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7150668 Buoyancy garment  
A clothing item such as a shirt is combined with a concealed and entrapped bladder which can be inflated in the event of an emergency. The shirt can be of fashionable appearance and the buoyance...
7118437 Flotation collar  
A flotation collar includes an exterior cover and a bladder with two cells separated by a baffle. The exterior cover includes circumferential cover zippers which unzip if the bladder is inflated,...
7059924 Personal flotation device  
A personal flotation device that may be worn alone, as well as fitted into a separate garment, such as a jacket or vest. The personal flotation device may include a wearable inflatable bladder that...
6905383 Personal floatation device  
A personal floatation device 10 includes a buoyant foam member 20 enclosed within inner and outer layers 52, 54 of a garment 50 . The foam member 20 can be cut as an initially flat member,...
6837764 Multi-chambered flotation device  
A system for maintaining a user afloat in a fluid environment is disclosed. The system includes multiple chambers such that if one chamber fails to operate, redundant chambers will function to...
6773318 Personal floatation device  
The present invention provides a personal floatation device comprising a back floatation package extending horizontally, latitudinally (when worn) across an upper back shoulder portion of the vest...
6589088 Low profile life vest  
A low-profile life vest particularly suitable for use by pilots having helmets with integrated display and sighting systems. The life vest comprises an inflatable bladder and a generally U-shaped...
6478510 Dive vest  
A dive vest that includes a torso-engaging member with a waistband, an air bladder contained throughout the torso-engaging member, beaded weight pads quickly releasable from the waistband, a scuba...
6394866 1-step safety belt inflatable into a life vest  
A flotation device of the invention—of cell shape, substantially flat and of little bulk when deflated—is able to be filled with a compressed gas from a cartridge coupled with it so as to...
6089936 Personal floatation device  
A personal floatation device comprising an improved float to provide buoyant lift to the body of the wearer of the device when in water and a strap assembly to connect the improved float about the...
6004177 Pocket-sized, emergency flotation device with status indicator  
The present invention features a pocket-sized, portable, flotation device that folds into a storage or carrying case, which is the size of a cellular phone. It can be carried upon a person in a...
5928046 Flotation aid  
A flotation or buoyancy aid comprises an elongate substantially straight flexible strip of closed cell foam material (12) bent into a U-configuration so as to define a pair of arm portions (12A,...
5911612 Foldable, inflatable flotation device with improved retention means  
A personal flotation device in the form of a vest having two chest portions that are interconnected by a neck portion. The vest fits over a user's head and is secured to the user by way of a belt...
5855497 Life jacket with flexible life line  
A new life jacket with flexible life line for allowing a user to have a life line conveniently located on their life jacket so that the line can be easily accessed during a rescue. The inventive...
5820431 Deployment mechanism for pocket-sized, emergency flotation device  
The present invention features a pocket-sized, portable, flotation device that folds into a carrying case, which is the size of a cellular phone or camera. It can be carried upon a person in a...
5692934 Swimming aid  
A single inflatable ring-shaped body that can be drawn together and secured at the chest by a closure mechanism so as to form a neck loop and a back loop. The inflatable body can be subdivided into...
5588892 Combination flotation device and swimming aid  
A personal flotation device is disclosed that maintains the user's face and head above the water level line, the flotation device having an anterior chest portion and an opposite posterior portion....
5522749 Positive oxygen mask release  
An aviator has a protective helmet and an oxygen mask releasably attached to the helmet by a mask release which automatically releases one of the mask connections to the helmet upon water...
5494469 Inflatable life vest  
An inflatable life vest comprises two sheets of polymeric material. The es of these sheets are sealed to form an inner cavity with a plurality of discrete, inflatable chambers disposed in a...
5393254 Lifesaving apparatus  
A lifesaving apparatus for a human in the form of a waist pack adapted to be worn about the waist of a human. The waist pack has an inflatable vest located therein in a non-inflated/collapsed...
5257954 Rescue buoy package  
A rescue buoy package for use on a boat for marking the location of a person overboard and for remaining in that location until help can arrive includes an outer cylindrical tube that is mounted...
5249999 Life jacket  
A life jacket of the type made from a foam buoyant material includes a transversely disposed yoke member having parallel ends which extend from the upper ends of two symmetrically opposed front...
5184968 Floatation swimwear  
A one-piece swimsuit having a lower pants portion and a two-ply upper portion is provided with a one-piece floatation member between the two plies of the upper portion of the floatation member. The...
5057046 Flotation device peripheral system  
The present invention, in it several embodiments, provides a harness-type structure for securing equipment, pouches, mountings of safety harnesses to, but not limited to, a personal flotation...
4960483 Heat pressing apparatus for making an inflatable life vest and method for use thereof  
An apparatus is disclosed and method for using same wherein a life vest is formed by a single heat sealing operation which effectively forms a front and rear sealed chamber for flotation and...
