Apparel – Guard or protector – Body cover
Patent
1987-08-07
1989-05-02
Rimrodt, Louis K.
Apparel
Guard or protector
Body cover
2DIG3, A41D 1302
Patent
active
048254690
ABSTRACT:
Motorcycle safety apparel is disclosed which may be made in stylish and unencumbering designs to encourage regular use by motorcycle riders, and the like, which in the event of an impending or actual accident will inflate to provide a protective enclosure for the parts of the body most susceptible to critical or fatal injury. In the motorcycle application, the apparel is coupled through an umbilical cord to a container of compressed or liquified gas, with a much shorter pull cord being coupled between the rider and the valve of the container to rapidly inflate the apparel on separation of the rider from the motorcycle prior to separation of the umbilical cord. In one embodiment, the apparel is in the form of a jacket which includes a pleated hoodlike portion normally folded and resting under the jacket collar, and a pleated lower portion so that on inflation the hood will expand upward and then forward around the top and sides of the head, and the lower portion will inflate and expand downward below the knees. Another embodiment comprises a simple belt or cummerbund like device, which on inflation will expand upward and downward to protect the torso. A third embodiment comprises a sleeveless jacket wherein protective sleeves expand from the shoulder portions of the jacket in the inflated condition. Various aspects and features of the invention are disclosed.
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