Patent ID: 7530873
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. A reflective life jacket providing catoptric characteristics during night time, said reflective life jacket comprising: a body suitably sized and shaped for fitting over an upper thoracic cavity of a user; a plurality of stacked reflective strips positioned along selected regions of said body; and means for removably affixing said reflective strips to said body such that an exposed one of said reflective strips contiguously lays along a top surface of said body while a reserved one of said reflective strips lays beneath said top surface and remains hidden from ambient light; wherein said removably affixing means comprises a cavity formed within said top surface of said body and spanning along said selected regions thereof, said exposed reflective strip being removably nested within said cavity; a deformably resilient diaphragm formed from elastic material spanning across an entire width of said cavity; and a water impermeable layer abutted directly to said diaphragm and removably housed within said cavity for preventing undesirable fluids and debris from penetrating through said cavity and contacting said reserved reflective strip seated beneath said water impermeable layer.