Patent ID: 7343632

Claim:
Inflatable crash garment to be worn by a person when riding a non enclosed vehicle, said inflatable crash garment comprising: an inner suit shaped to cover arms, legs and body of said person; an inflatable flexible member adapted to be inflated into a single spherical shape simultaneously enclosing head and leg and arm extremities of said person; means to join said inflatable flexible member to said inner suit such that said flexible member surrounds said inner suit; gas producing means associated with said inflatable flexible member and activating means to cause said gas producing means to release gas therefrom and inflate said flexible member; signal means provided on said vehicle, said signal means being indicative of the presence of at least one said person on said vehicle when the latter travels in excess of a predetermined speed; control means carried by said person and coupled on the one hand to said signal means and on the other hand to said gas producing means, so constructed and arranged that when said vehicle travels in excess of said predetermined speed and said control means is suddenly uncoupled from said signal means when said person is forced out of said vehicle, said control means then operates to direct said activating means to act on said gas producing means to release gas and inflate said flexible member all around said inner suit and said person; and, valve means provided on said flexible member and arranged to slowly deflate same after the latter has been completely inflated.