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User wearable inflatable garment

  • US 4,977,623 A
  • Filed: 05/01/1989
  • Issued: 12/18/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A garment for personal crash impact protection comprising:

  • said garment designed to enclose at least the upper torso of a person, said garment is non-restraining to the normal routine of the wearer;

    a plurality of first crash sensors located in a fixed position remote from the garment;

    a plurality of second crash sensors located in close relationship to the garment;

    each of said plurality of first and second crash sensors provide a separate coded output signal when a predetermined threshold level of deceleration is sensed;

    at least one inflatable air bag located in said garment which when inflated substantially encompass the torso of the wearer adjacent thereto; and

    inflation means connected to receive said output signals from said plurality of first and second crash sensors for inflating said at least one inflatable air bag when a preselected number of signals are simultaneously received from a selected number of said plurality of first and second crash sensors.

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