Survival suit

Claim 2

Survival suit mainly for use in water, made of a soft and pliable material allowing the wearer to move easily and, if necessary, to swim while wearing the suit (1), the material used consisting of a watertight outer skin (a) and an inner skin (b) with in between an insulation layer (9) which holds the outer and inner skins together, the suit being characterized by a mid-section (7, 8) designed like bellows or folds (5, 7, 8) starting down at hip level and extending upwards all the way to the elbows, allowing such expansion of the suit as to enable the user to withdraw his arms from the sleeves (6) and to bring them into the main body (16) of the suit in order to attend to his personal hygienic needs and to be able to rub the parts of his body which suffer from the cold.

Claim 3

Survival suit in accordance with claim 1, built with a lower leg section (8) whose spaciousness can be altered, characterized by a leg insulation (9) which is split up vertically in order to allow for expansion so that the wearer's legs can be withdrawn from the suit legs and brought into the main body of the suit (16).

Claim 4

Survival suit in accordance with claim 2, characterized by an insulation (9) which is thicker around the head, back and legs from the knee down to the sole of the foot (FIG. 6) than on the rest of the suit (1).

Claim 5

Survival suit in accordance with claim 1, characterized by an insulation (9) which is thicker around the head, back and legs from the knee down to the sole of the foot (FIG. 6) than on the rest of the suit (1).

Claim 6

A survival suit for use by a wearer immersed in water, the survival suit comprising a garment for enclosing the body of the wearer to protect the wearer from the environment outside of the suit, the garment including an outer skin, an inner skin, an insulation layer therebetween, and expansion means for selectively altering the shape of the garment to provide either a clothes-like shape defining a set of clothes having sleeves and legs for closely fitting appendages of the wearer's body to permit the wearer to move and swim while wearing the suit or a sack-like shape defining a flexible sack surrounding the body of the wearer to permit the wearer to move his arms and legs freely within the confines of the sack while curled into a fetal position or the like and to rub the parts of his body which suffer from exposure to cold temperature.

Claim 7

A survival suit for use by a wearer immersed in water, the survival suit comprising a garment for enclosing the body of the wearer to protect the wearer from the environment outside of the suit, the garment including an outer skin, an inner skin, an insulation layer therebetween, and expansion means for selectively altering the shape of the garment to provide either a clothes-like shape defining a set of clothes having sleeves and legs for closely fitting appendages of the wearer's body to permit the wearer to move and swim while wearing the suit or a sack-like shape defining a flexible sack surrounding the body of the wearer to permit the wearer to move his arms and legs freely within the confines of the sack while curled into a fetal position or the like and to rub the parts of his body which suffer from exposure to cold temperature.

Claim 8

The survival suit of claim 5, wherein the expansion means include first bellows means for expanding the internal volume within an upper portion of the suit, and separate second bellows means for expanding the internal volume within a lower portion of the suit, the first bellows means being formed at armpit level to enable a wearer to convert the upper portion from the clothes-like shape to the sack-like shape and vice versa by withdrawing his arms from the garment sleeves and positioning them inside the flexible sack, the second bellows means being formed at hip level to enable a wearer to convert the lower portion from the clothes-like shape to the sack-like shape and vice versa by withdrawing his legs from the garment legs and positioning them inside the flexible sack.

Claim 9

The survival suit of claim 6, wherein the first bellows means includes a pair of folded webs of garment material.

Claim 10

The survival suit of claim 6, wherein the second bellows means includes a first pair of horizontally-folded webs of garment material arranged in proximity to the wearer's waist, and a second pair of vertically-folded webs of garment material extending from the wearer's waist along the wearer's legs.

Claim 11

A survival suit for use by a wearer immersed in water, the survival suit comprising a garment forenclosing the body of the wearer to protect the wearer from the environment outside of the suit, the garment incuding a torso portion, a pair of sleeve portions coupled to the torso portion, a pair of leg portions coupled to the torso portion, first bellows means for expanding the interior volume of the torso portion to permit a wearer to withdraw his arms from the sleeve portions and position them in the expanded torso portion, the first bellows means interconnecting the pair of sleeve portions and an upper side of the torso portion, and separate second bellows means for expanding the interior volume of the torso portion to permit a wearer to withdraw his legs from the leg portions to position them in the expanded torso portion, the separate second bellows means interconnecting the pair of leg portions and a lower side of the torso portion, whereby the garment is convertible from a set of protective clothes which permit a wearer to move and swim to a protective sack inside which the wearer is able to move about and rub parts of his body.

Claim 12

A survival suit for use by a wearer immersed in water, the survival suit comprising a garment forenclosing the body of the wearer to protect the wearer from the environment outside of the suit, the garment incuding a torso portion, a pair of sleeve portions coupled to the torso portion, a pair of leg portions coupled to the torso portion, first bellows means for expanding the interior volume of the torso portion to permit a wearer to withdraw his arms from the sleeve portions and position them in the expanded torso portion, the first bellows means interconnecting the pair of sleeve portions and an upper side of the torso portion, and separate second bellows means for expanding the interior volume of the torso portion to permit a wearer to withdraw his legs from the leg portions to position them in the expanded torso portion, the separate second bellows means interconnecting the pair of leg portions and a lower side of the torso portion, whereby the garment is convertible from a set of protective clothes which permit a wearer to move and swim to a protective sack inside which the wearer is able to move about and rub parts of his body.