B63C 9/087
Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body
Official title: Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body {; Immersion suits, i.e. substantially completely covering the user}({B63C9/081 takes precedence;} diving suits B63C11/04, B63C11/10 {; Professional, industrial, or sporting protective garments A41D13/00; for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids A41D13/012})
B63C9/087 (Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body) appears on 97 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 97
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 52
- Inventors
- 139
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Swim stage trainer6 Oct 2026US 12,752,169 B1
- Self-righting underwater escape and surface survival suit system17 Feb 2026US 12,552,502 B2Mustang Survival Corp.
- Cold weather submarine escape and survival suit20 Jan 2026US 12,528,566 B1
- Safety swimsuit with floats made of polymer fibres enclosing a gas6 Jan 2026US 12,514,306 B2Greystone, Inc.
- Method for manufacturing a flexible three-dimensional structure and flexible structure obtained by the method4 Nov 2025US 12,459,169 B2Air Born
- System and method for controlled horizontal buoyancy28 May 2026US 2026/0145768 A1
- A system for the supporting and the containment of an individual through an inflatable exoskeleton structure22 May 2025US 2025/0160452 A1
- Flexible life-saving flotation device31 Oct 2024US 2024/0359782 A1Sea-Ark Technologies Ltd.
- Emergency flotation device using compressed gas20 Jun 2024US 2024/0199181 A1Sea-Ark Technologies Ltd.
- Floatation apparel system7 Mar 2024US 2024/0076019 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible material70US 6,743,325 B1Stirling Moulded Composites Limited · 2004
- Collapsible flotation device65US 6,485,344 B2Gray Matter Holdings, LLC · 2002
- Buoyant body surfing suit58US 5,013,271 A1991
- Anti-exposure inflatable structure50US 4,242,769 AILC Dover, a division of ILC Industries, Inc. · 1981
- Anti-exposure jacket31US 4,416,641 AEast/West Industries, Inc. · 1983