Life jacket

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6551161
  • Patent Number
    6,551,161
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, May 9, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 22, 2003
    21 years ago
Abstract
A life jacket has two head air bags, a plurality of shoulder air bags, a zipper disposed between the head air bags, and a plurality of pockets. Each of the pockets receives an inflated bag. A safety pin is disposed on the inflated bag. An air inlet hose is connected to the corresponding shoulder air bag and a pressing ball. Each of the head air bags has a hook-and-loop type fastener.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to a life jacket. More particularly, the present invention relates to a life jacket which has a plurality of air bags.




A conventional safety vest does not have a floating headgear to protect a head of a user. Even if the user wears the conventional safety vest, the head of the user may be underwater while the user cannot swim.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




An object of the present invention is to provide a life jacket which has a plurality of air bags to be converted to a floating headgear in order to protect a head of a user.




Another object of the present invention is to provide a life jacket which has two sleeves in order to protect two arms of a user.




Another object of the present invention is to provide a life jacket which has two gloves in order to protect two hands of a user.




Accordingly, a life jacket comprises two head air bags, a plurality of shoulder air bags, a zipper disposed between the head air bags, and a plurality of pockets. Each of the head air bags has a hook-and-loop type fastener. A headgear is formed by the head air bags.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a life jacket of a first preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 1A

is another perspective view of a life jacket of a first preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 1B

is a perspective view of a zipper and two air bags of a first preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 1C

is a schematic view illustrating a headgear of a life jacket of a first preferred embodiment is not formed;





FIG. 1D

is a schematic view illustrating a headgear of a life jacket of a first preferred embodiment is formed by two head air bags;





FIG. 2

is a schematic view illustrating an application of a life jacket of a first preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 2A

is a sectional view of a plurality of protrusions of a first preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 3

is a perspective view of a life jacket of a second preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 3A

is another perspective view of a life jacket of a second preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 3B

is a perspective view of a plurality of protrusions of a second preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 3C

is a perspective view of a plurality of protruded blocks of a second preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a schematic view illustrating an application of a life jacket of a second preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 4A

is a sectional view of a plurality of protrusions of a second preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 5

is a perspective view of a life jacket of a third preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 5A

is a partially perspective view of a life jacket of a third preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention; and





FIG. 6

is a schematic view illustrating an application of a life jacket of a third preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




Referring to

FIGS. 1

to


2


A, a first life jacket


10


′ comprises two head air bags


20


′, a plurality of shoulder air bags


20


″, a zipper


21


′ disposed between the head air bags


20


′, and a plurality of pockets


19


′.




The pockets


19


′ are adhered on the first life jacket


10


′ by a high frequency method.




Each of the pockets


19


′ receives an inflated bag


12


′. A safety pin


13


′ is disposed on the inflated bag


12


′. The inflated bag


12


′ has carbon dioxide therein. An air inlet hose


22


′ is connected to the corresponding shoulder air bag


20


′ and a pressing ball


23


′.




Each of the head air bags


20


′ has a hook-and-loop type fastener


11


′. The first life jacket


10


′ has a large number of protrusions


24


′ therein. A headgear is formed by two of the head air bags


20


′.




Referring to

FIGS. 3

to


4


A, a second life jacket


10


comprises two head air bags


20


, a plurality of shoulder air bags


20




a


, a zipper


21


disposed between the head air bags


20


, a plurality of pockets


19


, two arms


201


, and two sleeves


15


.




Each of the pockets


19


receives an inflated bag


12


. A safety pin


13


is disposed on the inflated bag


12


. The inflated bag


12


has carbon dioxide therein. An air inlet hose


22


is connected to the corresponding shoulder air bag


20


and a pressing ball


23


.




The second life jacket


10


has a large number of protrusions


24


therein.




Each of the arms


201


has a hook-and-loop type fastener


11


.




Each of the sleeves


15


is connected to the corresponding arm


201


. Two gloves


16


are connected to the sleeves


15


. Each of the gloves


16


has a fabric


18


and a large number of protruded blocks


17


.




The head air bags


20


are made of rubber.




The shoulder air bags


20




a


are made of rubber.




The gloves


16


are made of rubber.




A hood


14


is disposed on the shoulder air bags


20


.




A user wears a cap


30


. The hood


14


is connected to the cap


30


.




Referring to

FIGS. 5

,


5


A, and


6


, a third life jacket


40


comprises a plurality of hook-and-loop type fasteners


41


, and a plurality of air bags


50


disposed on the hook-and-loop type fasteners


41


.




The invention is not limited to the above embodiment but various modification thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.



Claims
  • 1. A life jacket comprises:two head air bags, a plurality of shoulder air bags, a zipper disposed between the head air bags, and a plurality of pockets, each of the head air bags having a hook-and-loop type fastener, and a headgear formed by the head air bags.
  • 2. The life jacket as claimed in claim 1, wherein an air inlet hose is connected to the corresponding shoulder air bag and a pressing ball.
  • 3. The life jacket as claimed in claim 1, wherein an inflated bag is disposed in the corresponding pocket, a safety pin is disposed on the inflated bag, and the inflated bag has carbon dioxide therein.
  • 4. The life jacket as claimed in claim 1, wherein two arms are disposed on the life jacket, each of the arms has a hook-and-loop type fastener, and a sleeve is connected to a corresponding arm.
  • 5. The life jacket as claimed in claim 4, wherein two gloves are connected to the sleeves, and each of the gloves has a fabric and a large number of protruded blocks.
Parent Case Info

The present invention is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/732,532, filed on Dec. 4, 2000, now abandoned.

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Number Name Date Kind
2629118 Frieder et al. Feb 1953 A
4097947 Kiefer Jul 1978 A
5775967 Lacoursiere et al. Jul 1998 A
5800227 Brown, Jr. Sep 1998 A
6270386 Visocekas Aug 2001 B1
Foreign Referenced Citations (2)
Number Date Country
2 162 129 Jan 1986 GB
2 361 216 Oct 2001 GB
Continuation in Parts (1)
Number Date Country
Parent 09/732532 Dec 2000 US
Child 10/144361 US