Inflatable Safety Garment

摘要

The present invention is an inflatable safety garment. The invention preferably defines an inflatable safety Jacket having improved deployment cushion fill rates and standup times and having a simplified mechanical activation system. The inflatable safety garment is useful in mitigating or preventing injury that may otherwise occur to the wearer of the inflatable safety garment if the wearer were to not wear the inflatable safety garment and be involved in an accident or crash.

主权项

1. An inflatable garment apparatus having an inflatable cushion, an inflation device, and an actuation control device, wherein said inflation device defines a hybrid stored gas inflator, and wherein said apparatus is adapted such that when said inflatable cushion is inflated, said inflatable cushion remains inflated for a stand up time of at least one of 5 seconds to 120 seconds, 5 seconds to 90 seconds, 5 seconds to 60 seconds, 5 seconds to 30 seconds, and 5 seconds to 15 seconds.