KR102696470B1 - A portable emergency lifesaving device - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter relates to a portable emergency life-saving device configured to safely protect the wearer's body in case of a disaster at sea or on a river by arbitrarily folding and storing a life jacket portion in a pouch portion worn on the user's body, and automatically inflating the life jacket portion by taking it out of the pouch portion and wearing it in an emergency situation through the operation of an inflator portion.
The disclosed content presents, as one embodiment, a portable emergency life-saving device including a life-saving vest part that is inflated by injecting gas and a wearing strap that can be worn on a shoulder or waist, and a pouch part that accommodates the folded life-saving vest part.

Description

{A PORTABLE EMERGENCY LIFESAVING DEVICE}

The disclosed subject matter relates to a portable emergency life-saving device configured to safely protect the wearer's body in case of a disaster at sea or on a river by arbitrarily folding and storing a life jacket portion in a pouch portion worn on the user's body, and automatically inflating the life jacket portion by taking it out of the pouch portion and wearing it in an emergency situation through the operation of an inflator portion.

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the materials described in this section are not prior art to the claims of this application and their inclusion in this section is not an admission that they are prior art.

In general, life jackets are worn to protect the user from various maritime accidents that can easily occur during maritime activities such as fishing boats, ships, fishing, marine sports, maritime work, and safety personnel. They are worn on the upper body including the back of the neck, shoulders, and front of the chest, so that the body can float even if it falls into the water, thereby protecting precious human lives.

Meanwhile, in the case of drowning accidents that occur at sea or in rivers, it has been investigated that many of the drowning victims were not wearing life jackets. This is because life jackets (life vests) stored in the ship's emergency storage locker are taken out and put on, making it difficult to respond quickly to accidents at sea or in rivers. In addition, most people avoid wearing life jackets because they are uncomfortable and do not fit well on the body and do not allow for movement.

That is, conventional life jackets are designed to be worn on the upper body, and light buoyancy material is injected into the interior of the jacket, or a gas injector is installed in an air-inflatable life jacket made of an air tube to automatically inflate the jacket by injecting gas (air) into the air tube as soon as the jacket is put into the water. However, the former buoyancy material is somewhat hard, which makes it inconvenient to move around in, and thus people tend to avoid wearing it, while the latter air-inflatable life jacket is light, easy to wear, and has high buoyancy, but the air tube and air unit are inconvenient to wear or carry on the body, and they are easily damaged or broken, which makes it difficult to perform their function in an emergency.

In addition, in the case of automatic inflatable life jackets using carbon dioxide, there is a problem that they are vulnerable to moisture and humidity and have the risk of malfunctioning, and the price of the life jackets is higher than that of conventional automatic inflatable life jackets, making them less competitive in price.

As an example of such conventional life jackets and life-saving devices, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1182898 (registered on September 7, 2012) is provided with a launcher fixing part for attaching a gas supply means to the inner storage portion of a pouch, and the pouch is configured to store a gas supply water and a life jacket inflated by the gas supply means in the storage portion by folding them in multiple stages to reduce the volume, and is wrapped with first and second covers on the left and right sides, a third cover on the bottom, and a fourth cover on the top, and the covers are detachable and attachable by a joining means, and a pull cord connected to the safety pin of the gas launcher of the gas supply means is exposed to the outside of the pouch, and when a handle provided at the end of the pull cord is pulled, the cover is unfolded to expose the life jacket, and gas is injected by the gas launcher to inflate the life jacket, so that the high buoyancy of an automatically inflatable life jacket is accompanied by almost no loss of buoyancy, and the normal volume is A compact, portable life jacket is disclosed that is not only compact and easy to store, allowing for excellent mobility, but also absorbs and alleviates external impact force through a buoyancy material provided on the front of the life jacket to safely protect the chest area (especially the heart), is comfortable to wear, has heat retention, and protects the body more safely in the event of an accident, thereby preventing casualties from maritime accidents.

In addition, Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-2159187 (registered on September 17, 2020) discloses a life jacket including a cartridge having a heating space formed therein, a plurality of heating packs arranged at intervals within the cartridge, a water inlet formed at the lower portion of the cartridge and introducing water necessary for the heating action of the heating packs, and a pressure discharge portion formed at the upper portion of the cartridge and discharging gas or pressure generated within the heating space to the outside.

However, in the case of life jackets as described above, only a simple function of supplying gas to the life jacket to automatically inflate it is provided, and thus, there is a limitation in that it does not include a configuration that allows the wearer to conveniently carry the life jacket and use it urgently in an emergency situation.

1. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1182898 (registered on September 7, 2012) 2. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-2159187 (Registered on September 17, 2020)

The present invention relates to a portable emergency life-saving device capable of safely protecting the body of a wearer in case of a disaster at sea or in a river, wherein the life-saving device comprises a life-saving device part that is inflated by injecting gas and a wearing strap that can be worn on a shoulder or waist, and a pouch part in which the folded life-saving device part is accommodated, so that the life-saving device part can be arbitrarily folded and accommodated in the pouch part worn on the user's body, and in an emergency situation, the life-saving device part that is taken out of the pouch part and worn on the user is automatically inflated by the operation of the inflator part.

It is also clear that the technical challenges are not limited to those described above, and that other technical challenges may be derived from the following description.

The disclosed subject matter presents, as one embodiment, a portable emergency life-saving device including a life-saving vest part that is inflated by injecting gas and a wearable strap that can be worn on a shoulder or waist, and a pouch part that accommodates the folded life-saving vest part.

According to a preferred feature of the disclosed content, the life vest part includes a vest body having a gas expansion space formed therein, an inflator part provided on one side of the front of the vest body and supplying gas to the gas expansion space when a trigger signal is generated, a heating pack spaced apart at a certain interval on the inside of the vest body and generating heat when supplied with power, an LED light-emitting member provided on the outer surface of the vest body and emitting light when supplied with power, and an air injector provided on the other side of the front of the vest body and forcibly supplying air into the gas expansion space.

According to a preferred feature of the disclosed content, the inflator part includes an inflator having a discharge means for discharging gas, a trigger operating pin for initiating operation of the discharge means, an operating line connected to the trigger operating pin, and a gas cylinder for receiving gas supplied to the inflator.

According to a preferred feature of the disclosed content, the pouch portion includes an actuation pin through-hole provided on one side of the lower surface of the pouch portion and formed such that the trigger actuation pin passes through it and protrudes toward the outer surface of the pouch portion.

According to a preferred feature of the disclosed content, the actuating pin through hole includes a central hole having a diameter through which the actuating line passes and the trigger actuating pin is caught, and a plurality of cutting lines radially arranged around the central hole and cut to a predetermined length, so that when a user wears the life jacket portion, the trigger actuating pin is caught in the actuating pin through hole, thereby generating a triggering signal of the inflator portion.

According to a preferred feature of the disclosed content, the pouch portion includes a vest receiving portion that receives the life jacket portion and a terminal receiving portion that is attached to the front of the pouch portion, receives a user terminal therein, and has a waterproof function.

According to a preferred feature of the disclosed content, the pouch portion includes a battery provided inside the vest receiving portion and supplying power to the life jacket portion.

According to a preferred feature of the disclosed content, the cut line is configured such that when the life jacket part is accommodated in the vest receiving part, the trigger operating pin is penetrated by a user's manipulation so that the trigger operating pin protrudes toward the outer peripheral surface of the pouch part.

According to a portable emergency life-saving device according to one embodiment disclosed, a life-saving device is configured such that a life-saving device part is arbitrarily folded and accommodated in a pouch part worn on a user's body, and in an emergency situation, the life-saving device part taken out from the pouch part and worn on the user is automatically inflated by the operation of an inflator part, thereby having the effect of safely protecting the wearer's body in case of a disaster accident at sea or on a river.

In addition, by including an actuation pin through-hole formed through the bottom side of the pouch portion so that a trigger actuation pin penetrates and protrudes toward the outer surface of the pouch portion, when the user wears the life jacket portion, the trigger actuation pin is caught in the actuation pin through-hole, and a trigger signal of the inflator portion is generated without separate operation, thereby enabling rapid gas supply to the life jacket.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a portable emergency rescue device according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration accommodated in a pouch portion of a portable emergency rescue device according to an embodiment of the disclosed content.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a state in which a life jacket portion and a user terminal of a portable emergency life-saving device according to an embodiment of the disclosed content are accommodated in a pouch portion.
FIG. 4 is a state diagram showing a state in which a portable emergency rescue device according to an embodiment of the disclosed content is equipped to a user.
FIG. 5 is a state diagram showing a state in which a trigger signal is generated in the inflator section according to an embodiment of the disclosed content, and gas is injected into the vest body and expanded.
Figure 6 is a state diagram showing the usage status of a portable emergency rescue device according to an embodiment of the disclosed content.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operational effects of a preferred embodiment will be examined with reference to the attached drawings. For reference, in the drawings below, each component is omitted or schematically illustrated for convenience and clarity, and the size of each component does not reflect the actual size. In addition, the same reference numerals refer to the same components throughout the specification, and drawing numerals for the same configuration in individual drawings are omitted.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a portable emergency rescue device according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter, FIG. 4 is a state diagram showing a state in which a portable emergency rescue device according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter is mounted on a user, and FIG. 6 is a state diagram showing a state in which a portable emergency rescue device according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter is used.

