Personal manually-actuatable safety restraint gas bag shield
OwnerRobert S. Oliverinventor
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Abstract
A portable, personal, manually-activated safety restraining gas bag shield is provided herein. It includes a bag formed solely of gas-impermeable non-expandable fabric which is adapted to be selectively provided either in a deflated condition or in an inflated condition. A pocket in the bag having access means to the interior of the bag and controlled by a manually-actuatable, one-way valve to provide for gas to the interior of the bag. A cylinder of compressed gas is disposed within the pocket the cylinder including a closed nozzle connected to the manually-controlled, one-way valve for inflating the bag. Manually actuatable structure is provided to operate the manually-actuatable valve, thereby to control the flow of gas released from the cylinder into the interior of the bag.
Claims10
A portable, personal, manually-activated safety restraining gas bag shield comprising:
- (i) a bag formed solely of gas-impermeable, non-expandable fabric, and adapted to be selectively provided either in a deflated condition or in an inflated condition;
- (ii) a pocket in said bag having access means to the interior of said bag, and controlled by a manually-actuatable, one-way valve to provide for gas access to the interior of said bag;
- (iii) a cylinder of compressed gas disposed within said pocket, said cylinder including a closed nozzle connected to said manually-controlled, one-way valve and being actuatable manually for inflating the bag;
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- (iv) manually-actuatable means to operate said manually-actuatable valve, thereby to control the flow of gas released from said cylinder into the interior of said bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.