Shock absorbing aid for human body

• US 5,937,443 A
• Filed: 11/28/1997
• Issued: 08/17/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Federation of Kajima Construction Industry Associations, Prop Co., Ltd., Tsuyoshi Kageyama
• Original Assignee: Federation of Kajima Construction Industry Associations, Prop Co., Ltd., Tsuyoshi Kageyama
• Inventors: Kageyama, Tsuyoshi, Ishimura, Hisashi, Uchida, Mitsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): HALE, GLORIA M
• Application Number:
  US08/980,233
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 2/69, 2/79, 2/1, 2/455, 2/456, 2/459-467, 2/DIG. 3
• US Class Current: 2/69
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/018 inflatable automatically
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/03 Inflatable garment

Abstract

The present invention provides a shock absorbing aid for a human body ensuring an effective alleviation of a shock to the human body. In the present invention, air bags are inflated upon a detection of separation of a wearer'"'"'s body from an object of contact, such as when the wearer has fallen from an aerial place, thereby making it possible to absorb a shock to the human body with the aid of the air bags even when the wearer has directly dropped on the ground or the like.

Claims

1. A shock absorbing aid for human body comprising:

a wear member to be carried on a human body;

a plurality of air bags disposed on said wear member at predetermined positions;

a plurality of inflation means for inflating said plurality of air bags;

a plurality of detection means for detecting contact of a wearer'"'"'s body with objects of contact, said detection means including a plurality of pressure detection means disposed at positions corresponding to both feet and buttocks of said wearer; and

control means for activating said inflation means for said air bags when said detection means detect that said wearer'"'"'s body has separated from said objects of contact.

2. A shock absorbing aid for human body comprising:

a wear member to be carried on a human body;

a plurality of air bags disposed on said wear member at predetermined positions;

a plurality of inflation means for inflating said plurality of air bags;

a plurality of detection means for detecting contact of a wearer'"'"'s body with objects of contact, said detection means being at positions corresponding to both feet and being arranged within shoes of said wearer, and

control means for activating said inflation means for said air bags when said detection means detects that said wearer'"'"'s feet have separated from said objects of contact.

3. A shock absorbing aid for human body intended to be carried on a worker working at an aerial place, comprising:

a belt to be carried on the body of said worker;

a plurality of air bags disposed at predetermined positions on said belt;

a plurality of inflation means for inflating said plurality of air bags;

a plurality of detection means for detecting contact of a wearer'"'"'s body with objects of contact; and

control means for activating said inflation means for said air bags upon the elapse of a predetermined time after the detection by said detection means of a separation of said wearer'"'"'s body from said objects of contact.

4. A shock absorbing aid for human body comprising:

a wear member to be carried on a human body;

a plurality of air bags disposed on said wear member at predetermined positions;

a plurality of inflation means for inflating said plurality of air bags;

a plurality of detection means for detecting contact of a wearer'"'"'s body with objects of contact, said detection means including a plurality of pressure detection means disposed at positions corresponding to both feet and buttocks of said wearer; and

control means for activating said inflation means for said air bags upon the elapse of a predetermined time after the detection by said detection means of a separation of said wearer'"'"'s body from said objects of contact.

5. A shock absorbing aid for human body intended to be carried on a worker working at an aerial place, comprising:

a wear member to be carried on the body of said worker;

a plurality of air bags disposed on said wear member at predetermined positions;

a plurality of inflation means for inflating said plurality of air bags;

a plurality of detection means for detecting contact of a wearer'"'"'s body with objects of contact, said detection means including a plurality of pressure detection means disposed at positions corresponding to both feet and buttocks of said wearer; and

control means for activating said inflation means for said air bags upon the elapse of a predetermined time after the detection by said detection means of a separation of said wearer'"'"'s body from said objects of contact.

6. A shock absorbing aid for human body comprising:

a wear member to be carried on a human body;

a plurality of air bags disposed on said wear member at predetermined positions;

a plurality of inflation means for inflating said plurality of air bags;

a plurality of detection means for detecting contact of a wearer'"'"'s body with objects of contact, said detection means being at positions corresponding to both feet and being arranged within shoes of said wearer; and

control means for activating said inflation means for said air bags upon the elapse of a predetermined time after the detection of a separation of said wearer'"'"'s body from said objects of contact by said detection means.

7. A shock absorbing aid for human body intended to be carried on a worker working at an aerial place, comprising:

a wear member to be carried on the body of said worker;

a plurality of air bags disposed on said wear member at predetermined positions;

a plurality of inflation means for inflating said plurality of air bags;

a plurality of detection means for detecting contact of a wearer'"'"'s body with objects of contact, said detecting means being at positions corresponding to both feet and being arranged within shoes of said wearer; and

control means for activating said inflation means for said air bags upon the elapse of a predetermined time after the detection of a separation of said wearer'"'"'s body from said objects of contact by said detection means.