The disclosed content is configured to arbitrarily fold and accommodate a life jacket part (100) in a pouch part (200) worn on the user's body, and in an emergency situation, the life jacket part (100) taken out from the pouch part (200) and worn is automatically inflated by the operation of the inflator part (120), thereby safely protecting the wearer's body in preparation for a disaster accident at sea or on a river, and may include a life jacket part (100), a pouch part (200), and a connecting strap (300) as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 4, and 6.

The above life jacket part (100) is configured to expand when gas is injected, and is a configuration of a life jacket worn on the user's body.

Specifically, the life jacket part (100) is configured to be in an uninflated state with no gas injected in normal times, making it convenient to carry and store, and is configured to be carried by being worn on the user's body while being accommodated in the pouch part (200). In an emergency, gas is injected and the life jacket part (100) is expanded, thereby generating buoyancy and allowing the user to maintain a safe state underwater.

More specifically, the life jacket part (100) is designed to be worn on the user's shoulder and used so that, when necessary, the gas expansion space provided inside expands to provide buoyancy to the user, thereby preventing safety accidents, such as those caused by rip currents that suddenly occur when enjoying a swim at a beach, to the greatest extent possible.

That is, when a rip current or rough waves suddenly come in, the gas expansion space is expanded through the user's quick and simple push action to prevent the user from being swept away by the waves in an instant and causing a safety accident, thereby efficiently rescuing the user's life.

Accordingly, the life jacket part (100) may include a jacket body (110), an inflator part (120), a heating pack (130), an LED light-emitting member (140), and an air injector (150).

The above-mentioned vest body (110) is configured as a life vest with a gas expansion space formed inside.

Specifically, the vest body (110) is formed in the shape of a typical life jacket, and a gas expansion space is provided between the inner and outer skins to supply gas from the inflator part (120) and inflate.

Accordingly, the vest body (110) provides buoyancy to the user by supplying gas to the gas expansion space configured inside, thereby allowing the wearer to float on the water.

FIG. 5 is a state diagram showing a state in which a trigger signal is generated in the inflator section according to an embodiment of the disclosed content, and gas is injected into the vest body and expanded.

The inflator part (120) according to the disclosed content is provided on one side of the front of the vest body (110) as shown in FIG. 5, and is configured to supply gas to the gas expansion space when a trigger signal is generated.

In addition, the inflator part (120) includes an inflator (121) equipped with a discharge means for discharging gas, a trigger operating pin (122) for initiating operation of the discharge means, an operating line (123) connected to the trigger operating pin (122), and a gas cylinder (124) for receiving gas supplied to the inflator (121).

The above trigger operating pin (122) initiates the operation of the discharge means, thereby destroying a portion of the punching portion (not shown) to allow gas to be discharged.

In addition, the trigger operating pin (122) is connected to the operating line (123) so that an external force is applied to the discharge means by the operating line (123).

In addition, the trigger operating pin (122) according to the disclosed content is positioned so as to protrude toward the outer peripheral surface of the pouch part (200) by penetrating the operating pin penetration hole (210) that is formed in the pouch part (200) when the life jacket part (100) is accommodated in the pouch part (200).

The trigger operating pin (122) protruding from the outer surface of the pouch portion (200) is caught in the operating pin penetration hole (210) when the user wears the life jacket portion (100) and applies an external force to the inflator portion (120), thereby generating a triggering signal to the inflator (121).

Accordingly, when the user wears the life jacket part (100), the trigger operating pin (122) is caught in the operating pin penetration hole (210), and the triggering signal of the inflator part (120) is generated by the tension of the operating line (123) without a separate operation by the user, so that gas is quickly supplied to the vest body (110), enabling a quick response in an emergency situation.

The above gas cylinder (124) can be a cartridge for storing compressed gas having various capacities capable of storing compressed gas such as carbon dioxide, for example.

In addition, although not shown, the gas cylinder (124) may have a punching portion (not shown) formed in the front of the gas cylinder (124), and a sealing surface or a punching surface may be formed in the front of the punching portion (not shown). When the punching surface is punched by a punching means such as a stamping pin, a discharge hole is formed so that the compressed gas can be discharged to the outside. In this way, the compressed gas can be accommodated in the gas cylinder (124), and the gas cylinder (124) may have a structure similar to a cartridge or a bombe.

