An inflatable flotation device having a reaction chamber with reactants that generate gas when mixed, said reactants being separated by a barrier assembly; an activating mechanism adapted to remove or puncture the barrier assembly such that said reactants mix; and an inflatable compartment fluidly connected to the reaction chamber by means of a pressure sensitive passageway, adapted to open only when the pressure of the gas in said reaction chamber exceeds a predetermined threshold. This ensures that most of the reactants are used up to generate gas before the gas enters the inflatable chamber, thus preventing scattering of the reactants. Some implementations have a reaction chamber without a barrier assembly, comprising reactants that generate gas when mixed with water and an activating mechanism adapted to expose the reactants to water. A variety of manual or automatic mechanisms may be employed to activate the reaction and inflate the device.

The smart inflatable swimwear gets involved in the swimwear technology area. The smart inflatable swimwear is composed of the body, gasbags, air tubes, gas cylinder, gas needle, prober, bandages, power cord and caution light. The gasbags are mounted on both sides of the front side of the body of the described swimwear which also has gasbags on the middle of the back side. The gas cylinder is mounted on the body of the swimwear on the back side under the described gasbags. The described gas cylinder is connected to the gasbags on the back side through the air tube. The described gasbags on the back side are connected to the ones on the front side through the air tube.

Disclosed is a wet suit, including: an upper jacket 100 for, putted on an upper body of a user, injecting or discharging air into an interior by the user's operation or a predetermined operation; a pair of lower pants 200 putted on a lower body of the user; and a propulsive generation portion 300 for, detachably putted on a waist of the user, generating a self-propulsive force according to the user's operation or a predetermined operation to generates a propulsive force for pushing water to a rear direction of the user.

An environmental protection garment for use during water activities includes a wetsuit. A plurality of bladders, a receiver, a transmitter, and a controller are coupled to the wetsuit. An inflation unit coupled to the wetsuit and fluidically coupled to the plurality of bladders. The receiver is global position system enabled. The controller is operationally coupled to the inflation unit, the receiver, and the transmitter. The controller is positioned to selectively actuate the inflation unit to inflate the bladders to increase a buoyancy of a user. The controller is positioned to selectively actuate the receiver to receive location coordinates and the transmitter to transmit the location coordinates and a distress signal.

Described herein is a garment (e.g., pants, underpants, shorts, headgear, a skullcap, a glove, socks, shoes, a vest, a jacket, a shirt, an undershirt, an undergarment, or a full body suit) that can be worn by a wearer (e.g., military or civilian law enforcement personnel, an emergency first responder, or a dog) that includes inflatable bladders. When activated, the bladders of the garment inflate, thereby providing an increase in buoyancy to the wearer of the garment, e.g., while swimming.

A floatation apparel system for discreetly providing buoyancy includes a garment being worn by a user while engaged in aquatic activities. The garment includes a plurality of body apertures having a portion of a person's body extending through. Each body aperture has a perimeter edge, and at least one tubular ring is attached to the garment and is co-extensive with one of the body apertures. Furthermore, at least one tubular ring is buoyant in water.

A rain bib garment is provided, wherein the rain bib garment includes buoyant elements that may be employed so that a wearer may float in water, should the need arise, and further includes means for providing a substantially water-tight seal between the rain bib and a wearer at an upper portion of the rain bib.

A wader garment is provided, wherein the wader garment includes buoyant elements that may be employed so that a wearer may float in water, should the need arise, and further includes means for providing a substantially water-tight seal between the waders and a wearer at an upper portion of the waders. The wader garment may also include drainage valves on the leg portions to drain water from waders, if necessary, as well as a urination valve that may be in an open position or a closed position.

An environmental protection garment for use during water activities includes a wetsuit. A plurality of bladders, a receiver, a transmitter, and a controller are coupled to the wetsuit. An inflation unit coupled to the wetsuit and fluidically coupled to the plurality of bladders. The receiver is global position system enabled. The controller is operationally coupled to the inflation unit, the receiver, and the transmitter. The controller is positioned to selectively actuate the inflation unit to inflate the bladders to increase a buoyancy of a user. The controller is positioned to selectively actuate the receiver to receive location coordinates and the transmitter to transmit the location coordinates and a distress signal.

A floatation apparel system for discreetly providing buoyancy includes a garment being worn by a user while engaged in aquatic activities. The garment includes a plurality of body apertures having a portion of a person's body extending through. Each body aperture has a perimeter edge, and at least one tubular ring is attached to the garment and is co-extensive with one of the body apertures. Furthermore, at least one tubular ring is buoyant in water.