Patent ID: 6666622
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A safety garment for a water-borne person comprising a single garment, at least one first buoyancy chamber provided in said garment disposed on the person's back, at least one second buoyancy chamber provided in said garment disposed only at the person's front side approximately at or above the person's waist, means for inflating each of said chambers, whereby said second buoyancy chamber effectively generates a righting moment for aiding an incapacitated water borne person's mouth and nose to be positioned and maintained out of the water; said first and second buoyancy chambers being in regulated fluid communication with each other, whereby when said first and second buoyancy chambers are used for diving, they can be selectively inflated to provide increased buoyancy; valve means in said fluid communication between said first and second buoyancy chambers for regulating the inflation of the second buoyancy chamber from the first buoyancy chamber, and pressure release means operatively connected to said second buoyancy chamber.