Floatee: The Revolutionary Anti-Drowning T-Shirt for Children Designed in Occitania Now Available at Orchestra Stores

Everything is accelerating to accelerating in recent weeks to Philippe Rouvier et Thibaut Chouletthe two Occitan engineers behind the project Floateethe anti-drowning t-shirt for child. After a remarkable appearance on the show “Who wants to be my partner” at the start of the year, the two Tarnais saw their invention take off in a few months.

Following this appearance in the program broadcast on M6, orders for this revolutionary t-shirt literally exploded… before the consecration and obtaining of the gold medal at the Lépine international Paris competition. Just that !

A revolutionary t-shirt

Truly innovative solution for saving young lives, the Floatee t-shirt inflates in less than three seconds in the water in the event of a fall or unsupervised swimming. Thanks to this life jacket, the child is then turned over on its back in order to avoid drowning.

With this idea, the two ingenious women who met on the banks of theNational Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Toulouse literally hit the bullseye with this invention.

As a reminder, in France, “accidental drownings are responsible each year for approximately 1,000 deaths (including about 400 during the summer period) which makes it the leading cause of death by accident in everyday life among people under 25 years old”, according to the Ministry of the Sea. Every year, in Occitania and elsewhere, very young children are affected, especially in private swimming pools.

A large brand will distribute Floatee

The next step for Floatee is obviously greater marketing, in physique and not only on the web. From June 12, Orchestra will be one of the first signs to market the t-shirt. Three stores will be affected initially: those of Saint-Aunes (Herault), from Nimes (Gards) and Toulon (Was).

It will also be possible to obtain one of the Floatee references on the website of the brand reserved for the world of children.

The Floatee anti-UV t-shirt with the inflatable system (refill included) is on sale at 149€ at Orchestra. The additional refill to reactivate the t-shirt after a first triggering is on sale at 29€. It is also possible to buy the t-shirt alone, without the inflatable lung system or the refill (useful when one of the t-shirts needs to be washed or if the child grows from year to year ).

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