KR102499772B1 - body wearable buoyancy lifesaving device - Google Patents

Abstract

The contents disclosed herein relate to a body-worn buoyancy life-saving device, and more particularly, to a body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device capable of storing rescue equipment necessary for lifesaving and providing auxiliary buoyancy.
The disclosed content is formed to be worn on the upper body, a body worn main body in which a buoyancy material is installed between the outer skin and the inner skin, a pocket formed on the rear surface of the body worn main body and having a storage space capable of storing relief equipment, As an embodiment, a body-wearable buoyancy lifesaving device including a gas-expandable buoyancy material installed in the lower portion of the pocket and providing auxiliary buoyancy through gas expansion is proposed.

Description

Body wearable buoyancy lifesaving device {body wearable buoyancy lifesaving device}

The present disclosure relates to a body-worn buoyancy life-saving device, and more particularly, to a body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device capable of storing rescue equipment necessary for lifesaving and providing auxiliary buoyancy.

Unless otherwise indicated herein, material described in this section is not prior art to the claims in this application, and it is not admitted that material described in this section is prior art.

In general, when enjoying water sports, in order to prevent life-threatening accidents such as drowning in the event of an accident, people enjoying water sports have to wear life jackets. Recently, it has become common to recognize that life jackets should be worn for safety even during outdoor activities such as beaches, riversides and valleys.

When a person falls into the water, the life jacket can prevent a drowning accident by floating on the surface of the water without sinking in the sea or river due to buoyancy. However, depending on the swell of the waves or the weight of each person, there may be cases where the buoyancy of the life jacket alone may not be enough to lift a person's body to the surface of the water.

Then, a rescuer who rescues a drowning person is equipped with rescue equipment such as a life jacket or a safety helmet to be worn by the drowning person, jumps directly into the river and swims to the rescue point. In this case, if the rescuer has to reach the rescue point while swimming with the rescue equipment in his hand, it may be difficult to quickly arrive at the rescue point because the rescue equipment interferes with the swimming operation. In addition, rescuers may lose rescue equipment due to the swell of waves while on the way to the rescue point.

Therefore, in order to save people in danger of drowning in the sea or river, it is necessary to develop a life-saving device that provides auxiliary buoyancy in addition to the buoyancy of a life jacket and can accommodate rescue equipment.

1. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1468647 (2014.12.03. Notice) 2. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1459634 (2014.11.19. Notice)

It is intended to provide a body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device that can have a storage space for storing auxiliary buoyancy and rescue equipment.

The disclosed content is formed to be worn on the upper body, a body worn body in which a buoyancy material is installed between the outer skin and the inner skin, a pocket formed on the rear surface of the body worn body and having a storage space capable of storing relief equipment, As an embodiment, a body-wearable buoyancy lifesaving device including a gas-expandable buoyancy material installed in the lower portion of the pocket and providing auxiliary buoyancy through gas expansion is proposed.

Meanwhile, the body worn body may be in the form of a vest or backpack.

Meanwhile, a drawstring may be provided at an upper end of the pocket, and a cover detachably attached to the pocket may be provided at an upper side of the rear surface of the body worn body.

On the other hand, the gas-expandable buoyancy material includes a buoyancy tube installed in the lower part of the pocket, a compressed gas cylinder connected to the buoyancy tube and provided with a connection member, and a connection member connected to the connection member and being towed by a user. It may include an operating string that opens the.

The body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device according to the disclosed contents has a pocket formed on the rear surface of the body-wearing body and provides a storage space for storing rescue equipment so that rescuers can quickly reach the rescue point during rescue. and enable the safe delivery of rescue equipment to drowning persons.

In addition, the body-worn buoyancy lifesaving device is equipped with a gas-expandable buoyancy material to provide auxiliary buoyancy through gas expansion, thereby eliminating the risk of drowning by further levitating the body of a drowning person to the surface of the water.

1 is a schematic diagram of a body worn buoyancy lifesaving device according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Figure 2 is a view expressing the rear surface of the body worn buoyancy life-saving device according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a gas expandable buoyancy material according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
4 is a schematic diagram of a backpack according to one embodiment of the disclosed subject matter;
5 is a use state diagram according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter;

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, look at the configuration and operational effects of the preferred embodiment. For reference, in the following drawings, each component is omitted or schematically illustrated for convenience and clarity, and the size of each component does not reflect the actual size. In addition, like reference numerals refer to like components throughout the specification, and reference numerals for like components in individual drawings will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a body worn buoyancy lifesaving device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a body worn main body 10, a pocket 20 and a gas expandable buoyancy member 30.

