Automatic inflatable vest
US7007307B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S2/03
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A vest to be worn by a driver/passenger of a two-wheeled vehicle or the like provided with a plurality of air chambers which are folded and housed wherein the air chambers instantaneously expand in two stages by being filled with carbon dioxide gas injected through a carbon dioxide gas cylinder connected to the activating device, creating a buffer effect to cushion the impact on the driver/passenger, who is thrown out onto a road surface, a construction on the road, a wall surface, or the like, which is a circumstance typical to traffic accident disasters of two-wheeled vehicles or the like.
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