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Motorcycle safety apparel is disclosed which may be made in stylish and unencumbering designs to encourage regular use by motorcycle riders, and the like, which in the event of an impending or actual accident will inflate to provide a protective enclosure for the parts of the body most susceptible t

Motorcycle safety apparel is disclosed which may be made in stylish and unencumbering designs to encourage regular use by motorcycle riders, and the like, which in the event of an impending or actual accident will inflate to provide a protective enclosure for the parts of the body most susceptible to critical or fatal injury. In the motorcycle application, the apparel is coupled through an umbilical cord to a container of compressed or liquified gas, with a much shorter pull cord being coupled between the rider and the valve of the container to rapidly inflate the apparel on separation of the rider from the motorcycle prior to separation of the umbilical cord. In one embodiment, the apparel is in the form of a jacket which includes a pleated hoodlike portion normally folded and resting under the jacket collar, and a pleated lower portion so that on inflation the hood will expand upward and then forward around the top and sides of the head, and the lower portion will inflate and expand downward below the knees. Another embodiment comprises a simple belt or cummerbund like device, which on inflation will expand upward and downward to protect the torso. A third embodiment comprises a sleeveless jacket wherein protective sleeves expand from the shoulder portions of the jacket in the inflated condition. Various aspects and features of the invention are disclosed.

대표청구항 ▼

A protective system for a person comprising: a source of a substantial volume of gas; a protective device to be worn by a person exterior to other clothing, said protective device being inflatable to expand and provide protection to the body portions covered by the uninflated said protective device,

A protective system for a person comprising: a source of a substantial volume of gas; a protective device to be worn by a person exterior to other clothing, said protective device being inflatable to expand and provide protection to the body portions covered by the uninflated said protective device, said protective device further having an upper portion folded in the uninflated state, and inflatable to extend substantially upward to protect body regions beyond the body regions covered by the uninflated said protective device; means for providing a substantial volume of gas into said protective device, said last named means including a means disposable within said protective device to provide a source of gas therein; and means for releasing said substantial volume of gas into said protective device in the advent of an emergency situation.