Personal armor for an individual wearing a safety helmet having a chin strap comprising: 1. A substantially rigid, molded, torso-enclosing body portion, with openings for the hips, arms and head, secured to the wearer by leg, pelvic, and shoulder straps, and with cushions secured to the body portion at the hips and back of the wearer, the body portion having a front and rear skirt to protect the lower portion of the wearer's torso. 2. A hood portion extending upward at the back and sides of the ...

A tone modulated transmitter and a pair of radio receiver circuits provide a personal locator which can transmit emergency distress signals and can receive signals which are used to indicate the direction from which the signals are being received. The locator is small enough to be carried in a pocket or connected to the pants belt of a user.

A personal alarm device which provides for both intermittent actuation of a personal alarm as well as irreversible actuation of such alarm by the provision of multiple actuation modes including a positive displacement device which is lever and spring controlled to move a pin within the device out of restraining engagement with an alarm actuator mechanism in a manner which will prevent deactivation of the alarm by return of the pin to its previous position.

A personal lubricant which is not contraceptive, does not impede sperm motility and may contain healing ingredients.

Apparatus for providing humans with a breathing zone of high humidity. The apparatus comprises a face mask, including an absorbent pad, and means for supplying water, with or without added medication, to the face mask.

A personal sled or luge is provided for use by an individual for sledding on snow or ice. The sled comprises a one piece jacket having front and back portions which is adapted to fit over the torso of a sledder. The jacket is open at its upper end to permit a sledder to be able to draw the jacket upwardly about his or her torso. The jacket further includes a crotch portion at its lower end which defines a pair of leg holes for accommodating the sledder's legs. A pair of arm holes are provided fo...

A personal webbing system includes a novel coupling for connecting components of the system. For each two components to be connected, one of the components has at least two apertures through it, spaced apart a fixed distance. The other component is equipped with a hooking element having a resilient base and a pair of hooks projecting from the base. The spacing of the hooks is such as to permit the insertion of the hooks into the apertures when the base is flexed and to retain the hooks in the ap...

A portable personal alarm which has a small size and achieves high sound levels utilizes the overdriving of a miniature buzzer. In order to reduce the likelihood of damage to the buzzer and create a more terrifying and noticeable sound, the alarm tone is pulsed.

A current detector for detecting the high frequency current flowing in a conductor includes a coil of high resistivity material wound around an non-ferromagnetic core. The coil is arranged in a substantially closed loop configuration around the conductor carrying the current to be measured. The ratio of the winding spacing to the cross sectional area of the coil is maintained constant over the length of the winding. A shield of high resistivity material surrounds the coil and is spaced from the ...

A hand held personal alarm incorporating a high intensity light and loud horn and further incorporating a plurality of switches that are located a distance apart that prevents their actuation by the digits of a single hand or by pressing the alarm against a single surface. The switches provide the only means of deactivating the alarm once activated. An alternative embodiment includes a timing circuit that prevents deactivation of the alarm for a set period after activation. Both schemes prevent ...