Opaque life jacket cape
OwnerSamuel M. Danielsoninventor
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Abstract
A cape structure in combination with a life jacket is arranged for enhanced visibility of an individual wearing the life jacket, with the cape including buoyancy components and formed of opaque readily visible material. The cape is normally arranged in a furled configuration relative to the life jacket structure at the collar portion of the life jacket.
Claims4
An opaque life jacket cape in combination with a buoyant life jacket, wherein the life jacket includes a collar portion and wherein the cape includes a cape flange fixedly mounted to the life jacket collar portion, and a flexible web having a web first end spaced from a web second end and a web first side spaced from a web second side, with the web first end integrally mounted coextensively with the cape flange, and
- the web includes a matrix of encapsulated pneumatically sealed buoyancy chambers throughout the flexible web to enhance buoyancy of the web, and
- the first side includes a first pneumatic tube coextensive therewith, and the second side includes a second pneumatic tube coextensive therewith, with a first inflation tube in pneumatic communication with the first pneumatic tube, the first inflation tube extending beyond the cape flange, and a second inflation tube in pneumatic communication with the second pneumatic tube, with the second inflation tube extending beyond the cape flange, with the first pneumatic tube and the second pneumatic tube each including a respective one-way valve therewithin.
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