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OwnerPhilip Maechlerinventor
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The invention addresses the basic problem of providing a lifesaving means 1 for a life jacket RW, wherein said life jacket offers a higher degree of buoyancy in an emergency. This is achieved in principle by inserting an additional lifesaving means 1 into a life jacket RW and activating the additional lifesaving means 1 via sensors S in conjunction with a control unit 9 or by manual actuation, such that the buoyancy is greater overall than that of the life jacket RW itself. Buoyancy that is reliable in an emergency is present if the body of a person can be kept above water without additional movement by the person. Depending on the clothing worn, the buoyancy is greater than 150N. Triggering preferably occurs automatically.
A life jacket for persons, wherein the life jacket (RW) comprises body elements (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) that supply a buoyancy force, characterized in that the life jacket (RW) is additionally provided with a lifesaving means (1) which automatically supplies a further buoyancy force in an emergency, wherein the lifesaving means (1) is triggered automatically by a control unit (9).
The life jacket as claimed in at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control unit has means which are suitable for alternately processing one or more values from provided sensors S:
The life jacket as claimed in at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the life jacket (RW) is designed as a solid jacket and has a buoyancy of 50N, and, together with the activated lifesaving means (1), the buoyancy is more than 100N.
The life jacket as claimed in at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lifesaving means (1) and the control unit form one structural unit.
Use of a lifesaving means consisting of at least one automatically inflatable body element for additional arrangement in a flotation jacket (RW).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.