Patent Application
20130014310
The present invention relates to a swimsuit with lifesaving device, and more particularly to a swimsuit integrally provided with an inflatable bag, which can be manually or automatically inflated to serve as a buoy in case of emergency in water.
People usually wear a swimsuit in water activities, such as learning swimming. A common obstacle for most people who just start learning swimming is failing to relax their muscles and mind for fearing of drowning. Various types of auxiliary devices, such as floats and swimming belts, are therefore developed and introduced into market to help swimming learners to float on water. However, it is troublesome to carry such floats and swimming belts around, particularly for those who prefer to engage in water activities in an easy and convenient manner.
Further, people loving water activities are frequently drowned to death due to swimming in unfamiliar water areas or in bad weather. There are only a few minutes of golden time for the drowning people to survive and it is impossible for them to wait for life guards or other rescue. To avoid such unfortunate events, people are requested to wear a lifejacket or other lifesaving devices when they engage in water activities. Nevertheless, many people ignore the important lifesaving devices due to the inconvenience brought by wearing them.
It is therefore tried by the inventor to develop a swimsuit that can provide the function as a lifesaving device in the case of emergency in water, so that both swimming learners and experienced swimmers are protected by their swimsuit against drowning to lessen many tragedies in our life.
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a swimsuit with lifesaving device, which maintains an esthetic appearance and is safe for use in learning swimming.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a swimsuit with lifesaving device, and the lifesaving device includes an inflatable bag that can be manually or automatically inflated to serve as a buoy in case of emergency in water.
To achieve the above and other objects, the swimsuit with lifesaving device according to the present invention includes a swimsuit having a double-layer structure formed at predetermined positions thereof, an inflatable bag embedded in and integrally sewn to the double-layer structure of the swimsuit, a manual inflating tube having an end connected to an air inlet on the inflatable bag and embedded in the double-layer structure of the swimsuit with an opposite end exposed from the swimsuit to provide a mouthpiece, a branch tube extended from the manual inflating tube and embedded in the double-layer structure of the swimsuit, and an automatic inflator connected to a distal end of the branch tube and embedded in the double-layer structure of the swimsuit to locate opposite to the inflatable bag. It is noted the inflatable bag is extended to outmost edges of the double-layer structure at the front side of the swimsuit.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the automatic inflator is a carbon dioxide cylinder.
In an operable embodiment of the present invention, the swimsuit is a one-piece swimsuit, and the inflatable bag embedded in the double-layer structure is invisibly located behind a front side of the one-piece swimsuit while the automatic inflator is located in a rear portion of the one-piece swimsuit.
In another operable embodiment of the present invention, the swimsuit is a two-piece swimsuit formed of a top part and a bottom part. The bottom part is in the form of a pair of shorts and further has a front panel and a rear panel externally loosely extended from an upper edge of the bottom part to form a skirt portion. The inflatable bag is embedded in the double-layer structure formed on the front panel, and the automatic inflator is embedded in the double-layer structure formed on the rear panel.
The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein
The present invention will now be described with some preferred embodiments thereof and with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In a first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a one-piece swimsuit 10 with lifesaving device, as shown in
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An automatic inflator 26 is embedded in a double-layer structure 202a formed on the rear panel 202 to locate near an upper edge thereof. The tube 23 is flexible and includes a branch tube 25, which is extended from the front panel 201 along an upper edge of the bottom part 20b to the rear panel 202 for connecting to the automatic inflator 26. In the second embodiment of the present invention, the automatic inflator 16 is a carbon dioxide (CO2) cylinder. In the case of drowning in water, a wearer needs only to open the carbon dioxide cylinder 26, and the inflatable bag 21 will be immediately automatically inflated to achieve the purpose of lifesaving in an emergency.
In brief, the present invention provides a swimsuit with lifesaving device. The lifesaving device includes an inflatable bag that can be manually inflated by blowing air via a mouthpiece or be automatically inflated by opening an automatic inflator that is connected to the inflatable bag via a flexible tube. Therefore, the swimsuit according to the present invention is safe for use in learning swimming and in an emergency during a water activity. Further, since the inflatable bag, the automatic inflator and the inflating tubes all are invisibly embedded in the double-layer structure of the swimsuit, the swimsuit with the lifesaving device can maintain an esthetic appearance.
The present invention has been described with some preferred embodiments thereof and it is understood that many changes and modifications in the described embodiments can be carried out without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.
