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US 4,356,569 AGranted
Armored skin diving suit
OwnerJeremiah S. Sullivaninventor
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Abstract
A suit is provided having a flexible garment portion which mounts thereon, preferably at spaced intervals, a plurality of armor elements. The suit can be incorporated with a conventional wetsuit construction, or the armor can be imbedded in a chain mail garment worn exteriorly of a wetsuit.
Claims3
A shark deterring suit comprising:
- a flexible garment,
- a plurality of rigid shield elements bonded to said garment substantially covering the surface area thereof,
- and said garment comprises a chain mail garment and said rigid shield elements are plastic molded at spaced intervals on said garment sandwiching said chain mail centrally of said shield elements.
A shark deterring suit comprising:
- a flexible garment,
- a plurality of rigid shield elements bonded to said garment substantially covering the surface area thereof,
- and said garment is made of chain mail and said shield elements are plastic with said mesh imbedded in one side thereof.
A shark deterring suit comprising:
- a flexible garment,
- a plurality of rigid shield elements bonded to said garment substantially covering the surface area thereof,
- said shield elements are small geometric shapes of interlocking planform imbedded in said garment in mutually spaced relation,
- and said garment is mesh and said geometric elements are variably sized distributed over the surface of said mesh to occupy the substantial surface area thereof.
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