Patent ID: 6105167
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A42B,B63C

Abstract:
A buoyancy aid wearable as a swimming cap in its uninflated condition and usable as a buoyancy aid in an inflated condition, said buoyancy aid comprisinga cap defining means configurable in its to be worn condition to have one part thereof within another part thereof, said cap defining means including at least one inflatable chamber, andan inflation unit carried by said cap defining means and activatable to inflate said inflatable chamber, said inflation unit includinga body portion,a body chamber in said body portion communicating with said at least one inflatable chamber;a reservoir carried by said body portion and capable of releasing an inflating gas; anda triggering member carried by said body portion and readily activatable to release at least some of said inflating gas from said reservoir,wherein, when said triggering member is activated to release said at least some of said inflating gas from said reservoir, said at least some of inflating gas is ducted into and through said body chamber and into said at least one inflatable chamber such that upon actuation of the inflation unit, the inflatable chamber configures said cap defining means to a form no longer wearable as a cap and with said one part no longer within said another part.