4934973 Life preserver  
A yoke-type life preserver is provided including a relatively thick buoyant filler assembly loosely received within a flexible outer cover panel assembly for the life preserver and with the buoyant...
4913589 Diver's buoyancy compensator and backpack with independent suspension  
The specification herein sets forth a combination buoyancy compensator, backpack and suspension system for divers. The suspension system incorporates a spider which is made of elastomeric foam and...
4865573 Inflatable life vest of the single-attachment, single-adjustment type  
A life vest of the inflatable type is disclosed in which the inflation cell or cells are combined with a back panel and a single-attachment, single-adjustment, waist strap. The single-attachment...
4810134 Single walled diver's buoyancy compensator  
The invention described herein is a buoyancy compensator for a diver having a single thickness wall formed of substantially non-stretchable material that has been coated with a meltable plastic....
4753621 Inflatable lifejacket  
An inflatable lifejacket for providing buoyancy in water to a wearer of the lifejacket includes an inflatable buoyancy envelope which is donned by a wearer who passes his head through a neck...
4673366 Exposure suit with an attached lifejacket  
An exposure suit 10 has an attached lifejacket (14) which includes a part-annular rear portion (17) within a sheath (26) secured across the back of the shoulders of the suit 10 and a front portion...
4654016 Buoyant vest and method of making the same  
A buoyant vest in which two elongated foam members are encased in a single sheath of coated fabric to form the vest. A single strap secures the vest around the body of the wearer.
4623316 Flotation vest  
A flotation vest in the form of a buoyancy compensator for divers or a PFD (personal flotation device) for canoeists and the like including a collar and waistcoat assembly secured to the body of a...
4565535 Life preserver device  
The improved device includes a hollow container with latched door, inside of which is coiled an inflatable, body contoured gas bag releasably connected to the container and gravity deployable...
RE31305 Life preserver of the encapsulated type  
An inflatable life preserver of the encapsulated type encircling the neck of a wearer includes an inflatable cell or cells confined within a protective cover when in collapsed condition. The cover,...
4193153 Life jacket  
A lifejacket is provided comprising a one piece body member of moulded, flexible, plastic foam. The lifejacket is divided into three distinct portions; that is a headrest portion, a shoulder...
4180883 Buoyancy aid  
A cushion for an aircraft seat is made up of three buoyancy elements which after removal from the corresponding seat structure may be adjustably separated from one another, donned by a wearer, and,...
4131974 Flotation stoles  
A flotation stole having a chest portion of greater capacity at one side than the other so that it will invert an unconscious wearer who is face down in the water, even though the wearer may also...
4035857 Divers buoyancy vest  
An inflatable buoyancy vest employs an open weave elastic gusset between the front and rear panels of the vest to hold the vest in a compact condition when the vest is deflated.
4010501 Two-piece buckle and its use on body-buoying equipment  
A life preserver or other body-buoying equipment is provided with straps extending from its opposite sides, and the two pieces of a buckle are fastened to the respective ends of the straps. The two...
3988795 Life preserver  
A conventional type of life preserver has a rectangular shape, with a circular neck receiving opening adjacent the upper end and a slit extending from the bottom of the opening to the lower edge of...
3939511 Life-saving device  
A life-saving device, such as a life vest or safety vest, comprising two superimposed flexible sheet members sandwiching a number of buoyancy or float members therebetween. The buoyancy members are...
3771183 LIFE PRESERVER  
A life preserver of the inflatable type having a vest-like outer garment formed with collar and body pockets in which a pair of inflatable flotation cells are housed in a normally collapsed and...
3761982 LIFEJACKET  
There is disclosed an inflatable portion for a life-jacket, for example of the type intended for use by aviators, which includes an outer envelope and an inner bladder, the envelope comprising at...
3742538 REVERSIBLE LIFE PRESERVER  
A strapless life preserver which is reversible and in fact can be worn in four different positions and in each of these positions permits free use of the arms. There are two annular tubular wings...
3727249 FOLDABLE YOKE LIFE PRESERVER  
A foldable life preserver is described which is usable as a boat cion. The opening for the head and neck of the user is closed by folding doors to allow the life preserver to be used as a solid...
3681801 QUICK-RELEASE INFLATABLE ENVELOPE FOR LIFE JACKETS AND THE LIKE  
The envelope of the life jacket is provided with a zip fastener of which the two rows of connecting teeth are made of polymerized plastic material and are separated at the fastener end...
3672609 INFLATABLE BODY-ATTACHMENTS FOR MARINE LIFE-SAVING  
This invention concerns a life-saving appliance comprising an inflatable portion which when the appliance is unactivated is stowed compactly in a pouch, means for securing the pouch closely to the...
3536071 UNDERWATER SAFETY GEAR  
3497889 INFLATABLE LIFE PRESERVER  
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