Patents by Inventor Michel Piel

Michel Piel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Life-saving garment
    Patent number: 4017926
    Abstract: A life-saving garment for a person in water comprising a capacious sack integrally formed with legs, sleeves and a hood and open at one end to permit entry by the wearer. An inflatable pocket is hinged at its upper edge to the exterior of the front portion of the garment so as to be swingable about an axis substantially parallel to the line of the shoulders of the wearer, whereby the pocket when inflated can swing to a position keeping the head of the wearer above water regardless of the position of the wearer in the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Societe Industrielles des Establissements Piel
    Inventor: Michel Piel