An inflatable neck pillow is disclosed comprising a generally C-shaped inflatable pillow that approximates the shape of a human neck, wherein the pillow includes an air valve for inflating and deflating the same and means for securing the pillow within the compartment of a garment with a stowable hood. The pillow preferably has an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is longer than the lower portion, with an indentation or narrower portion between such that the pillow remains securely in place when inserted into the storage compartment of a garment collar.

A system and method for providing lumbar support to a human spine is described. The system is compact, concealed, and carried within a garment of a user. The system includes a garment with an integrated pouch, an inflatable bladder, a pump, a valve, and a hose. The garment's pouch is located adjacent to the lower back of the user when the user is seated. The bladder is configured to support the lumbar of the spine while contained in the pouch. The hose allows passage of air between the pump and the bladder. The pump is contained inside a pocket in the garment. The valve regulates air pressure in the bladder. The bladder, pump, valve, and hose are detachable and removable from the garment.

The present application discloses a headwear with the inflatable cushion including a main body and the inflatable cushion. The inflatable cushion is coupled to the main body. The main body includes a top portion, a right side portion, a left side portion and a rear portion. The inflatable cushion is coupled to the right side portion, the left side portion and the rear portion. The jacket with the inflatable cushion including a clothing and the headwear is also disclosed. The main body is coupled to the clothing. Methods for wearing the headwear and the jacket are also disclosed.

A wearable airbag device for protecting the hip of a wearer includes an airbag that is formed of a sheet material having flexibility and is adapted to be put on a circumference of the pelvis of the wearer. The airbag is inflatable with an inflation gas. The airbag includes: a mounting portion that is adapted to be disposed at a region to be wrapped around the pelvis at airbag deployment; two protecting portions each of which is configured to extend downward from the mounting portion and cover an outer side of a targeted body part of the wearer at airbag deployment, the targeted body part being left and right trochanters of femurs; and a means for suppressing each of the protecting portions from expanding and floating away from the targeted body part at the lower end at deployment of the protecting portion.

Provided is a neck supporter which is easy to use and which can reliably support the head of the wearer. The neck supporter includes an elongated main body providing said air-bag; an air injection valve that is provided in said main body to enable the air to be injected into said air-bag or discharged therefrom; connection sections (e.g., loops and hooks) that are provided on opposite surfaces in a vicinity of opposite ends of said main body to connect said opposite surfaces to each other; and a plurality of retaining portions (e.g., thermal compression bonding portions and through-holes) that are provided dispersedly as dots in series in a longitudinal direction of said main body to provide bonded portions between a front surface and a back surface of said main body.

Body protection padding with non-bursting gas cells preferably includes at least one base shell, an inside gas cell impact layer and an outside gas cell impact layer. The gas is preferably air, but could be any other suitable gas, such as pure nitrogen or argon. Body protection padding includes shoulder-chest pads, knee pads, hip pads, thigh pads and any other type of sports protective padding. The gas cells in the inside and outside gas cell impact layers do not burst upon impact. The at least one base shell is typically used in the body protection padding. Each gas cell layer includes a plurality of gas cells created between two plastic sheets. The inside and outside gas cell impact layers may be permanently or removably attached.

A garment comprising an inflatable protective device. The inflatable protective device includes at least one inflatable bag, an inflator unit designed for inflating the at least one inflatable bag, sensors designed for monitoring the user's body for detecting shocks or unexpected movements, and a control unit designed for processing the data provided by the sensors and for activating the inflator unit if, on the basis of the data received by the sensors, a danger situation is identified. The control unit includes storing means containing at least two different setup parameter sets and/or firmwares of the control unit for controlling the activation of the inflator unit. The control unit is further provided with selecting means for selecting one of the said at least two different setup parameter sets and/or firmwares. Also a method for adjusting the operational modes of the inflatable protective device of the garment.

A garment worn on the upper body is provided with a back support system that can be selectively actuated as needed, and otherwise remains relatively unobtrusive when not actuated. The back support system includes a selectively inflatable and deflatable air bladder positioned at a desired location on a rear part of the garment opposite a portion of the wearer's back that needs support. Preferably, the air bladder is disposed within a pocket or compartment, preferably defined on an interior side of the garment, thereby leaving the exterior of the garment relatively unaltered in a visual sense. In a particular example, the air bladder of the present invention has a physical configuration designed to support specific portions of the spinal column as well as adjoining musculature.

Different safety gear for the head, face, and body are disclosed with an outer shell made of a flexible antiballistics material or aramid fiber based fabric, an inflatable chamber adjacent to or integrated into the outer shell, a valve coupled to the inflatable chamber, and energy absorbing structures. The inflatable chamber extends across the outer shell and provides a first layer protecting the wearer from impact energy. The inflatable chamber has an internal cavity that expands in response to injection of air or liquid through the valve. The energy absorbing structures provide a second layer supplementing the first layer of the inflatable chamber protecting the wearer from the impact energy. The energy absorbing structures are compressible bars, tubes, rods, or ribs or rubber or high-density polyurethane foam extending against the inflatable chamber and compressing in response to the impact energy transferring from the outer shell or the inflatable chamber.

Inflatable undergarment with an inflatable bladder to provide protection and comfort has a fabric garment portion. A rear area of the undergarment further includes an integral air bladder. The bladder covers the buttocks area and is selectively inflated using a manual pump located near the waistband of the undergarment. The bladder system further includes a release valve that allows air to be released from the device.