Patent ID: 9067658
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. An inflatable personal flotation device comprising: a vest having at least a front portion connected to a back portion, the front and back portions being adapted to be secured around a torso of a user, the vest being constructed with a first layer and a second layer having respective outer edges secured to each other by a temporary closure to define a compartment between the first layer and the second layer; and an inflatable bladder arrangement including an inflatable bladder stored and housed in a deflated condition in the compartment formed between the first layer and the second layer, the inflatable bladder arrangement further including an inflator mechanism operatively connected to a charged gas canister and to the inflatable bladder, wherein the temporary closure securing the outer edges of the first layer and the second layer together to form the compartment for housing the inflatable bladder therein is configured for temporarily affixing the outer edges together and to be easily separable such that upon actuation of the inflator mechanism, gas is delivered to the inflatable bladder resulting in an inflated condition of the bladder and producing a force that will open the temporary closure and enable expansion of the inflatable bladder out of the compartment in the front and back portions of the vest.