US3540067A - Buoyant garment - Google Patents

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US3540067A
US3540067A US760039A US3540067DA US3540067A US 3540067 A US3540067 A US 3540067A US 760039 A US760039 A US 760039A US 3540067D A US3540067D A US 3540067DA US 3540067 A US3540067 A US 3540067A
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    • 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
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
    • B63C9/11—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses
    • B63C9/115—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses using solid buoyant material
    • 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
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
    • B63C9/087—Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body ; Immersion suits, i.e. substantially completely covering the user
    • B63C9/093—Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body ; Immersion suits, i.e. substantially completely covering the user using solid buoyant material

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  • the present invention relates to buoyant garments in the form of belts or vests or the like for swimming or lifesaving, in which buoyancy is imparted to the garment by fairly thick bodies of material of very low density such as foam rubber, expanded plastic foam or the like, these buoyant bodies being disposed in cells or pockets in the garment.
  • buoyant elements does not permit much variation in their cross-sectional configuration, and this in turn does not permit much variation in buoyancy from place to place in the garment and moreover gives a bulky appearance to the garment.
  • the buoyant members or bodies in the garment are comprised of a stack or pile of a plurality of laminae, preferably in the form of strips, of flexible material of very low density, such as foam rubber or expanded plastic foam or the like, so that when the wearer moves, the strips will bend and slide one on the other to impart high flexibility to the garment.
  • the length of the strips progressively varies to obtain a variable cross-sectional configuration from place to place in the buoyant member or body.
  • the upper portion of the garment will have a desired greater buoyancy than the lower portion of the garment, thereby aiding the wearer to remain upright in the water.
  • the tapering of the buoyant bodies in this manner imparts an aesthetically attractive shape to the garment.
  • the cells or pockets in which the buoyant bodies are disposed may be formed from two thicknesses of fabric stitched together along spaced lines or even by cross pieces.
  • the strips which comprise the buoyant body are preferably interconnected with each other at one end of the stack, which in turn is preferably the end opposite the end at which the strips are cut off at progressively different lengths.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a buoyant body forming a subcombination of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of the body shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2 but showing the body flexed
  • FIG. 4 is an elevational view of a garment showing the provision therein of buoyant bodies as in FIGS. 13.
  • Each of the buoyant bodies is comprised by a plurality of flexible superposed strips la-lf of foam rubber or expanded plastic foam, of progressively shorter length from 1a to If and which are interconnected at their opposite ends only, by means of a fastener 2. This fastened end will be the upper end of the buoyant body in the garment.
  • the buoyant bodies thus constructed are disposed and retained in the longitudinally vertically extending cells or pockets formed by lines of stitching 3 that join together the outer fabric 4 and the inner lining 5 of the vest 6.
  • the buoyant bodies are disposed in the vest so that they extend vertically and their greatest cross-sectional configuration is at the upper part of the body so as to provide the greatest buoyancy at that place and thereby aid in keeping the wearer upright in the water.
  • the downward tapering of the buoyant body by cutting off the strips at different lengths also tapers the contour of the garment and makes it attractive in appearance.
  • the portion 7 of the garment located below the belt or waistband 8 may also be provided with buoyant bodies comprised of stacked strips; but in the illustrated embodiment these buoyant bodies below the belt are of shorter length than those above the belt.
  • a buoyant garment comprising a plurality of elongated pockets that extend vertically in parallelism to each other, and in each of a plurality of said pockets a stack of superposed elongated flat strips of a flexible buoyant material, means securing the strips together at one end,

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US4281428A (en) * 1980-02-19 1981-08-04 Morris Rochlin Floatation pads for life-saving vests
US4934973A (en) * 1989-01-11 1990-06-19 Taylor Benjamin A Life preserver
WO2001042081A1 (en) * 1999-11-08 2001-06-14 Gilmer Patti C Flotation swimsuit and method for construction thereof
US20050079778A1 (en) * 2003-10-08 2005-04-14 Jean Johnson Foam stabilization for personal flotation device
US20060094316A1 (en) * 1999-11-08 2006-05-04 Gilmer Patti C Flotation swimsuit and method for construction thereof
US7201626B1 (en) 2005-12-22 2007-04-10 Nelson Jack E Floatation device and associated methods
US20080038969A1 (en) * 2006-08-09 2008-02-14 Deriemer Philip Personal floatation device
WO2008103037A1 (en) * 2007-02-22 2008-08-28 Consulo Device and method for diagnosing a disorder
US20100183373A1 (en) * 2007-05-18 2010-07-22 Stoeoed Jan Safety device and method for scuba-diving

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JPS5816476Y2 (ja) * 1979-09-06 1983-04-02 東洋物産株式会社 救命胴衣
GB2122548A (en) * 1982-05-28 1984-01-18 Danny Wei Life vest

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US2629118A (en) * 1950-11-04 1953-02-24 Frieder Buoyant vest
NL6516755A (xx) * 1965-01-15 1966-07-18
US3400415A (en) * 1967-06-12 1968-09-10 Robert S. Scheurer Sporting equipment

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US2629118A (en) * 1950-11-04 1953-02-24 Frieder Buoyant vest
NL6516755A (xx) * 1965-01-15 1966-07-18
US3400415A (en) * 1967-06-12 1968-09-10 Robert S. Scheurer Sporting equipment

Cited By (14)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4281428A (en) * 1980-02-19 1981-08-04 Morris Rochlin Floatation pads for life-saving vests
US4934973A (en) * 1989-01-11 1990-06-19 Taylor Benjamin A Life preserver
US7226330B2 (en) 1999-11-08 2007-06-05 Future Products Corporation Flotation swimsuit and method for construction thereof
WO2001042081A1 (en) * 1999-11-08 2001-06-14 Gilmer Patti C Flotation swimsuit and method for construction thereof
US20060094316A1 (en) * 1999-11-08 2006-05-04 Gilmer Patti C Flotation swimsuit and method for construction thereof
US20050079778A1 (en) * 2003-10-08 2005-04-14 Jean Johnson Foam stabilization for personal flotation device
US6986691B2 (en) 2003-10-08 2006-01-17 Steams Inc. Foam stabilization for personal flotation device
US7201626B1 (en) 2005-12-22 2007-04-10 Nelson Jack E Floatation device and associated methods
US20080038969A1 (en) * 2006-08-09 2008-02-14 Deriemer Philip Personal floatation device
WO2008103037A1 (en) * 2007-02-22 2008-08-28 Consulo Device and method for diagnosing a disorder
US20100095764A1 (en) * 2007-02-22 2010-04-22 Consulo B.V. Device and method for diagnosing a disorder
US7987711B2 (en) 2007-02-22 2011-08-02 Consulo B.V. Device and method for diagnosing a disorder
US20100183373A1 (en) * 2007-05-18 2010-07-22 Stoeoed Jan Safety device and method for scuba-diving
US8568062B2 (en) * 2007-05-18 2013-10-29 Consensum As Safety device and method for scuba-diving

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