idea & engineering - Valery Graznov
design & visualization - Katerina Semenko
USLON
Swimwear with Numerous Air Capsules Guarding against Drowning.
Every year thousands people drown in water when they swim! Each of them would remain alive if he wore a life-vest. But nobody bathes in it. A life-vest serves for other purposes – to rescue people when ships are wrecked. It is very bulky and its buoyancy (about 15 kg) is too big.
But every person when he swims is dressed in a bathing suit. It can be his saving device!
The matter is that when the person takes a breath, it becomes unsinkable. The specific weight of his body at this moment is 0.96 – 0.98. But when the person does an exhalation, the specific weight of his body will increase 1.03 – 1.05. If he doesn't make the next breath, he will drown. If the body of the adult receives 2-3 kg of additional buoyancy, he will never drown.
It can achieve if to place dozen of rubber tubes on a bathing suit belt. Besides, additional air can be placed in bubbles between two layers of polyethylene.
Such swimwear can be designed for children and adults, women and men.
ADVANTAGES:
1. This saving device always on a body. It looks as a usual swimwear.
2. Air has smaller density, than other materials (cork, made foam polymers)
3. Air is in tubes and bubbles with an atmospheric pressure.
4. This saving device shouldn't be pumped up.
5. This saving device consists of a lot of separate balloons. Therefore it isn't threatened by punctures.
4. This saving device shouldn't be pumped up.
5. This saving device consists of a lot of separate balloons. Therefore it isn't threatened by punctures.
