US1596573A - Safety attachment for bathing suits - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to safety attachflated and the ends of the casing are stitched ments for bathing suits and has for its printogether, as indicated at 7, in Figure 2.
- cipal object to provide air pockets that can Extended through the outer Walls of the be attached to bathing suits by means of casings and tube, preferably at the front 55 buttons, stitching or other suitable means of the suit, are valves by means of which the and which can be inflated in case of ernertubes may be inflated.
- Each valve' congency to serve as a safety device to prevent struction consists of a tube extended drowning.
- Figure 2 is a vievv illustrating the attach- Such strips vvill be put upy in curved forno Inent of the ends of the strip. for use as neck pieces and in straight strips
- Figure 3 is an enlarged cross sectional for use about the Waist and breast and could view of a safety strip@ Vbe made in strips of considerable'leno'th to 80 39 Referring inore in detail to the several be cut apart to fer-in the individual neck views of the drawingsor breast bands.
- the safety strips comprise an elongated In a cheaper forni of construction the pocket inade up of a back Wall 4C of sonic back Wall of the casing could be of cheese durable, but inexpensive fabric, and an cloth or paper, or the back could be omitted outer Wall 5 suitable in texture and pattern and the air pocket gunnned or otheruf'ise to match with the material of the bathing fastened to the facing strip. n
- this outer Wall would be With a suit equipped With such devices of decorative character so that the strips it is possible in case of necessity for the would add to the attractiveness of the suit.
- vwearer to iniiate the'tubes by blowing into The tivo strips are stitched together along the valves and in this Way provide a. buoytheir longitudinal. edges so as to forni a ant support. pocket in which a tube 6 of rubber or other laving thus described our invention, what airtight nia-ferial is enclosed. rllhe ends ofV We clairn as new therein and desire to secure the tube terminate short of the ends of the by Letters-Patent, is:
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Aug. 17 ,1926.
J. BEAULIEU Er AL SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR/BATHING SUITS Filed Dec. 8, 1924 v INVENTOR JOHN Banu/ usa R/vsr 6am/Neles B T'TORNEY Patented Aug. 17, Y y l Unrransraras orricr..-
IGI-IN BEAULIEU AND .ERNEST CONNERS, .OF EVERETT, WASHINGTON.
SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR BATHING SUITS.
Application filed December S, 1924. Serial No. 754,530.
This invention relates to safety attachflated and the ends of the casing are stitched ments for bathing suits and has for its printogether, as indicated at 7, in Figure 2. cipal object to provide air pockets that can Extended through the outer Walls of the be attached to bathing suits by means of casings and tube, preferably at the front 55 buttons, stitching or other suitable means of the suit, are valves by means of which the and which can be inflated in case of ernertubes may be inflated. Each valve' congency to serve as a safety device to prevent struction consists of a tube extended drowning. y through the outer Wall of the casing and It is also an object to provide attachments tube with its outer end clinched over a 60 10 of the above character that may serve Washer ll that is placed about the tube and trimmings about the collar, Waist or chest its inner end clinched over a Washer l2 from of a bathing` suit and which' may be of a Which a valve spring 13 extends; the latdecorative character to enhance the appearter being turned bacl: to underlie the openance of a suit. ing of the tube Where it is provided With a 05 'f5 Other objects reside in the details of convalve head let adapted to be yieldingly held structiony in such strips of valves by nieans by the opening against the opening topreof which the strips: may be inflated. Y vent an outflow of air when the tube is inln accomplishing' these and other objects dated. of the invention, I have provided the 11n- Such strips 'may be sewed vabout their 70 'proved details of construction, the preedges to the vbathing suit as the colla-r band ferred forms of Awhich are illustrated in the is attached in Figure l, or may be provided accompanying dra-Wings, whereinat intervals about Vtheir edges With button Figure' l is View of a bathing suit havholes 15 adapted to receive buttons 16 ating a collar and breast band of the safety tached to the suit as the breast strip is 75 strip embodied by this invention. shown attached. Y
Figure 2 is a vievv illustrating the attach- Such strips vvill be put upy in curved forno Inent of the ends of the strip. for use as neck pieces and in straight strips Figure 3 is an enlarged cross sectional for use about the Waist and breast and could view of a safety strip@ Vbe made in strips of considerable'leno'th to 80 39 Referring inore in detail to the several be cut apart to fer-in the individual neck views of the drawingsor breast bands. In such strips the ends of "i designates What may be a bathing suit the tubes would be indicated by lines of of the usual type and to Which a' collar stitching as at 20 in Figure 2, and there strip 2 and breast strip 3, constructed in would be a space between the ends of adaccordance with the present invention, are jacent tubes which Would leave ends when attached. the strip is cut in ttvo which may be fasln their preferred. forni of construction tened together.
