Constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic live-saving jacket

Abstract

The present invention refers to a constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket particularly designed for nautical, aquatic or aerial activities over areas covered by water or swampy regions, said jacket comprising areas of two or more lumens or compartments ( 01 ) strategically positioned in a number of positions in order to maintain the head of the person wearing the jacket out of the water. These lumens or compartments may be filled with compressed gas, or a gas produced by a chemical reaction, or by a foam having a lower density than that of the water activated by sensors of manually activated ( 04 ) in order to allow a positive floating of the person wearing the jacket even when the user finds it difficult to maintain the floating action due to exhaustion, panic, muscular fatigue, muscular cramps, lack of air, heart failure, mal-de-mer, drowsiness, loss of consciousness or any other motive which may place the user in eminent danger.

1 . A constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket, characterized by being as described in the specification and as shown in attached  FIGS. 1, 2  and  3  which illustrate a manual or automatic life-saving jacket particularly designed for nautical, aquatic or aerial activities, over areas covered by water or swampy regions, manufactured from any suitable material such as a knitted fabric or a stretching, impervious material that provides thermal protection, said jacket being provided with a series of lumens or compartments  1  uniformly and internally positioned close to the neck opening along its frontal and back portions. Said lumens or compartments  1  are designed to retain a special gas  2  derived from a chemical reaction and are provided with an inner film  3  made from any material used to block up holes in order to make them impervious, sensors  4  being positioned in the back portion of the life-jacket, to activate a system that will release gas  2  into said compartments  1  to inflate them to a positive floating, means for blowing air into said compartments or a pin  5  provided to activate the system, with an oxygen gas chamber  6  in the back portion which is activated by a closed circuit  7  that releases oxygen through a small diameter pipe  8  having a mask  9  at its distal end.  
     
     
         2 . The constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket according to  claim 1  and as described in the specification and shown in attached  FIGS. 4 and 5 , characterized in that the a life-saving model ( 10 ) provided by a jacket ( 11 ), folded, manually or automatically activated ( 12 ), being inflated from the gas cylinder ( 13 ).  
     
     
         3 . The constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket according to any of the previous claims, characterized in that it is inflated by being blown at or manually or automatically activated by the action of sensors such as: staying time under the surface (pre adjusted); alterations in vital standards such as: cardiac beating, breathing or oxygen content in the blood stream, monitored by external sensors; activated by very strong physical impact; lack of canceling the time mechanism.  
     
     
         4 . The constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket according to any of the previous claims, characterized in that the jacket has an extra layer of air blown within all its extension with the aim of increasing the clothing floatability as well as helping the thermal isolating thereby avoiding hypothermia.  
     
     
         5 . The constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket according to any of the previous claims, characterized in that there are lumens in any place, such as in the jacket, the belt, the wrist, the collar, the ankle or in any place which upon inflating it will help the persons' floatability.  
     
     
         6 . The constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket according to any of the previous claims, characterized in that it is blown up, inflated with gas from a small pipe or pipes, filled with foam or even by gases or catalyzed foam resulting from a desired chemical reaction.  
     
     
         7 . The constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket according to any of the previous claims, characterized in that it is a complement of common bathing clothing such as: swimming trunks, bermudas, bathing suits or bikinis, or in a simple belt, ankle strap or wrist strap which would be worn over any already existing clothing.  
     
     
         8 . The constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket according to any of the previous claims, characterized in that it contains a closed system of air with oxygen and iodized whitewash and mask to breathe for a period of time under water or in an environment filled with smoke or dust, which allows for the breathing action.  
     
     
         9 . The constructive arrangement for a manual or automatic life-saving jacket according to any of the previous claims, characterized in that it is manufactured from several suitable materials and in many forms for each desired end-use and type.