US1742104A - Life preserver - Google Patents

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Dec. 31; 1929.

E. w. SKOLDBERG .LIFE PRESERVER Filed March 30, 1928 WITNESSES ATTORNEY l. 25 and when the preserver is donned after a long ing 1 4;.

Patented Dec. 31.1929 i i k j UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE I ERNEST W. SKOLDBElR-G, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LIFE rnnsnnvnn AppIication filed March 30., 1928. seriarn'o. 286,027.

The present invention is concerned with tion in connection with theaccomp'anying the provision of life preservers of the vest or drawings, whereinbody-encircling type. An object of the in l fl is-a plan view of a life preserveremvention is to provide a device of this charbodying the invention, the preserver "being acter in whichthe vest is constructed of a shownfully onened an d with portions of two single piece of material. Off the pockets broken away to exposetlie 55 Such a constructlon has many advantages. buoyant material within them. In the first place the weight of the non- Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the buoyant portion of the life preserver is light line 2-2 of Fig. 1 but showing the pockets ened, its cost is decreased, its manufacture is before the buoyant material has been inserted simplified, and the buoyant material which and the-pockets closed. occupies the pockets of the vest is retained Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the with much more security than in the type of buoyant material in place and the pocket comlife preservers now commonly employed. pleted by the top seam.

' In accordance with present practice, the It willbenote'd fromthe drawings'thatthe pockets with the buoyant material are formed life .preserver is formed of a single piece of by sewing together two overlying similarfabricfolded upon itself and havingthefo'ldly shaped piecesof fabric, the buoyant ma ed over portion lconnected to the bodyll of terial is inserted through theopen botthefabric by lines oftransverse stitching l2, toms of the pockets thus formed, and the whichilines of stitching cooperatively define .7 pockets subsequently closed by a line' of pockets for the buoyant material 13,, this stitching. In consequence, when this last line buoyant materialbeing inserted through the of stitching rots out, the buoyant material is open tops of the ,pocketswhich are subsefree to drop out of the bottoms of the pockets, quently closeclbyalongitudinal line ofstitchp i period of disuse, it is frequently found that The life preserver is of the ordinary vest these seams have rotted out and the preservers type including a back 315 and two "front secare worthless. tions 16,Fthere being provided the :usual arm- I In accordance with the present invention, holes 17 at the juncture .ofithe "front section a single piece of material is folded upon and the back section of the garmenaandthe itself to form the pockets; the bottoms of the garment carrying the. usual "bojd y encircling pockets being entirely seamless, and the fillstrap or tape 18 'as wellas the "neck enciring. material being inserted from the top. cling tapes 19. Thus, there is nostitching at the pocket bot- ThepocketsQOwhiolrcontain theibuoyant toms to rot, and no danger of losing the material13 extend from "the bottom the .85

buoyant material through the bottoms of the 'ga lmentto a height approximately midway pockets since the pockets are closed by an of-the armholes 17,.leavinga single thickness integral strong piece of fabric, such for in- .Of material abovethispoint instead of the stance as canvas or the like. "usual double thickness. The armholes {as 40 Other and more general objects of the inwell-asthisupper singlethickness of material vention are to provide a-life preserver of e:finishedbyturning'overthe edges and simple, practical construction, which will be ng as at 21. rugged, durable and efiicient in use. Preferably the belt 18 1s retained by the With the above noted and other objects in Same lines of stitching 12 which help to define view 7 the invention consists in certain the pockets 20, while the straps 19 are sewed .95

7 novel features of construction and combinato the garment in any convenient or conventions and arrangements of parts as will be tional manner.

more fully hereinafter set forth and pointed In manufacturing the garment, the last line out in the claims. The invention may be more of stitching to beapplied is the line of stitchfully understood from the following descriping 14 which closes the tops of the pockets.

Obviously, if it is desired to pack buoyant material in the pockets immediately under the armholes, lines of stitching such as the lines 12" may be omitted until such time as the pockets under the armholes have been packed from the sides, after which, the lines of stitching 12 and subsequently the line of stitching 14 are made. a

By virtue of the above described construction, the pockets are provided with integral seamless bottoms, and there are no threads to rot out and permit the buoyant material to escape from the bottoms of the pockets. A

considerable economy of material is had due to the use of the single thickness of canvas above the pockets, and manufacturing is materially simplified.

Obviously, various changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A life preserver including a body encircling portion of fabric folded longitudinally upon itself at its lower edge, lines of transverse stitching connecting the two thicknesses of folded over fabric to divide the same into a series of pockets, buoyant material in the pockets and lines of stitching closing the tops of said pockets below the top of the body, the bottoms of said pockets being seamless and formed by the fold of the fabric.

2. A life preserver of the vest type including a sheet of fabric defining a body encircling portion having armholes therein, the lower portion of the sheet being folded upwardly upon the body encircling portion below the armholes and secured thereto by lines of stitching defining a series of vertically disposed seamless bottomed pockets, buoyant material in the pockets, and a line of stitching stitching terminating well below the top of .50' the body encircling portion whereby the upclosin the tops of the pockets, said line of per part of the latter is of a'single thickness of material.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 23 day of March,

ERNEST W. SKOLDBERG.

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