Preserver, life
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- OBJECT TYPE
- vest/inflatable/adult
- DATE
- 1942
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0320.001
- MANUFACTURER
- United States Rubber Co.
- MODEL
- B-4
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- life jacket
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Buff-colour fabric [canvas ?) backed rubber vest has silver metal clips, buckles and other minor fittings; woven fibre [canvas ?] straps; buff-colour rubber toggles on dark brown/black woven fabric cord; short length of black rubber with silver metal connector visible within sealed clear synthetic bag housing vest.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 45.5 cm
- Height
- 8.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- United States Rubber
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This example mfd. for use Sept. 23, 1942; appears little/never used.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Provides buoyancy to keep wearer afloat; designed to keep wearer's head above water if wounded or unconscious. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "VEST; LIFE PRESERVER, TYPE B-4/ SPECIFICATION NO. 3135/ DATE OF MFR. SEP 23 1942/ CONTRACT- W- 535-AC-29299 (8376)/ UNITED STATES RUBBER CO./ [PROPERTY]/ [illegible] U.S. ARMY/ [inspection stamp- "AN/ XA2 " [?]" stamped in black ink on vest front.
- Missing
- Unknown: appears complete.
- Finish
- Buff-colour fabric [canvas ?) backed rubber vest has silver metal clips, buckles and other minor fittings; woven fibre [canvas ?] straps; buff-colour rubber toggles on dark brown/black woven fabric cord; short length of black rubber with silver metal connector visible within sealed clear synthetic bag housing vest.
- Decoration
- N/A
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United States Rubber Co., Preserver, life, 1942, Artifact no. 2000.0320, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0320.001/
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