Safety clothes

Abstract

Safety clothes includes a fabric structure having a liner fabric and a cover fabric attached to each other, and a plurality of gas-containing capsules contained in compartments, which are defined between the liner fabric and the cover fabric. Gas is sealed inside the gas-containing capsules. The reliability and the freedom of motion of safety clothes are improved.

1 . A safety clothes comprising:
 a fabric structure having a liner fabric and a cover fabric attached to each other; and   a plurality of gas-containing capsules contained in compartments, which are defined between the liner fabric and the cover fabric, wherein gas is sealed inside the gas-containing capsules.   
     
     
         2 . The safety clothes according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the gas-containing capsules is made of a synthetic resin material, with an enclosed inner space formed therein, wherein gas is sealed in the inner space. 
     
     
         3 . The safety clothes according to  claim 2 , wherein the gas-containing capsule is manufactured by forming the synthetic resin material into a predetermined shape that has the inner space through blow molding or injection molding, followed by injecting gas into the inner space, and sealing the inner space. 
     
     
         4 . The safety clothes according to  claim 2 , wherein the synthetic resin material comprises ethylene vinyl acetate. 
     
     
         5 . The safety clothes according to  claim 1 , wherein the liner fabric and the cover fabric are attached to each other intermittently at points adjacent to the gas-containing capsules in lateral and vertical directions in order to form the compartments. 
     
     
         6 . The safety clothes according to  claim 1 , wherein the compartments are formed between the liner fabric and the cover fabric, which are attached to each other in central areas, wherein each of the central areas is defined by 4 adjacent capsules of the gas-containing capsules. 
     
     
         7 . The safety clothes according to  claim 1 , wherein the gas-containing capsules have an octagonal cross-sectional shape. 
     
     
         8 . The safety clothes according to  claim 7 , wherein each of the gas-containing capsules has 8 sidewalls, wherein 4 sidewalls have a shorter lateral length, and 4 remaining sidewalls have a longer lateral length, wherein the 4 sidewalls having a shorter lateral length form corners of the gas-containing capsule. 
     
     
         9 . The safety clothes according to  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of through-holes penetrating the liner fabric and the cover fabric in central areas, each of which is defined by 4 adjacent capsules of the gas-containing capsules. 
     
     
         10 . The safety clothes according to  claim 1 , comprising a life jacket in which the gas-containing capsules act as a buoyant material.