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Multipurpose life preserver

US5230645A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1992
Grant dateJul 27, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47G9/086
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A life preserver formed of a flat, rectangular sheet body made of a cellular low density polyethylene in thickness within 0.5-1.5 m/m, the sheet body including a male fastener and a female fastener aligned on the longitudinal center line of the bottom edge thereof at two opposite ends, a zip fastener on the longitudinal center line of the bottom thereof at the center, self-sticking fastening elements longitudinally symmetrically aligned along two opposite longer sides of teh bottom edge thereof, and male and female snap fasteners alternatively arranged along the border of the top edgte thereof. The zip fastener is unfastened for inserting the user's head. With the fastening elements thereof respectively connected together, the life preserver is put on the user to serve as a life jacket.

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