Floatation garment
AssigneeMullion Manufacturing, Ltd.
InventorPhilip Crossley
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Abstract
The floatation garment, in particular a lifejacket or an immersion suit, comprises at least one elastic layer (1) shaped to fit at least around the torso of a wearer and to stretch to an extent between a minimum and a maximum depending on the size of the wearer. To provide thermal insulation, it moreover comprises a plurality of thermally insulating panels (23-28), in particularly foam panels, which are attached with respect to the elastic layer (1) and/or with respect to one another such that they slidably overlap one another. In this way, the garment fits to persons of different size and keeps its thermal insulation notwithstanding the fact that the thermally insulating foam panels are not or not sufficiently elastic.
Claims18
A flotation garment, characterised in that it comprises at least one elastic layer shaped to fit at least around the torso of a wearer and to stretch to an extent between a minimum and a maximum depending on the size of the wearer, and a plurality of thermally insulating panels which are arranged on an inner side of the elastic layer, said inner side facing the wearer, and which are locally attached with respect to the elastic layer and/or with respect to one another such that at least a number of them slidably overlap one another and so that, upon stretching of the elastic layer, a sliding movement of at least part of this elastic layer relative to the insulating panels is achieved.
A flotation garment, characterised in that it comprises at least one elastic layer shaped to fit at least around the torso of a wearer and to stretch to an extent between a minimum and a maximum depending on the size of the wearer, and a plurality of thermally insulating panels arranged on an inner side of the elastic layer and locally attached with respect to the elastic layer and/or with respect to one another such that at least a number of them slidably overlap one another and so that, upon stretching of the elastic layer, a sliding movement of at least part of this elastic layer relative to the insulating panels is achieved, and
- in that when the garment is donned by a wearer, one free edge portion of the elastic layer overlaps the opposite free edge portion of the elastic layer over a distance depending on the size of the wearer and in that it comprises a closure enabling to secure both free edge portions to one another for different distances of overlapping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.