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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph E Steger, Baxley, GA (US);
Assignee:
ERO Industries, Inc., Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
441118 ; 441116 ;
Abstract
A personal flotation device in the form of a vest having two chest portions that are interconnected by a neck portion. The vest fits over a user's head and is secured to the user by way of a belt and a chest strap. The vest is inflatable by the user and in a deflated condition, the chest portions are folded upon themselves to present a low profile vest that may be worn by the user without interfering in marine activities. A plurality of frangible fasteners are disposed on flap portions of the chest portions to retain the chest portions in their folded condition, yet release the flap portions under inflation pressure.