INFLATABLE SPHERICAL COVERING PROTECTION AGAINST SINKING IN WATER AND BURIAL BY AVALANCHE

• Main Author: SENE, IDRISSA NDIAYE CESAIRE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.12.2009
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; FIRE-FIGHTING; GAMES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RELATED EQUIPMENT; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; SPORTS; TRAINING EQUIPMENT; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a portable device (1) consisting of inner cavities (3) that, when inflated, balloon out around the carrier (6), who is tied in by straps and harnesses (7, 8, and 9). Released by the lever (20) of the mechanism (22), the fastener (23), led by a carriage (26) subject to the tensile strength of the springs (27), pulls on the strings (28 and 29) of the percussion caps (10) for the gas bottles (12). Then, under the tensile strength of a spring (25), the fastener is raised, releasing the cords, the unfastening of which is facilitated by an abutment strip (30). By the drawback thereof, the two brackets of the axis of the carriage (31) then release the clasps (35) of the straps (34). The device according to the invention is particularly intended to prevent the sinking of a shipwrecked person in the water and the burial by an avalanche in the mountains. L'invention concerne un dispositif portatif (1), constitué d'alvéoles internes (3) qui, en se gonflant, se déploient, en forme de ballon, autour du porteur (6), qui y est amarré par des sangles et harnais (7, 8 et 9). Désenclenché par le levier (20) du mécanisme (22), le crochet (23), entraîné par un chariot (26) soumis à la traction des ressorts (27), tire sur les cordons (28 et 29) des boîtiers (10) de percussion des bouteilles de gaz (12). Puis, sous la traction d'un ressort (25), le crochet se soulève libérant les cordons dont le décrochage est facilité par une rampe de butée (30). Par leur recul, les deux fourches de l'axe du chariot (31) libèrent alors les mousquetons (35) des sangles (34). Le dispositif selon l'invention est particulièrement destiné à empêcher, sur l'eau, l'immersion du naufragé et, en montagne, l'ensevelissement par les avalanches.