WO2011005237A2 - Dispositif de flottaison individuel - Google Patents

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WO2011005237A2
WO2011005237A2 PCT/TR2010/000146 TR2010000146W WO2011005237A2 WO 2011005237 A2 WO2011005237 A2 WO 2011005237A2 TR 2010000146 W TR2010000146 W TR 2010000146W WO 2011005237 A2 WO2011005237 A2 WO 2011005237A2
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Ahmet BIYIKLIOĞLU
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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
    • B63C9/13—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist
    • B63C9/15—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
    • B63C9/155—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments inflatable
    • 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
    • B63C9/20—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like characterised by signalling means, e.g. lights

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  • This invention is related to a life jacket, which is one of the life saving devices, which ensure a safe swimming and must be used in case of a danger at sea, in pools, lakes etc in which one can swim.
  • PPE Personal Protection Equipment
  • Buoyancy force of the life vests which must be made available in commercial vessels, must be at least 150 N (Newton) according to these standards.
  • a life vest which conforms to SOLAS standards, must have sufficient balance and buoyancy (buoyancy force) to turn even an unconscious person's body from any position to a position so that his mouth gets out of the water in 5 seconds.
  • buoyancy force the buoyancy force
  • life vests with certificates of TS EN ISO 12402-3 2007, TS EN ISO 12402-4 2007 and 12402-9 2007 are available to be used only in relatively safe waters because they are not equipped with signal pipes and lights (or their housings are available but should be supplied from outside) and they have smaller reflecting stripes. Their buoyancy force ranges between 100-150 N.
  • "personal life saving equipments” with certificates of TS EN ISO 12402-5 2007 are available for the use of people dealing with water sports and activities like small boats, canoes, windsurfs, sailing boats, rafting, university or professional angling as well as children. Their buoyancy force is below 100 N and they can be used only in safe or relatively safe waters.
  • These products are mentioned as "personal floatation devices” in TSE registrations and as assistant for floatation or floatation vest in the market.
  • Many life vests made of various materials are available in the market.
  • life vests, life buoys and floatation assistants are available. There are air chambers/inflatable pouches inside them. They are filled with air by mouth or using a pump or compressed air cylinders to acquire buoyancy force before introduced into the water. Furthermore, life vests or floatation assistants equipped with a small compressed air cylinder. They are filled with air manually by removing a pin or pushing a button in case of danger or automatically upon contact with water or exposed to pressure.
  • Another interesting datum according to the statistics is the fact that most of drowning cases occur not at open sea under bad weathering and helpless conditions but in public beaches, private pools, lakes, irrigation channels and rivers on clear and warm summer days. In other words, drowning mostly occur not in dangerous water or during water sports with high risk but in places to which people go for cooling, enjoying and sunbathing. Although almost no adult wearing life vest or floatation assistant is encountered in such places, it is not possible to explain why drowning cases keep top ranks in statistics with insufficient precautions, unawareness or unaffordable life saving devices to minimize the risk for drowning because affordable products are available in the market and many adults buy them for their children although they do not use them.
  • life vests or floatation assistants may be gathered in three main groups. They are those, which have the capacity for floatation, as soon as they are manufacturing due to the materials used in manufacturing, those, which acquire floatation ability after filled with air by mouth, using a pump or compressed air cylinders and those, which are equipped with small cylinders under pressure to be filled with air manually or automatically in case of danger to acquire the required floatation capacity.
  • the devices which are included by the first two groups, push the user upward/over the water against the tendency for diving/moving towards bottom of the water due to the materials, which bring buoyancy force for them, or air filling the pouches inside , them.
  • Life vests or floatation assistants which are equipped with small cylinders under pressure to be filled with air manually or automatically in case of danger to acquire the required floatation capacity, do have smaller volumes while inflatable pouches inside them are empty. Therefore, they do not restrict movements/attractions, which can be made in the water as much as the others do at least until the pouches are filled with water.
  • the volume expands towards not the sides but inside and outside when air is filled into the inflatable pouches. Therefore, there is almost no difference, with respect to the surface area embracing the user, between before and after the pouches begin to be filled with air. Furthermore, their outsides are in attractive colors just like the others are. The purpose for coating the devices with attractive colors is to make the users easily visible in case of an accident to minimize loss of life. However, on the other hand, this detail prevents sunlight from contact with the skin existing under it and causes unbalanced suntan although it is useful in life saving, whereas most of people generally wear low-cut dresses made of thin and cellular materials not only when they swim to cool especially in the regions in which relative humidity and temperature raise in summers.
  • Waves come into being at open sea and rise by combining the ' water mass in front of them into their bodies toward shallow waters and take people standing on feet in shallow waters toward open sea while they are rising.
  • sudden variations in direction of water or bottom of the sea may occur near natural or manmade wave- breakers or depth may change suddenly while one is walking on soft and slippery sea floor.
  • Subsequent tumbles may cause loss of the sense of balance and the swimmer may miss where he is going and may swim towards open sea. These cases may cause a natural panic and the swimmer attempts to arrest his breathing strongly while he is trying to reach the surface or stay at the surface.
