Patent ID: 7370370

Claim:
A pneumatic device for personal protection comprising a gas-tight element including a sac that is connectable through an inlet box to an automatically releasing inflating means, and said pneumatic device further comprises attaching means co-operating, in working position, with a body of a user so that said element is kept in a position which corresponds to a portion of the body to be protected, wherein said element encloses a variable volume chamber to be filled with a gas introduced therein via said inlet box, wherein said chamber comprises inside flexible partition members extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis of said chamber, the partition members being connected along edges thereof extending lengthwise to two opposite walls of said chamber, whereby said flexible partition members divide said chamber into a plurality of compartments arranged one next to another such that said compartments are in fluid communication with each other, wherein said pneumatic device is removably attached to a protective article of clothing or removably incorporated in an internal lining of said protective article of clothing, said protective article of clothing including two pivotable attachments or flaps connected to an upper and lower portion thereof, respectively, a back portion and a front portion, said attachments or flaps being releasably fastened to the back of said protective article of clothing and each having the form of a pocket for containing one of a plurality of portions of said element.