Improved garment protecting against drowning

Abstract

A garment to protect against drowning is described includes an item of clothing, an inflatable lung and an inflator. The item of clothing includes a front face intended to cover the abdomen of a user, and a rear face intended to cover the back of the user. The inflatable lung has two abdominal floats connected to each other by a neck portion. The inflator is used to inflate the inflatable lung and is configured to inflate the inflatable lung automatically when the inflator is in contact with water. The front face of the item of clothing includes a receptacle shaped to receive the abdominal floats of the inflatable lung. The receptacle opening out via two openings arranged to allow the inflatable lung to be detachably joined to the item of clothing by insertion of each abdominal float into the receptacle via the respective opening.

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         10 . A protective garment to protect against drowning, comprising:
 an item of clothing comprising a front face intended to cover an abdomen of a user, and a rear face intended to cover the back of the user;   an inflatable bladder comprising two abdominal floats connected to each other by a cervical portion;   an inflator of the inflatable bladder, configured to inflate the inflatable bladder automatically when the inflator is in contact with water;   wherein the front face of the item of clothing comprises a first housing shaped to receive the two abdominal floats of the inflatable bladder, the first housing opening out via two openings arranged to allow an assembly of the inflatable bladder to the item of clothing in a removable manner by inserting each abdominal float into the first housing through a respective opening, and   wherein the rear face of the item of clothing comprises a second housing configured to house the cervical portion of the inflatable bladder in a deflated state, and to open to release the cervical portion when the inflatable bladder is inflated.   
     
     
         11 . The protective garment of  claim 10 , wherein said each abdominal float of the inflatable bladder is connected to the cervical portion by a narrowed portion, with a reduced width compared to a width of an abdominal float, and a width of each opening of the first housing being between the width of the narrowed portion and the width of the abdominal float. 
     
     
         12 . The protective garment of  claim 10 , wherein the front face of the item of clothing comprises at least two superimposed textile layers, and the first housing is defined between said at least two superimposed textile layers. 
     
     
         13 . The protective garment of  claim 12 , wherein the first housing comprises two compartments, each compartment being shaped to receive an abdominal float of the inflatable bladder, said each compartment being delimited by a seam between said at least two superimposed textile layers. 
     
     
         14 . The protective garment of  claim 10 , wherein the item of clothing is shaped so that the cervical portion of the inflatable bladder is external to the rear face of the item of clothing in an inflated state. 
     
     
         15 . The protective garment of  claim 10 , wherein the second housing comprises a removable fastener. 
     
     
         16 . The protective garment of  claim 15 , wherein the rear face of the item of clothing comprises two superimposed textile layers between which the second housing is defined. 
     
     
         17 . The protective garment of  claim 16 , wherein the two superimposed textile layers comprise a bottom textile layer and a top textile layer comprising a cutout defining two panels, each panel carrying a part of the removable fastener so that the two panels can be removably joined by the removable fastener. 
     
     
         18 . The protective garment of  claim 15 , wherein the second housing comprises a flange shaped to contain the cervical portion of the inflatable bladder when the inflatable bladder is deflated.