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Class 441/120 - Trunks or shorts


Subclass of Class 441 - Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Definition: Device wherein the personal flotation device is in the form of
No. of patents: 22
Last issue date: 06/29/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7744437Life-saving clothing
Life-saving clothing, in particular for protecting against drowning persons in danger during travelling in water or any other liquid element. The life-saving clothing (1) includes a part encompassing the trunk of a user's body and is characterized in that the...
06/29/2010
7438619Buoyant swim garment
A swimsuit includes a vest provided with buoyant floatation members, a bottom portion in the form of swim trunks, and a coupling mechanism for selectively coupling the vest to the trunks. The vest may be uncoupled from the swim trunks to permit a user to remove the ...
10/21/2008
7267509Floatation device
A wrist mounted inflatable floatation device to provide temporary floatation support for a swimmer, boater, wader, or other person who is in the water. A wrist mounted floatation device is conveniently worn when someone is in the water or on a boat. It is attached t...
09/11/2007
7226330Flotation swimsuit and method for construction thereof
A flotation swimsuit is provided for providing strategically distributed buoyancy to a wearer. The flotation swimsuit includes a form-fitting torso covering having a retaining pocket for enclosing a unitary flotation element. The unitary flotation element includes a...
06/05/2007
7137973Post tumescent liposuction absorption pad garments
Garments that are an absorption pad holding system used during post tumescent liposuction drainage recovery. These garments with rows of inside pockets will secure retail maxi pads and/or medical pads in a, but not limited to, stretchable, breathable, leak proof and...
11/21/2006
7125301Brief-type personal flotation unit
A personal flotation unit for supporting a person in a generally sitting position in the water, with the person's head and part of the person's torso above the water has a rear panel and a front panel each made from a flexible flotation material. A fabric seat is co...
10/24/2006
7033237Inflatable safety apparatus
There is provided an inflatable safety apparatus (10, 10′) which is manually or automatically operated having a compressed gas bottle (17, 20) with an operation rod (25, 54) in combination with an inflatable element (15, 18) which is in...
04/25/2006
6971935Flotation swimsuit and method for construction thereof
A flotation swimsuit is provided for providing strategically distributed buoyancy to a wearer. The flotation swimsuit includes a form-fitting torso covering which includes a retaining pocket for enclosing a unitary flotation element. The unitary flotation element in...
12/06/2005
6786786Urethane flotation device
A flotation device adapted for use by a person in a body of water and float with minimal effort therein. The flotation device comprises a central section adapted to fit between a person's legs, a front and rear flotation packs, and an adjustable connection means. Th...
09/07/2004
6692322Flotation device for water activities
A flotation device to be worn for water activities includes first and second buoyant end portions and a clamping member that may be multi-sectional. The clamping member passes from an abdominal region of a user between the user's legs to a back region of ...
02/17/2004
6347411Article of clothing having a lining containing compositions of polydimethylsiloxane and microballoons
A composition suitable for use in linings for articles of clothing is disclosed, which is a mixture of a discontinuous solid phase of microballoons, and a viscous liquid continuous phase comprising a polydimethylsiloxane; the polydimethylsiloxane of the c...
02/19/2002
6231411Fashionable emergency flotation aid
A fashionable life saving device utilizes the look of casual clothing such as shorts, pants, bathing suits or skorts to disguise inflatable chambers, a gas canister and safety devices including a manual inflation tube, thereby providing a subtle way to en...
05/15/2001
6206744Insulated flotation garments
An insulated flotation garment that has an insulating element and a flotation element bonded together by perimeter stitching to protect persons by keeping them warm and preventing them from being submerged in cold water....
03/27/2001
6112327Swimwear with floatation members
A safety swimwear is provided, having a bodice portion, at least one floatation member or bladder and a protective panel securely affixed to the exterior of the bodice portion and holding the bladder. The panel is securely affixed to the exterior side of ...
09/05/2000
5778451Buoyant swim garment and method of manufacture
A buoyant swim garment has inner and outer layers of fabric and, intermediate the inner and outer layers a buoyant flexible sheet material. The sheet material has spaced V-shaped grooves with sides meeting in a line at an apex, the grooves extending in a ...
07/14/1998
5775967Diaper swim suit
A personal floatation device particularly adapted for home use with babies under parental supervision. The personal floatation device has floatation foam pads sewn into a sturdy, non-slip, woven cotton cover. The back section has three floatation foam pan...
07/07/1998
5502842Infant swimwear with inflatable waist and leg portions
A protective swimwear garment for infants and young children who wear diapers. The panty like garment is waterproof and is worn over the diaper. A seal is made between the body and the garment by inflating an air receiving chamber around the waist and leg...
04/02/1996
5356325Water fitness, therapy, sport, and life-preserver flotation shortpant
A water sport, fitness, exercise, life preserver, and therapy device (8) including a shortpant design with a flotation waist band (1) , and with an adjustable belt (3) to which flotation modules (10) are attached at various positions around the waist. Poc...
10/18/1994
5152706Flotation suit for the disabled
A floatation suit for physically disabled persons includes a jacket, pants, and outrigger floatation members. The outriggers prevent the wearer from tilting or rotating and assist in floatation. By selectively affixing long and short outriggers to both or...
10/06/1992
4986786Garment for use in water recreation
A garment for use in water recreation in the form of a unitary flat member generally of a figure-8 construction having a front portion and a back portion, the portions being connected by a narrow crotch portion, the member being of soft, flexible and floa...
01/22/1991
4291427Floatation garment
A floatation garment adapted to aid in keeping the user afloat in the water. The garment has at least one floatation pad of suitable flexible floatation material of a predetermined thickness, the pad having one or more lines of reduced thickness extending...
09/29/1981
 
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