  • the aim of the floatation assistant which is the subject of the invention, is to ensure that people wear a floatation device for entering into the water near to the coast in the places to which people go for swimming, entertainment and sunbathing because, as we summarized, everybody is aware of the risks of entering into the water without wearing a "personal floatation device"; however, unfortunately, they mostly prefer the comfort rather than precautions when they have to choose one.
  • the objective of this invention is to eliminate disadvantageous of the available models and to produce a comfortable and good-looking floatation device without sacrificing safety. Structural characteristic features and advantages of the product are described below with the figures and the detailed explanation by referring to the reference numbers.
  • Figure 1-A Three-dimensional view of the inflatable pouches of the floatation device from the profile/front at the early phase of the manufacturing
  • Figure 1-B Side vertical section view of the inflatable pouches of the floatation device at the early phase of the manufacturing
  • Figure 1-C Three-dimensional view of the inflatable pouches of the floatation device from the profile/front at the last phase of the manufacturing in which they have been included in the protective cover, their ends have been made integral through hot pressing or similar methods and then, holes have been opened on these ends
  • Figure 2-A Three-dimensional view symbolizing one of the buckles that is female on which end parts of the inflatable pouches that have been made integral through hot pressing or similar methods and then, holes have been opened on them will be mounted
  • Figure 2-B Three-dimensional view from another aspect symbolizing one of the buckles that is female on which end parts of the inflatable pouches that have been made integral through hot pressing or similar methods and then, holes have been opened on them will be mounted
  • Figure 2-C Three-dimensional view symbolizing one of the buckles that is male on which end parts of the inflatable pouches that have been made integral through hot pressing or similar methods and then, holes have been opened on them will be mounted
  • Figure 3 View from the profile/front after the buckles have been mounted on the end parts of the inflatable pouches that have been made integral through hot pressing or similar methods
  • Figure 4-A Three-dimensional view of one. of the Buckle Fastening Plastics that has no pocket in which buckle couples are locked by passing through the channels at the sides
  • Figure 4-B Three-dimensional view symbolizing how to place one of the buckle couples that is female into its housing by stretching the Buckle Fastening Plastic that has no pocket
  • Figure 5-A Three-dimensional view of the Buckle Fastening Plastic having pockets for other parts of the floatation device while these pockets are empty
  • FIG. 5B Three-dimensional view of the Buckle Fastening Plastic having pockets for other parts of the floatation device while these pockets are full
  • Figure 6 View of the floatation device on the user after its all parts have been assembled to be a belt REFERENCE NUMBERS
  • Middle part of the inflatable pouches of the floatation device is in cylindrical form and have higher diameter.
  • the hose (4), which will carry air to the pouch (1) is mounted to any one of the end parts (2) with lower diameter.
  • the pouch (1,2) and also the hose (4) are made of soft, clear plastic materials.
  • the hose (4), which will carry air to the pouch (1) may be directly mounted into the body of the pouch (1) by using hot pressing or similar methods.
  • a hollow screw allowing air entering into the pouch may be placed on the pouch if the end of the hose is equipped with a nut gripping this screw.
  • Another option is to place a hollow screw allowing air entering into the pouch at the end of the hose if the pouch is equipped with a nut gripping this screw.
  • the part of the pouch with smaller diameter (2) is adjacent to the one side of its middle part with bigger diameter because the pouches are in contact with the back and chest even when the pouches (1,2) are empty.
  • the pressure to be applied on the back and chest and also their reactions against this pressure are prevented while the pouches (1,2) begin to be filled with air.
  • the pouches (1,2) can be easily opened without causing trouble for the user.
  • the hose (4) carrying air or the screw or nut connecting the hose and the pouch (1,2) is fixed to a point near the middle part, which is larger, of the pouch because hot pressing etc will be applied on the end parts (2) of the pouch with smaller diameter in the next phase of the manufacturing as seen in Figure 1-C to make them integral and holes will be made on them.
  • the end parts (2) of the pouch with smaller diameter are reinforced with the same material from outside or inside to increase their strength before they are made integral by hot pressing etc.
  • the middle part (1) of the pouch with bigger diameter is included into a protective cover (5) in the latest phase of the manufacturing.
  • protecting the pouches against external impacts is not the only function of this cover (5). It has another function. This is to make the area covered by the middle part, which will inflate when the pin (20) connected to the pressure cylinder (19) is removed by the user if required, smaller. This may be folded and placed into the cover (5).
  • These covers (5) are made of soft and clear plastic materials just like the pouches (1,2) are and naturally, their basic function is to protect the pouches (1,2) against possible external impacts.
  • Another advantage of this design is the fact that the pouches (1,2) of this floatation device ensure higher protection compared with the pouches of life vests or floatation devices, which are inflated by oral ways or through the devices like cylinders or pumps before entering into the water because although some of such life vests or floatation devices, which acquire buoyancy force after their pouches are inflated before entering into the water, are equipped with an additional cover, the risk for contact with an external object and consequently, for being damaged by external impacts are higher for their inflated pouches and covers because the area is larger; whereas the risk for empty pouches and cover is lower even if they become in contact with an external object.
