Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – Personal flotation device
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-13
2006-06-13
Olson, Lars A. (Department: 3617)
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Personal flotation device
C441S119000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07059925
ABSTRACT:
An inflatable life preserver, capable of being in an inflated state and an uninflated state, is disclosed. The life preserver includes a structural overshell which defines the size and shape of the life preserver in the inflated state and a gas retention bladder fitted within the overshell. The overshell bears the expansion force of a gas within the bladder in the inflated state. The overshell defines inflatable side portions which are confined to sides of at least a portion of a chest area of a wearer, when the life preserver is in an uninflated state, and, which extend laterally over the chest area of the wearer, when the life preserver is in an inflated state.
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O'Connell Michael
Smith Jonathan
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Olson Lars A.
Tulmar Safety Systems, Inc.
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