the safety strips comprise an elongated In a cheaper forni of construction the pocket inade up of a back Wall 4C of sonic back Wall of the casing could be of cheese durable, but inexpensive fabric, and an cloth or paper, or the back could be omitted outer Wall 5 suitable in texture and pattern and the air pocket gunnned or otheruf'ise to match with the material of the bathing fastened to the facing strip. n
suit. Preferably this outer Wall would be With a suit equipped With such devices of decorative character so that the strips it is possible in case of necessity for the would add to the attractiveness of the suit. vwearer to iniiate the'tubes by blowing into The tivo strips are stitched together along the valves and in this Way provide a. buoytheir longitudinal. edges so as to forni a ant support. pocket in which a tube 6 of rubber or other laving thus described our invention, what airtight nia-ferial is enclosed. rllhe ends ofV We clairn as new therein and desire to secure the tube terminate short of the ends of the by Letters-Patent, is:
casing and are sealed so that it may be in- The combination with a bathing suit, or
the like, having buttons attached thereto, of an inflatable air pocket in strip form adapted to encircle the suit; said pocket having a casing adapted to he secured t0- gether at its ends and having button hoies aiong'its edges for receiving sai d buttons to thereby detachably secure the device to the snit, and a Yahe tube extended through the casing into the pocket whereby the 1mttti' may he inflated and a back check vaive at 10 the inner end of the tube.
Signed at Everett, Snohomish County, "Washington, this 18th day of August, 19%.A
JQHN BEAULIEU. ERNEST CONNERS.
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Cited By (7)
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US2426726A (en) * | 1945-03-30 | 1947-09-02 | James M Combs | Life-preserving bathing suit |
US3141180A (en) * | 1962-05-09 | 1964-07-21 | Florence M Pursley | Swimsuit with attached float |
WO2000001259A1 (en) * | 1998-07-07 | 2000-01-13 | Swimfree, Llc | Swimwear with floatation members |
USD424153S (en) * | 1999-06-23 | 2000-05-02 | Swimfree, Llc | Garment with flotation members |
US20030033659A1 (en) * | 2001-08-15 | 2003-02-20 | Shimano Inc. | Article of clothing with buoyant material |
US20230056768A1 (en) * | 2021-08-17 | 2023-02-23 | Capped Out Media | Apparatus for weighted apparel |
US11964743B2 (en) * | 2022-09-02 | 2024-04-23 | Roger Collins, JR. | Floatation apparel system |
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Cited By (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2426726A (en) * | 1945-03-30 | 1947-09-02 | James M Combs | Life-preserving bathing suit |
US3141180A (en) * | 1962-05-09 | 1964-07-21 | Florence M Pursley | Swimsuit with attached float |
WO2000001259A1 (en) * | 1998-07-07 | 2000-01-13 | Swimfree, Llc | Swimwear with floatation members |
USD424153S (en) * | 1999-06-23 | 2000-05-02 | Swimfree, Llc | Garment with flotation members |
US20030033659A1 (en) * | 2001-08-15 | 2003-02-20 | Shimano Inc. | Article of clothing with buoyant material |
US6910224B2 (en) * | 2001-08-15 | 2005-06-28 | Shimano Inc. | Article of clothing with buoyant material |
US20050177922A1 (en) * | 2001-08-15 | 2005-08-18 | Shimano Inc. | Article of clothing with buoyant material |
US7028341B2 (en) * | 2001-08-15 | 2006-04-18 | Shimano Inc. | Article of clothing with buoyant material |
US20230056768A1 (en) * | 2021-08-17 | 2023-02-23 | Capped Out Media | Apparatus for weighted apparel |
US11964743B2 (en) * | 2022-09-02 | 2024-04-23 | Roger Collins, JR. | Floatation apparel system |
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