The body worn body 10 may be formed to be worn on the upper body. The body worn body 10 is composed of an outer shell 12 and an inner shell 14, and a buoyancy material 18 may be installed between the outer shell 12 and the inner shell 14. The outer shell 12 and the inner shell 14 made of a waterproof material such as waterproof fabric form a space in which the buoyant material 18 is installed, and can prevent water from entering the space in which the buoyancy material 18 is installed. Blocking the inflow of water can prevent an increase in weight that hinders buoyancy.

The buoyancy material 18 may be made of a synthetic resin having a specific gravity smaller than that of water. In general, it may be made of a material such as polyethylene or polyolefin.

Also, the body worn body 10 may be in the form of a vest or backpack 50 . In the case of the vest form, the user wears the body worn body 10 consisting of the front surface 15 and the rear surface 16, and the user's body is injured underwater by the buoyancy material 18 installed in the body worn body 10. It can be.

When the body worn body 10 of FIG. 4 is in the form of a backpack 50, the user wears the backpack 50 provided with the shoulder band 52 to the buoyancy material 18 installed inside the body worn body 10. As a result, the user's body can be floated underwater. When implemented in the form of a backpack 50, a plurality of pockets 20 may be additionally formed in the backpack 50 to increase the number of rescue equipment stored therein.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the pocket 20 may be formed on the rear surface 16 of the body worn body 10 . The pocket 20 may be formed with a storage space capable of storing relief equipment. When the pocket 20 is formed on the rear surface 16 of the body worn body 10, the resistance to water received by the user during swimming can be reduced compared to the case where the pocket 20 is formed on the front surface 15 of the body worn body 10. In addition, body movements such as arm movements accompanying swimming may not be hindered by the pocket 20 .

On the other hand, referring to Figure 1, the upper end of the pocket 20 may be provided with a drawstring (22). The entrance of the pocket 20 can be opened and closed by the drawstring 22, and when the entrance area of the pocket 20 is narrowed and closed by tightening the drawstring 22, loss of relief equipment stored in the storage space can be prevented. . A method capable of opening and closing the inlet of the pocket 20 may be a drawstring 22, but since there are various methods using a zipper or the like, it is not limited thereto.

In addition, a cover 40 detachably attached to the pocket 20 may be provided on the upper side of the rear surface 16 of the body worn body 10 . The cover 40 closes the entrance of the pocket 20, thereby preventing loss of the stored rescue equipment. The cover 40 opens the entrance of the pocket 20, allowing the user to take out the stored rescue equipment from the pocket 20. In order to open and close the entrance of the pocket 20, since the cover 40 must be detachably fastened to the pocket 20, it can be implemented in various ways using magnets or Velcro.

In addition, the pocket 20 is wrinkled so that the storage space can be stretched. In a state where the relief equipment is not stored, the pocket 20 is folded by crease processing, thereby reducing the volume of the storage space. Accordingly, the pocket 20 is in close contact with the body worn body 10 as a whole, and the volume of the body worn buoyancy lifesaving device 1 can be reduced as a whole. The body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device 1, whose overall volume is reduced, may be advantageous for storage and transportation. On the other hand, when the relief equipment is stored, the pocket 20 is unfolded by pleating, so the volume of the storage space can be increased. Accordingly, the number of rescue equipment stored in the pocket 20 can be increased.

In addition, an outlet may be formed at a lower end of the pocket 20 to discharge water flowing into the pocket 20 to the outside. Even if the inlet of the pocket 20 is closed, since the particle size of water is very small, it may flow into the storage space of the pocket 20, and therefore, the inflow water may be required to be discharged. Therefore, when the outlet is formed at the lower end of the pocket 20, since the inflowing water can be discharged to the outside, the weight that hinders buoyancy can be removed.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the gas expandable buoyancy material 30 can be installed in the lower portion of the pocket (20). The gas expandable buoyancy material 30 may provide auxiliary buoyancy to the user through gas expansion. That is, the gas expandable buoyancy material 30 may provide additional auxiliary buoyancy in addition to the buoyancy caused by the body worn body 10 .

Referring to FIG. 3 , the gas-expandable buoyancy member 30 may include a buoyancy tube 32, a compressed gas cylinder 36, and an operating strap 38.

The buoyancy tube 32 may be installed in the lower part of the pocket 20. As the compressed gas stored in the compressed gas cylinder 36, which will be described later, is expanded and charged into the buoyancy tube 32, the buoyancy tube 32 can provide the user with buoyancy corresponding to the volume of the buoyancy tube 32. there is.

