Apparel – Body garments – Vests
Patent
1996-01-25
1997-09-30
Mohanty, Bibhu
Apparel
Body garments
Vests
441 89, 441113, 441114, 116173, A41D 104, B63C 908, G09F 1700
Patent
active
056714807
ABSTRACT:
A flag-type signaling device for indicating the position of and enhance the visibility of the wearer, particularly while afloat in water. The device includes a first member defined, in one embodiment, by a flotation vest to be worn about the torso of a user, and a second member attached to or made as an integral part of the first member and cooperating therewith to form therebetween an interior region, a third member defined by a wedge-shaped element disposed within the interior region, and a visibility enhancing member extending downwardly within the interior region bearing against the wedge-shaped element such that the upper portion of the visibility enhancing member extends upwardly and divergingly rearwardly away from the rear of the user's head to reduce or prevent the potential of the visibility enhancing member striking the back or rear of the user's head while the device is worn by the user.
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