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US 9,708,061 B2Granted
Aircrew ensembles
AssigneeSurvitec Group Limited
InventorsPaul Oliver, Peter Gordon
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Abstract
An aircrew ensemble comprising a garment (20, 21) for covering at least a part of a body of a wearer and an inflatable counter-pressure bladder (33, 41), carried by the garment (20, 21). The inflatable counter-pressure bladder (33, 41) is formed from a moisture permeable material allowing the passage therethrough of perspiration from the wearer's body.
Claims16
An ensemble comprising
- a garment having a plurality of moisture-vapor permeable fabric layers sized and shaped to cover at least a part of a body of a wearer;
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- an inflatable counter-pressure bladder sized and shaped to be positioned between the moisture-vapor permeable fabric layers of the garment, the bladder being formed from a moisture permeable material allowing the passage therethrough of perspiration from the wearer's body, the bladder defining one or more gaps that are open to allow evaporative cooling through the moisture-vapor permeable fabric layers of the garment and the one or more gaps of the bladder when the bladder is uninflated, the one or more gaps closing or substantially closing on inflation of the bladder.
An ensemble comprising:
- a garment having a plurality of moisture-vapor permeable fabric layers sized and shaped to cover at least a part of a body of a wearer;
- and
- an inflatable counter-pressure bladder sized and shaped to be positioned between the moisture-vapor permeable fabric layers of the garment, the bladder defining one or more gaps that are open to allow evaporative cooling through the moisture-vapor permeable fabric layers of the garment and the one or more open gaps of the bladder when the bladder is uninflated, the one or more gaps closing or substantially closing on inflation of the bladder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.