Additionally, the gas described above according to the disclosed content may be carbon dioxide.

Additionally, the gas described above according to the disclosed subject matter may be another known gas having the same effect as carbon dioxide.

The above heating pack (130) is arranged at regular intervals on the inside of the vest body (110) and is configured to receive power and generate heat.

Accordingly, the heating pack (130) can be heated by receiving power from a battery (240) built into the pouch portion (200), which will be described later.

The above LED light-emitting member (140) is provided on the outer surface of the vest body (110) and is configured to emit light when supplied with power.

Specifically, the LED light-emitting member (140) emits light when power is supplied, allowing rescue workers to easily find and rescue victims.

The above air injector (150) is provided on the front side of the vest body (110) and is configured to forcibly supply air into the gas expansion space.

Specifically, the air injector (150) is configured to supply gas to a gas expansion space provided inside the vest body (110), and when the gas supplied from the inflator part (120) escapes from the vest body (110) to the outside after a certain period of time, thereby reducing the amount of gas in the gas expansion space, the wearer blows air with his/her mouth to fill the vest body (110).

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration accommodated in a pouch portion of a portable emergency life-saving device according to an embodiment of the disclosed content, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a state in which a life jacket portion and a user terminal of a portable emergency life-saving device according to an embodiment of the disclosed content are accommodated in a pouch portion.

The pouch part (200) according to the disclosed content is configured as a bag that is provided with a wearable strap that can be worn on the shoulder or waist as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and in which the folded life jacket part (100) is accommodated.

Specifically, the pouch part (200) is configured as a bag for storing and carrying the life jacket part (100) by folding it, and is provided with a wearing strap (250) so that the user can wear it on the body, and in an emergency situation, the life jacket part (100) stored inside is taken out and a trigger signal is generated for the inflator (121) so that the user can wear it on the body.

Accordingly, the pouch portion (200) may include a vest receiving portion (220) that receives the life jacket portion (100) and a terminal receiving portion (230) that is attached to the front of the pouch portion (200) and receives a user terminal (10) therein and has a waterproof function.

That is, the pouch part (200) folds and stores the vest body (110) in the vest storage part (220) and includes a terminal storage part (230) with a waterproof function that can store the user's mobile phone or user terminal (10) on the front.

The terminal receiving unit (230) as shown in Fig. 6 stores the user's terminal, i.e., a mobile phone, etc., so that a user who has fallen into water can urgently take out the user terminal (10) and request rescue using the user terminal (10) even underwater.

Accordingly, the terminal receiving portion (230) is configured to be waterproofed to prevent moisture from penetrating into the user terminal (10).

Additionally, the pouch portion (200) may include an operating pin penetration hole (210) on one side of the bottom surface of the pouch portion (200).

The above-mentioned operating pin penetration hole (210) is configured to allow the trigger operating pin (122) to penetrate through and protrude toward the outer surface of the pouch portion (200).

Specifically, the above-mentioned operating pin penetration hole (210) is configured to allow the trigger operating pin (122) of the life vest part (100) stored in the vest receiving part (220) to penetrate and be arranged on the outer surface of the pouch part (200), and is configured to allow the trigger operating pin (122) having a certain volume to penetrate and be arranged on the outer surface of the pouch part (200) in a penetrated state.

In addition, the above-mentioned operating pin penetration hole (210) may be configured with a center hole (211) and a cut line (212) so that the trigger operating pin (122) can be penetrated by an external force and the penetration arrangement can be maintained without a separate user operation.

More specifically, the operating pin penetration hole (210) is configured to include a central hole (211) that is formed to have a diameter through which the operating line (123) passes and the trigger operating pin (122) is caught, and a plurality of cutting lines (212) that are arranged radially around the central hole (211) and cut to a certain length.

Accordingly, when the user wears the life jacket part (100), the trigger operating pin (122) is caught in the operating pin penetration hole (210) so that a triggering signal of the inflator part (120) can be generated.

That is, the above-mentioned cutting line (212) is configured so that when the life vest part (100) is accommodated in the vest receiving part (220), the trigger operating pin (122) is passed through by the user's manipulation so that the trigger operating pin (122) can protrude toward the outer peripheral surface of the pouch part (200), and in the absence of a separate user manipulation, the trigger operating pin (122) is fixed in a state where it is caught on the outer peripheral surface of the pouch part (200) without passing through.

Accordingly, the above-described operating pin penetration hole (210) according to the disclosed content has the effect of enabling rapid gas supply of the life jacket by generating a trigger signal of the inflator part (120) without separate manipulation when the user wears the life jacket part (100) by the above-described trigger operating pin (122) being caught in the operating pin penetration hole (210).