The compressed gas cylinder 36 may be connected to the buoyancy tube 32 and may be provided with a connecting member 34. The compressed gas cylinder 36 stores the compressed gas filled in the buoyancy tube 32, and generally, carbon dioxide may be used as the compressed gas. However, since a gas that can be compressed in the buoyancy tube 32 and rapidly expanded can be used as the compressed gas, it is not limited to carbon dioxide.

The connecting member 34 may open and close a passage through which the buoyancy tube 32 and the compressed gas cylinder 36 communicate. The connection member 34 is normally closed, but can be opened when the user needs auxiliary buoyancy to discharge compressed gas into the buoyancy tube 32.

The operating string 38 may be connected to the connecting member 34 . In order to obtain auxiliary buoyancy, the user can open the connecting member 34 by towing the operating string 38. The operating strap 38 may be partially exposed to the outside of the pocket 20 for a user's smooth traction operation. That is, the user can open the connection member 34 by pulling the partially exposed operation string 38.

Since the buoyancy tube 32, the compressed gas cylinder 36, and the operating string 38 may be included in a general gas-expandable buoyancy material 30, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the operation of the body-wearable buoyancy lifesaving device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention as described above will be described.

Referring to FIG. 5 , when the body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device 1 is in the form of a vest, the user can wear the vest equipped with the body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device 1. The user can be floated on the surface of the water by buoyancy caused by the buoyancy material 18 installed in the body worn main body 10 of the body worn buoyancy lifesaving device 1. However, the buoyancy that lifts the user to the surface of the water may be insufficient to lift the user's body to the surface of the water with only the buoyancy material 18 installed inside the body worn body 10 depending on the degree of wave swell or the weight of each person. In this case, the user can be floated on the surface of the water with auxiliary buoyancy using the gas-expandable buoyancy material 30 . That is, the user can open the connection member 34 by towing the operating string 38 constituting the gas expandable buoyancy member 30 . Accordingly, the compressed gas stored in the compressed gas cylinder 36 is expanded and filled into the buoyancy tube 32, and buoyancy corresponding to the volume of the buoyancy tube 32 can be provided to the user.

In addition, the pocket 20 formed on the body worn body 10 by closing the entrance of the pocket 20 with the cover 40 detachable from the pocket 20 and the drawstring 22 provided at the top of the pocket 20 Relief equipment stored in can safely reach the rescue point. At the rescue point, rescuers can deliver rescue equipment such as life jackets and safety helmets to the drowning person and put them on.

On the other hand, when the body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device 1 is in the form of a backpack 50, there may be a difference in that the user wears the body-wearable buoyancy life-saving device 1 using the shoulder band 52, It will be said that the operation of the body-worn buoyancy life-saving device 1 in the form of a vest is almost the same as the operation.

The body-wearable buoyancy lifesaving device 1 according to the disclosure of the present invention described above has a pocket 20 formed on the rear surface 16 of the body-wearing body 10, and a storage space capable of storing rescue equipment. By providing a rescuer, it is possible to quickly reach the rescue point at the time of rescue and deliver the relief equipment to the drowning person.

In addition, the body-wearable buoyancy lifesaving device 1 includes a gas expandable buoyancy material 30 to provide auxiliary buoyancy through gas expansion, thereby eliminating the risk of drowning by further levitating the body of a drowning person to the surface of the water. can

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Since it is not, it should be understood that there may be various equivalents and modifications that can replace them at the time of this application. Therefore, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims to be described later rather than the detailed description, and the meaning and scope of the claims and their All changes or modified forms derived from equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1: Body worn buoyancy lifesaving device
10: body worn body
12: outer shell
14: endothelium
15: Front
16: Back
18: buoyant material
20: Pocket
22: drawstring
30: gas expandable buoyancy material
32: buoyancy tube
34: connecting member
36: compressed gas cylinder
38: operating string
40: cover
50: backpack
52: shoulder band

Claims (4)

A body worn body formed to be worn on the upper body and having a buoyancy material installed between the outer skin and the inner skin; a pocket formed on the rear surface of the body worn body and having a storage space capable of storing relief equipment; In the body-worn buoyancy lifesaving device including:
A drawstring is formed at the upper end of the pocket and a cover detachably attached to the pocket is provided on the upper side of the rear surface of the body worn body,
The gas expandable buoyancy material,
a buoyancy tube built into the lower part of the pocket; A compressed gas cylinder connected to the buoyancy tube and provided with a connecting member; A body-wearable buoyancy lifesaving device comprising a; operating strap connected to the connecting member and opening the connecting member when towed by a user. delete delete delete

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