Life-jacket assembly

In a chair for a transportation vehicle, said chair including two armrests, a covered seat bottom and a covered backrest (3) extending upward from said seat bottom, the improvement wherein:

• said covered backrest extending forward only to substantially the back of the seat bottom and defining a cavity therein, said cavity completely surrounding a life jacket assembly, said covered backrest having an openable upper end portion for providing access to said cavity;
• and wherein
• said cavity contains substantially entirely therein said life jacket assembly, said life jacket assembly comprising an elongated, essentially flat, buoyant body (7), substantially made of buoyancy material, an end surface of said life jacket assembly being provided with a pull handle (6), said pull handle being proximate to and accessible from said openable end portion when said openable end portion is open, said buoyant body (7) defining, at a distance from said end provided with said pull handle (6), an opening (8) adapted for the passage of a user's head therethrough,
• whereby said life jacket assembly may be withdrawn from said cavity and secured about the body of said user, with said head of said user extending through said opening (8), while said user is seated in said chair.