Life jacket
AssigneeTANABE BoGU CO., LTD.
InventorKoji Tanabe
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Abstract
A life jacket in including impact absorption materials on both sides of a hard protection material in which a high-impact fiber cloth is incorporated buoyant material on at least one impact absorption material provides buoyancy. The jacket includes front and back bodies of which the back body is longer than the front body and they are parted in the middle at the shoulder region, such that the interior material takes the form of a waist coat. By extending an upper portion of the hard protection material of the back body along a neck region of the front and back bodies, a head region retroversion protective portion is configured. Front and back bodies of the life jacket are fastened to the user by at least one belt.
Claims13
A life jacket, comprising:
- a front body adapted to be worn on the front of a user, wherein said front body, when worn by the user, extends from approximately the waist of the user to around the neckline of the user, comprising:
- a front body laminated protection material having a front and a back surface and comprising a textile fiber sheet laminated between rigid sheets, and
- a first impact protection material on at least one of said surfaces of said front body laminated protection material;
- a back body adapted to be worn on the back of the user, said back body comprising an upwardly extending portion, wherein said back body, when worn by the user, extends from approximately the waist of the user to above the neckline of the user, comprising:
- a back body laminated protection material having a front and a back surface and comprising a fiber sheet laminated between rigid sheets, and
- a second impact protection material on at least one of said surfaces of said back body laminated protection material.
A life jacket in which impact absorption materials are provided on both of inner and outer sides of a hard protection material, in which a high-intensity fiber cloth such as a textile fabric or a knit fabric made of an aramid fiber is incorporated, and an interior material provided with a floating material on the outside of one impact absorption material is packaged in cortexes of front and back bodies which are bonded in such a manner that the back body is formed to be longer than the front body and they are parted in the middle at a shoulder region, so that the interior material substantially takes the form of a waistcoat and a pillow member, in which said impact absorption material is packaged, is attached to a neck region of said back body, wherein, by extending an upper portion of said hard protection material of said back body of said life jacket to a lower side of said pillow member, a head region retroversion protective portion is configured and said front and back bodies of said life jacket are fastened by at least one belt upon wearing said life jacket.
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