In addition, the pouch portion (200) may include a battery (240) provided inside the vest receiving portion (220) to supply power to the life jacket portion (100).

In this case, the battery (240) is electrically connected to the heating pack (130) and LED light-emitting member (140) of the life jacket part (100), thereby supplying power to the above-mentioned components.

Additionally, the battery may include a waterproof function, although this is not shown.

The above connecting string (300) is configured as a string connecting the life jacket part (100) and the pouch part (200).

In addition, the above-mentioned connecting string (300) connects the pouch part (200) worn on the user's body and the life jacket part (100) worn by the user with a string, thereby firmly fixing and connecting the life jacket part (100) to the pouch part (200) while the wearer is floating on the water, thereby ensuring that the life jacket part (100) is fixed without being detached from the wearer's body.

That is, the above-mentioned connecting string (300) serves the role of a string provided in a general life jacket that allows the life jacket to be connected to the user's body.

Therefore, it may be desirable for the above-mentioned connecting string (300) to have a length-adjusting member that can adjust the length according to the user.

According to a portable emergency life-saving device according to one embodiment disclosed, a life-saving device is configured such that a life-saving device part is arbitrarily folded and accommodated in a pouch part worn on a user's body, and in an emergency situation, the life-saving device part taken out from the pouch part and worn on the user is automatically inflated by the operation of an inflator part, thereby having the effect of safely protecting the wearer's body in case of a disaster accident at sea or on a river.

In addition, by including an actuation pin through-hole formed through the bottom side of the pouch portion so that a trigger actuation pin penetrates and protrudes toward the outer surface of the pouch portion, when the user wears the life jacket portion, the trigger actuation pin is caught in the actuation pin through-hole, and a trigger signal of the inflator portion is generated without separate operation, thereby enabling rapid gas supply to the life jacket.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the attached drawings, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations illustrated in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, and it should be understood that there may be various equivalents and modified examples that can replace them at the time of this application. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims described below rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and the equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1: Portable emergency rescue device
10: User terminal 100: Life jacket section
110: Vest body 120: Inflator part
121: Inflator 122: Trigger operating pin
123: Operating line 124: Gas cylinder
130: Heating pack 140: LED light emitting element
150 : Air injector 200 : Pouch part
210: Operating pin through hole 211: Center hole
212: Incision line 220: Vest receiving area
230: Terminal receiving section 240: Battery
250 : Wearing strap 300 : Connecting strap

Claims (8)

A life jacket part that expands by injecting gas; and
It has a wearable strap that can be worn on the shoulder or waist, and includes a pouch portion that accommodates the folded life jacket portion.
The above life jacket part,
A vest body with a gas expansion space formed inside;
An inflator section provided on one side of the front of the main body of the vest and supplying gas to the gas expansion space when a trigger signal is generated;
A heating pack that is spaced apart at regular intervals on the inside of the main body of the vest and generates heat by receiving power;
An LED light-emitting member provided on the outer surface of the main body of the vest and emitting light when supplied with power; and
An air injector is provided on the front side of the above-mentioned vest body and forcibly supplies air into the gas expansion space.
The above inflator part,
An inflator provided with a venting means to allow gas to escape;
A trigger operating pin that initiates operation of the above discharge means;
An operating line connected to the above trigger operating pin; and
A gas cylinder is included in which gas supplied to the above inflator is received,
The above pouch part,
It includes an operating pin penetration hole provided on one side of the lower surface of the above pouch portion and formed such that the trigger operating pin penetrates through it and protrudes toward the outer surface of the above pouch portion.
The above operating pin penetration hole is,
A central hole having a diameter through which the above operating line passes and through which the above trigger operating pin is caught; and
Including a plurality of cutting lines cut to a certain length and arranged radially around the center hole,
When the user wears the life jacket, the trigger pin is caught in the operating pin penetration hole, and a trigger signal from the inflator is generated.
The above pouch part,
A vest receiving section for receiving the above life jacket section; and
A portable emergency rescue device characterized by including a terminal receiving portion attached to the front of the pouch portion, receiving a user terminal therein, and having a waterproof function.
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The above pouch part,
A portable emergency life-saving device characterized by including a battery provided inside the vest receiving portion and supplying power to the life-saving vest portion.
In paragraph 1,
The above incision line is,
A portable emergency life-saving device characterized in that, when the life-saving vest part is accommodated in the vest receiving part, the trigger operating pin is penetrated by the user's operation so that the trigger operating pin protrudes toward the outer surface of the pouch part.

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