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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182300 | Canine flotation apparatus An improved canine flotation apparatus that uses a segmented panel construction and varying densities of foam within the panels of the apparatus to comfortably and evenly float canines of a wide variety of weights and dimensions. The chest yoke panel and belly panel... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7985112 | Vest personal flotation device saver A vest personal flotation device saver includes: (a) a saver pillow portion, and two substantially mirror image saver tail portions extending from the pillow portion, with at least four substantially parallel body strap slots; (b) a central open neck; (c) an open-en... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7641529 | Life-saving garment This present invention relates to a life jacket that includes a collar that is intended to be positioned behind the head of the wearer, and a main body attached to two lateral extremities of the collar. This life jacket includes positioning resources designed to pas... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7559817 | Canine swim safe vest and collar The present invention is a dog “swim safe” floatation system, including flanking water wings sewn directly to a suspension-type harness for the dog. The harness can be adjusted by a system of Velcro and latches and thus the entire apparatus can be conveniently m... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7249988 | Life preserver A personal flotation device is formed with a neck opening defined by a plurality of discrete lobes projecting in toward the inside of said neck opening and including a chin lobe that is positioned to engage the underside of the chin of a user when device is in opera... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7186158 | Life saving necklace An inflatable necklace designed to be worn around the neck of a young child is provided. The necklace contains a sensor which, in response to a pre-determined period of immersion and/or a sudden increase in pressure, will activate a gas source which inflates one or ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160167 | Animal safety apparatus Apparatus useful for providing buoyancy for animals are described. One apparatus includes a strap-like carrier and one or more non-inflatable floatation members secured substantially adjacent the carrier by a cover material stitched to the carrier. Another apparatus... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7125302 | Personal flotation device and method for same A personal flotation apparatus including an inflatable bladder assembly coupled along a sleeve. The inflatable bladder assembly includes an inflatable bladder extending at least part way along the sleeve and a gas canister coupled with the inflatable bladder. The in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118437 | Flotation collar A flotation collar includes an exterior cover and a bladder with two cells separated by a baffle. The exterior cover includes circumferential cover zippers which unzip if the bladder is inflated, and bottle access zippers to allow, for example, CO2 bottles to be rem... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7047966 | Lifesaving floatation and breathing device This lifesaving floatation and breathing device comprises first and second inflatable bags having similar bag volumes, and a mouthpiece communicating with both bags. A pressurized gas cylinder filled with breathable gas is mounted to one of the bags. This pressurize... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6948991 | Swim ring for an infant This invention describes a swim ring for an infant, which is an inflated circular ring. The circular ring comprises an inner ring and an outer ring, and the outer ring is thicker than the inner ring. A cut is formed through the inner ring and the outer ring. A faste... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6857136 | Inflatable head and neck support collar A support collar having a bladder and a shell. The bladder is adapted to be inflated by a fluid. The shell is adapted to be attached to a harness. When inflated, the bladder is shaped by the shell to form an air chamber. The air chamber is characterized by a cross-s... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6805519 | Garment integrated multi-chambered personal flotation device or life jacket A multi-chambered torque personal flotation device for corrective turning action of a weighted individual. The multi-chambered device is capable of being adjusted to provide a wide range of buoyancy as might be needed under differing degrees of ballistic protection.... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6776678 | Integrated or attached space occupying cephalic restraint collar for improved life jacket performance An integrated or attached (built in or retrofitted) space occupying (fills space beneath the chin) cephalic restraint collar (holds the head in the axis of rotation) for improved personal flotation device (“PFD”) performance. The restraint assists with aligning ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6767267 | Apparatus to be worn as a necklace around the neck of a small child, which, when submerged in water, will inflate an float the child's head above water An apparatus to be worn as a necklace around the neck of a small child, which, when submerged in water, will inflate and float the child's head above water. The necklace will be composed of a gas generation chamber, two attached, inflatable balloons, a cosmetic shea... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6659824 | Animal life preservers A life preserver for use by a four-legged animal for supporting the animal in a generally horizontal, partially submerged state of floating equilibrium in a body of water. The life preserver includes an inflation chamber; and a harness system connected to... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659825 | Self-inflating child floatation device A floatation device, particularly a floatation device for children that can be easily worn, easily positioned, effective in operation, and sufficiently innocuous in appearance comprises an self-inflating tube that is worn around the neck, lies relatively ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659046 | Inflatable, split Elizabethan collar An Elizabethan collar is circular in shape having an outer periphery. A central aperture forms an opening for the animal's head. The collar is inflatable, either having a valve filling the collar or a circular bladder placed within the collar and having a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6638126 | Personal floatation device A personal floatation device comprising: first means comprising at least a buoyant member provided with a neck receiving opening; and second means allowing to apply the weight of the wearer to said first means; wherein said second means are positioned und... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6537119 | Personal floatation device A personal floatation device comprises a wide buoyant collar hinged to a thoracic float. The collar has a front portion projecting forwardly under the chin of the wearer to cooperate with the thoracic float to limit forward tilting movements of the wearer... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6089936 | Personal floatation device A personal floatation device comprising an improved float to provide buoyant lift to the body of the wearer of the device when in water and a strap assembly to connect the improved float about the wearer. The improved float includes a front sized to gener... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6036562 | 2-step swimmer's safety belt inflatable into a life preserver and a life vest A first belt of the invention--substantially hollow and worn about the waist--is able to be filled with a compressed gas from a cartridge coupled with it so as to unfold and expand outwardly under action of the compressed gas which fills it. A second belt... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5779512 | Flotation device A small bouyant tube is concentrically joined to a larger bouyant tube. The circle of joinder may be at any point from the inner circumference of the outer, larger tube up to the top of the outer tube. Thus, the inner, smaller tube may fit entirely within... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5746633 | Personal flotation device An inflatable personal flotation device for positioning at the shoulders of a user has front and rear float portions, automatic inflating apparatus for operation upon immersion in water, a harness comprising a belt disposed about the user, at least one sh... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5738557 | Pocket-sized, emergency flotation device The present invention features a pocket-sized, portable, flotation device that folds into a carrying case, which is the size of a cellular phone or camera. It can be carried upon a person in a shirt pocket or clipped to a waistline belt. The flotation dev... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5466179 | Self inflatable flotation device A self inflating flotation device comprising a pouch adapted to be worn about the waist of a user until needed. The device includes an inflatable chamber therein. A compressed air cylinder is coupled to a one-way valve in fluid communication with the inte... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5421760 | Self inflatable mini-collar life preserver This invention concerns a new type of Mini-Collar which can be worn continuously around the neck, its very small, very light, not bulky, comfortable, and brought into use rapidly and very easily. The Collar is formed from two symmetrically almost identica... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5292273 | Watertight container An inflatable cushion including a watertight container adapted thereto, the container being provided with an eye for threading a carrying strap therethrough. The container includes an upper and a lower hollow part, each of which is open at the front face,... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5245943 | Land or water S.O.S. signaling device A distress signaling device is disclosed which may be used on land or water which supports a light system spelling out S.O.S. or other indicia which may also become inflated automatically when coming in contact with water and which also may contain a swit... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5230645 | Multipurpose life preserver A life preserver formed of a flat, rectangular sheet body made of a cellular low density polyethylene in thickness within 0.5-1.5 m/m, the sheet body including a male fastener and a female fastener aligned on the longitudinal center line of the bottom edg... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5006831 | Device providing for the safety of a man overboard The device has a source of acoustic signals placed beneath the hull of the boat, a beacon, an alarm pack worn by the navigator around the neck. If the navigator falls overboard, an acoustic sensor built into the pack detects the emission of the source and... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4960483 | Heat pressing apparatus for making an inflatable life vest and method for use thereof An apparatus is disclosed and method for using same wherein a life vest is formed by a single heat sealing operation which effectively forms a front and rear sealed chamber for flotation and effectively interconnects a neck member therebetween for providi... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4925419 | Life preserver collar Life preserver collar for use in preventing drowning and to be worn by an individual around the neck, the collar (10) being provided with means to deliver fluid under pressure and with expansible envelope means and consisting of two identical elements (11... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4887987 | Inflatable emergency flotation device An inflatable emergency flotation device to be worn around the neck of the wearer and strapped to the front of the wearer's body. The device includes a folded, flexible, airtight tube; a strap which is slidably attached to the ends of the tube; an oral in... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4800871 | Muscle relaxing device Device for water therapy and exercise that allows the human body to float in an essentially vertical position suspended along a line of the chin, jaw and lower rear cranium just above the nape of the neck without constricting wearer's throat. The device i... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4753621 | Inflatable lifejacket An inflatable lifejacket for providing buoyancy in water to a wearer of the lifejacket includes an inflatable buoyancy envelope which is donned by a wearer who passes his head through a neck opening in the envelope to bring a main body portion of the enve... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4662850 | Life preserving device with pressure responsive switch A life preserving device is shown having a body portion with a pair of floating sections which extend in opposite directions from a centrally located fold. Each of the floating sections has an aperture adapted to receive a wearer's head. The floating sect... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4622018 | Floatable collar A floatable collar having a floatable chin bar to secure the collar on the neck of the swimmer and having an inflatable and expandable section to provide greater buoyancy and stability to the swimmer.... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4619623 | Life-jacket assembly The present invention relates to a life-jacket assembly primarily intended for aircraft passengers, including a buoyant body (7) furnishing at least the principal part of the buoyancy, and straps or the like adapted to retain the life-jacket assembly in p... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4563156 | Rescue apparatus The rescue-unit includes a housing containing, a folded floating element and a bottle of compressed gas for automatic inflation of the floating element in the water. Inflation is initiated as soon as disc-like support-elements, placed on edge, become soft... | 01/07/1986 |
