US1179018A - Life-saving appliance. - Google Patents

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H. MACFARLANE @ANLE. ROGERS Patented Apr 11, 1916 LIFE SAVING APPLIANCE APPLICATION FILED MAYG 1915 EN HECTQR jIl IQRillEiA ill IEZE R-IRI ROGEBS, or Lennon; :ane

assxeno ts roqaonny n rnsavme arrmnncss 91,4 LIFIVII'IEAIX TQL FV LQNDON I ENG A Y useful Improvemen residing at 2 "Broadi street Place, London, England, have invented ;certain new and i 'fin' Life'fSa ving Appliy; i declare the 'followancesyandwe (10 h IFE- AV NG APPLIANCE.

Specification of letters Patent. 5' Application filed May 6, 915. Seria1 No.26,2 92.

of the King of Gieat Bi'itain and Ireland,

ing to be a f nll, clear; 'ekactpdescription of the inventionfsi'ich as" will enable others skilled inthefa-rtfto; which appertains to make and n'sethesaine.

This I invention a W i t ts;,"swimming appliances and the like. and has far itsobject to "provide a de- -vice which' is simple a fnd cheap of construe,

tion andfeflicientf 'whichjcan be quickly secured upon a wearer and 'WlllCll can be so adjusteditlnit; a: standard size of device can be fused ages and Sizes; v a v The device in. be eonstructed upon the principle set forth. in British specification No. 13%75/1912 whereby a; person wearing the device 7 will automatically assume areal-- wardly inclined pbsitioiilflice uppermost, with the head1 supported well above the water, andthe invention'fisalso applicable to that tvpeoffdei escribed infITnited ,iforipersons of various I: i i v e v States Patent No. 02 84 33, I

A device, accordin to 'the' presentfinvention comprisesa'f tcoat provided with a number of, Duo van mpartmehts"'"around "ded with means y 1 be contracted "me degree when JisKwher'eby the desired. In, addit lower part ofq the tracted one or more V adjusting devices ina ;be 'p' tes 'toi life-saving back or at;othersiiitableiposition or'%pos i--- tions on the device.

The accompanying way of example one j construction of device according tothe present invention.

Figure frontfvievv of the device secured in position'upon a wearer. F 1g, 2 1s a correspond ng" haclrview. Fig.'"3 is a view of the inside ofthe device; Fig.--4 is afsection X,"X*o'fFig.'1."T 1 a Referring to the drawings, the body of drawings illustrate by i the deviceis'provided' with three groups of buoyant compartments, two groups a-a'n'd'b disposed 'on 'e'ach side of the front, and the third group'disposed at the back. The

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groups a and I) may each consist of twoas "shown, or more compartments extendin vertlcally from the waist lin e'almosttdtthe shoulder, and a third or additional compart 11161113 is disposed at the side of the (lei V vtending from the waist line toa' po heath thearm holes (I. The-back g buoyant compartments 0 comprises tivovpa rs of compartments the upper ends of wh h are substantially in alinementwith th 7 perendsof' the longer compartments posed in the groups a and b and the ,i .r endsof the compartments care :disposed a a point half way hetwejenthe waist lineban the lower part of the armliole s' (Z; i ranging thebottoins of therein-"co ments 0 above the Waist'lineanda-b level of the bottomsof thefrontco ments a and b, the greater buoyancy {front of the waistcoatis assi'lred and personsupported inthe water reel gbackwardly. The upper ends'of the B compartments in"the.groups a b and rounded as shown. Betweenrthe two v of compartments which composes the g on 0 there isa tapering portionof the jac t having its VlidBl? end atthebottom jarm holes extend for some little dista "above the tops of the buoyant coin ments; The buoyant compartments packed with abuoyant material suc kapok and preferably the amount of k packed into the groups (rand/Eta gether is greater thanf'the a-mountflpa e ihto the group A refei'encejtoFig show how the buoyant compartment are, constructed the kapok beingiz el itirel closed by the. Woven material {of w device is'made, and the comp'artment's nlg ing to an equal, degree upon-the insi theoutside of the deviceb In the construction shown in'th ,7 an adjustingo strap'f is shown -'h ends secured respectively to those co vmerits of the group-awhi'chTaredispose either sidefof the pa-rt'e; Referring particularly to]? seen thatthflower partlg of he provided'with a. tape; cor 1 the; which may be nsecured tothe nsid deviceas "shown at-approximately it point andwhichis,adapted 10095-9 disposed at su table he lower part ofthe mside ofi'th The twovend r loops -g .;.are duel as shown in order to facilitate a downward turn being given to the ends of the tapes g. The device may be provided with pockets which. may be externally disposed as shown at it" Fig. 1, and. which are preferably adapted to fasten at the topby butto'n'fas tenings.

The deviceis adapted to be worn in the manner of a waistcoat as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and it is provided with button fastenings 2' down the front, and a standard size of device may be used by persons of varying sizes by adjusting the strap f and the running cord or tape '9, the latter serving in every case to prevent the device working up unpleasantly when in use, as it has a strong tendency to do, owing to the great buoyancy of the compartments a, Z) and c. The tape g also serves to relieve the pressure from under the arms of the wearer so that the buoyant effort of the device -is applied to a considerable extent around the Waist (if the person leaving the up er part of him and particularly his arms, wit greater freedom than isusualwhen wearing a life-savin device. hat we claim and desire to secure Letters Patent is 1. A life saving appliance comprising a waistcoat provided .with buoyant compart ments at its back and at the two sides of its front, the compartments at the back being separated by a tapering portion extending to the bottom of the garment and being widest at its bottom end and provided with an adjusting device for contracting it, the bottoms of the back compartments being arranged above the'waist line of the garment and above the bottoms of the front compartments to assure the greater buoyancy of the front of the garment.

2. A life saving appliance comprising a a waistcoat provided with three groups of buoyant compartments one group disposed at each side of the front and another group disposed. at the back, said back group being divided into two by a tapering portion having its wider end at vthe bottom an adjusting strap being disposeda'cross said tapering portion, the front groups each comprising compartments which extend vertically from the waist line almost to the shoulder,

and the back group comprising apnumbe'r of compartments which are disposed above the waist line, and means whereby the lower part of the device may be contracted circumferentially to a suitable degree when defrom the waist line almost to the shoulder,

and the back group comprising a number I of compartments which. are dizposed above the Waist line, provided with a exible member running through loops disposed upon the lower portion of thedevice whereby the lower portion may be contracted circumferentially to a suitable degree when desired.

A. A life-saving appliance comprising a waistcoat provided with three groups of buoyant compartments containing kapok, one group disposed at each side of the front and another group "disposed at the back;

said back group being divided into two by.

a tapering portion having its wider end at the bottom an adjusting strap being 'disposed across said tapering portion, the'front" compartments groups each comprising I which extend vertically from the waist l ne almost to the shoulder, and the back grou comprising a numberof compartments whic are disposed above the waist line, provided with a flexible member running through loops disposed upon the lower portion of the device whereby the lower portion mayv be contracted circumferentially to a suitable degree when desired:

In testimony whereof we afiix our'signatin-es, in presence of two witnesses. 1

HECTOR MACFARLANE. NORMAN EVERARD ROGERS. Witnesses:

H. L. Kmo, G. V. SYMES.

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