Inflated Trunks for Safe Swimming (Dec, 1930)
Filed under: Just Weird, Nautical — @ 12:11 am
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1930
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1930
| Buy on Ebay
Inflated Trunks for Safe Swimming
AN inventor from Vienna has figured out a way whereby non-swimmers who like to go swimming in deep water may do so with perfect safety. He has perfected a water wing device, shown in the photo at the left, which amounts to a pair of inflated, airtight shorts or trunks. They are blown up by the small air pump when the swimmer is about to take to the water.
yeah right, and it helps to learn the deadmans float a lot…
Comment by roflcopter — October 25, 2007 @ 12:57 am
hahahahahahhah. I want those to be sold today! What a lot of fun watching people who can’t swim trying to keep their heads out of the water when their asses are more buoyant!
Comment by sweavo — October 25, 2007 @ 1:59 am
That has got to be REALLY uncomfortable….not to mention just plain dumb.
The flotation (as mentioned above) is all wrong – this setup would be more likely to float you with our feet out of the water than anything else.
Not such a good idea.
Alan
Comment by mrchurchill109 — October 25, 2007 @ 4:22 am
I always wondered why my invention of inflatable swimming shoes never took off….
Comment by Thundercat — October 25, 2007 @ 7:32 am
I’m just surprised nobody’s mentioned beans yet….
Comment by nlpnt — October 25, 2007 @ 7:52 am
How often do “non-swimmers” like to go swimming in deep water, anyway?
Comment by Julie — October 25, 2007 @ 1:19 pm