Protective swimsuit incorporating an electrical wiring system

Abstract

A protective swim suit to be worn by swimmers and surfers. The suit includes two electrodes, each connected to an electromagnetic field generating unit. In use, the suit generates an electromagnetic field in a volume of water about the wearer, which acts to repel targeted aquatic creatures such as sharks.

1 . A suit able to be worn by a person in water, the suit comprising: 
 a first electrode located on a portion of the suit which in use, is exposed to the water;    a second electrode spaced apart from said first electrode, also located on a portion of the suit which in use, is exposed to the water; and    two electrically conductive wires incorporated into or on the suit wherein each wire is connected to a respective electrode, as well as to an electromagnetic field generator unit, so that in operation, an electromagnetic field is radiated through the water from and between the first and second electrodes.    
     
     
         2 . A suit according to  claim 1  wherein said electromagnetic field generator unit is releasably attachable to the suit.  
     
     
         3 . A suit according to any one of claims  1  or  2  wherein the wires are releasably connectable to the electromagnetic field generator unit.  
     
     
         4 . A suit according to  claim 1  wherein the wires are incorporated into a flexible flat ribbon material adapted for adhesion to said suit between said electrodes and said electromagnetic field generator unit.  
     
     
         5 . A suit according to  claim 1  wherein said wires are inserted into channels formed within the suit.  
     
     
         6 . A suit according to  claim 1  wherein said electromagnetic field generator unit is located on the suit at the waist region of the suit wearer.  
     
     
         7 . A suit according to  claim 1  wherein said electromagnetic field generator unit has an externally located visible status indicator which is located so as to be visible to the wearer when wearing the suit.  
     
     
         8 . A suit according to  claim 1  wherein said first electrode is located at a lower leg portion of the suit and a second electrode is located on the suit substantially in the buttock region thereof.  
     
     
         9 . A suit according to  claim 1  wherein said first electrode is located at a lower portion of a first leg of the suit and said second electrode is located at a lower portion of a second leg of the suit.  
     
     
         10 . A suit able to be worn by a person in water, the suit comprising one or more channels formed with the material of the suit to accommodate a first electrically conductive wire which is able to be connected at one end, to a first electrode and at another end to an electromagnetic field generator unit, and a second wire which in use is able to be connected at one end to a second electrode and at another end to said electromagnetic field generator unit.