Title:
UNDERWATER SUFFOCATION PREVENTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH1189951
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To float from the water without suffocation safely by storing an air chamber in an interior ceiling of the rear part of an automobile, opening a storing lid to drop the air chamber in a car compartment when the automobile drops in the water, and closing the chamber with a waterproof zipper after the occupant enters the chamber. SOLUTION: An air chamber 3 integrally having a trousers part 11 is disposed in the interior of the rear part of an automobile, and when the automobile drops in the water, an occupant quickly enters the air chamber 3, and a waterproof zipper 4 is closed. In such a condition, the air chamber 3 is floated to save the occupant without suffocation. The air chamber 3 incorporates an oxygen bag, and the chamber is usually folded to be stored on the upper side of an opened and closed ceiling 2, and when it drops in the water, a ceiling bearing fitting 1 is opened manually or automatically to automatically drop the chamber, thereby allowing the occupant to enter the chamber. After entering the chamber, the waterproof zieer 4 is closed by long gloves 10 connected to the air chamber 3, the door of the automobile is opened, and further upper four hanging hooks 5 are broken to float the automobile.
Inventors:
INABA MIYUKI
Application Number:
JP29149197A
Publication Date:
April 06, 1999
Filing Date:
September 16, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INABA MIYUKI
International Classes:
A62B99/00; B60R21/00; B63C9/00; (IPC1-7): A62B37/00; B60R21/00; B63C9/00