-wrapping pouch-like, preferably flexible, casing structure that is pullable over the folded hem and fold. In addition, the edge of the housing may include a tension rope to ensure that the wrap stays in the housing.

In one embodiment of the invention, the hood of the anorak 30 consists of a flexible, waterproof and breathable material, such as GORE-TEX R, such that the hood is a substantially upwardly directed tubular structure with the opening for the face opening obliquely upwards. This design allows the Hood to be worn as either 35 normal hoods with the face visible or stretched down around the neck, forming a tight and waterproof connection to the neck, preventing 3 80242 experience even when diving allows water to enter the suit.

In one embodiment of the invention, the GORE-TEX R material is used on the back of the anorak such that in the area of the shoulders the material is elastic in the transverse direction, i.e. in the direction of the shoulders, and in the area of the lumbar or waist the material is inverted so as to be elastic in the vertical direction. In this way, the anorak has been made as flexible as possible and suitably giving up in different work tasks, so that the suit does not have to be made very loose, as several current life jackets are.

The suit according to the invention can be made entirely of elastic material, but preferably the elastic material is used only in the hood, the back and suitably in the hem and / or fold of the connecting structure, the rest of the suit consisting of ordinary waterproof breathable material.

An advantage of the invention over the prior art is, above all, the inexpensive, simple and reliable structure, which makes it possible to extend the use of the suit to even more and larger applications.

The invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows an anorak according to the invention, Figure 2 shows a trouser structure according to the invention, Figure 3 shows a hood, Figure 4 shows a connecting structure according to the invention, and Figure 5 shows the connecting structure of Figure 4 closed.

One of the anoraks 2 according to the invention shown in Figure 1, which consists mainly of GORE-TEX R material, comprises sleeves 13 with wrist seals 12, a hood 1 shown in more detail in Figure 3 and a skirt 6 extending downwards from the waist 35 area 5 with a thin rubber sealing part 9 at the bottom. .

Figure 2 shows the trousers 3 to be used with the anorak 4 80242 of Figure 1, in a partial sectional view, in which no separate shoes are required, but the shoes 14 being an integral part of the trousers. Straps 15 are attached to the waist 7 of the trousers and a fold 8 corresponding to the size of the skirt 6 of the anorak is folded down from the waist, the lower edge of which also includes a rubber seal 9 'corresponding to the sealing part 9' of the skirt 6, the trousers being otherwise substantially the same fabric as the anorak.

When wearing the trousers and the anorak, their hem 6 and the fold 8 overlap so that their rubber sealing parts 9, 9 'are aligned. In this case, they can be rolled together in such a way that a waterproof rubber and a fabric-like roller are formed in the waist area, which seals the anorak and the trousers together watertight. The roll can be attached to the waist by various methods and devices.

Figure 3 shows a hood structure suitable for an anorak according to the invention, in which the hood 1 is a relatively long upwardly directed tube, consisting of a flexible and stretchable material such as GORE-TEX R and an opening 19 for the face opening from the tube to the diagonal. with the exception of the face, the tea-25 may be covered obliquely and resiliently by a hood, or it may be stacked around the wearer's neck so that the hood forms a substantially watertight tight connection around the neck. In addition, the edge of the Hood has a sealing constriction 20 that tightens and seals the Hood around the wearer's face 30.

Figure 4 shows the structure of the skirt 6 and the fold 8 according to the invention, in which both the lower edges of the skirt and the fold are made entirely of rubber and the lower edge comprises a small rubber roller 10 rotating around the entire lower edge of the fold, which facilitates the netting of the skirt and fold.

Figure 5 shows the protective housing 11 of the roll 6 at the waist 6 and the fold 8 80242. The protective housing preferably consists of the same elastic material as the whole or part of the life jacket with the circumferential housing, i.e. the elastic band 5, attached at its upper edge 16 to the anorak 2 surface. When the roll 17 is in the region of the waist, the housing 11 can be pulled over the roll, whereby it seals into it and preferably at the lower edge 18 of the housing there is e.g. a string with which the housing is tightened and locked in place. 10 adhesive surfaces can also be used successfully instead of a string.

The invention has been described in detail above with reference to some of its preferred embodiments, however, different embodiments may vary within the scope of the inventive idea defined by the appended claims.

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Claims (2)

6 80242 A lifejacket for protecting the body from cold and moisture, consisting essentially of a waterproof breathable material covering the whole body 5, the lifejacket comprising a separate anorak (2) with a hood (1) and separate trousers (3) and a connecting structure (4) ) with a hem (6) extending downwards from the waist (5) of 10 anoraks (2) and a folded fold (8) of trousers (3) downwards from the waist (7), which, when superimposed, can be rolled into a tight watertight joint, characterized in that the fold (8) along the entire length of the lower edge 15 there is a circular protrusion (10) to facilitate the start of the overlapping winding of the fold and the hem (6). 20 l. Drainage device for the operation of the crankshaft and the operation of the crankshaft according to the requirements of the material of the same state (1) for the purpose of the first (3) above (3) in this case, the bore anoraken and byxorna fast ansluten förbindningskonstruktion (4), somfvisar en frän anorakens (2) midja (5) nedat sig sträckande fäll (6) och en frän byxornas (3) midja (7) nedät svängd fals 30 (8), a light field which can be rolled out of a roll of a roll of a roll of a roll of a roll of a roll of a roll of a roll of a roll of a roll of the roll (35) falsen och fällen (6).