  • channels (9) in both of the wings in the lower part of the protective covers (5) There are channels (9) in both of the wings in the lower part of the protective covers (5). These channels allow a rope like a gut passing through inside them. These channels are interrupted (6). The channel on one of the wings begins at the point in which the channel on the other wind ends up and so on. The said rope is inserted through the channels (9) of both of the wings existing in the lower part of the cover (5) respectively to combine the wings (8).
  • the user will remove the pin at the end of the rope at the lower part of the cover (5) embracing the pouch existing on his chest to activate the floatation function when required.
  • the lower wings (9) of the cover will open.
  • he will remove the pin (20) on the pressure cylinder (19). This operation releases the air in the cylinder and also the wings of the cover existing on the back part of the body because the other end of the rope combining the wings of the cover (5) existing on the back part of the body is connected to the pin (20) existing on the pressure cylinder (19).
  • FIGS 2-A, 2-B and 2-C symbolize the buckles to mounted to the ends of the pouches.
  • the buckles are made of highly durable hard plastic and there are departments just behind their locking edges called as female (8) and male (15) on which the end parts of the pouches, which are made integral by hot pressing, will be mounted. As seen in the figures showing female one, there are holes at top and bottom of the locking edge of the female buckle (13). The rod/protrusion of the Buckle Fastening Plastics (17) will be inserted into one of these holes as seen in Figures 4-A, 4-B and 5 -A.
  • the female buckle (8) will be fixed to the Buckle Fastening Plastic just after the plastic returns to its previous state and a single hole is sufficient to fix the female buckle to the plastic.
  • the floatation device is adjustable, preparing few models for body sizes in a wide range will be sufficient. Then, the time, which is required for changing the assembly line for different models, will be minimized. As a result, investment and operational costs will decrease. Furthermore, capital, storage and display/shelf costs will be reduced especially for small size business owners, which account for the last ring of the marketing chain, and the product will be distributed over a larger area. Thus, it will be more affordable. In addition, the final user will be able to use the product for a long time by adjusting it according to his body size even if his body size changes in the course of time. These features will make the product more attractive and satisfaction will increase. Accordingly, sales will increase.
  • the user will select the suitable hole (7) on the pouches according to his body size and place it into the channels in the buckles. Then, he will combine the upper and lower parts of the channels to fix the pouches and covers to the buckles.
  • Buckle fastening plastic ( Figures 4-A, 4-B) is made of soft and compact plastic material. There are channels on its both sides into which the buckles are inserted. Also, there is a protrusion (17) on surface on which the channels exist and this protrusion is closer to one of the channels.
  • the female buckle is placed into the plastic. The plastic is stretched to insert the said protrusion into the hole, which exist at the bottom of the buckle.
  • the buckles are made of hard plastic. The buckles are not detached unless the claws of the male buckle (15) are manually removed from the female buckle (8) once they have been locked by passing through the channels existing on both sides of the plastic.
  • the divisions, which exist at back of each buckle, to which the end parts of the pouches (2) are mounted, are enclosed by the channels' existing on both sides of the plastic ( Figure 4-A, 4-B). Thus, it is ensured that the divisions to which the end parts of the pouches (2) are not opened. They are made of soft and compact plastic material to prevent contact of the buckles made of hard plastic materials with the skin. Buckle couples and buckle fastening plastics are preferred to be made of clear materials.
  • the pouches and the buckles are assembled to form a belt.
  • AU parts except the pouches (1,2) and protective covers (5) are gathered inside armpits, which are normally not exposed to sunshine. Thus, the risk for that it is caught by an object around it while it is worn by the user to harm the user, the object or it will be minimized. Furthermore, sunbathing will be more enjoyable.
  • the buckle fastening plastic is a special design containing hollows on both sides through which the buckles pass through to be locked with each other ( Figure 4-A, 4-B).
  • Pressure cylinders (19) which inflate the pouches when required, may be made of highly durable steel, aluminum or fiber carbon. Diameter of the middle part of the pouch may be raised to make the floatation device acquire very high buoyancy force even up to 150 N as specified in SOLAS standards. According to another preferred embodiment, cheap cylinders made of hard plastic may be employed although their durability is less.

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L’invention concerne un dispositif de flottaison, devenant une ceinture lorsque toutes les parties sont assemblées. Les deux poches (1,2) composées de plastique transparent et souple sont gonflées par le cylindre de pression (19) en cas de danger après retrait de la tige (20) sur le cylindre (19) et elles sortent de leurs étuis (5) en plastique transparent et souple pour acquérir la force de flottaison. L’utilisateur insère les griffes (15) de la boucle mâle dans l’espace sur la boucle femelle (8). Les boucles ne sont pas détachées de manière non intentionnelle sauf si les griffes de la boucle mâle (15) sont enlevées manuellement de la boucle femelle (8) après avoir été fermées par la fixation de boucle plastique (Figure 4- A, 4-B).
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