1975-12-15
1977-04-19
Kunin, Stephen G.
9 3, 9 11R, 9 30, B63C 902
Patent
active
040179249
ABSTRACT:
Lifesaving apparatus for vessels in the form of a buoy releasably carried by a vessel in a manner so as to float free if the vessel sinks while remaining attached to the vessel by a cable held on a reel on the buoy and having its outer end connected to the vessel. The buoy includes a deck area suitable for accommodating crew members and passengers, and life raft canisters carried on the deck, the canisters containing sources of pressurized gas, so that crew members can readily remove the canisters one by one from the deck area, place these in the water, and inflate the life rafts bursting open the canisters. The deck area of the buoy acts as a loading platform which receives passengers from the sinking vessel and facilitates loading of the passengers onto the rafts which in turn are held connected to the life boat mooring line forming part of this buoy thereby preventing scattering of survivors. In addition to the life saving function, the apparatus of this invention also is useful in preventing pollution, wreck marking, marine salvage and fire fighting.
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Basinger Sherman D.
Intercontinental Marine Limited
Kunin Stephen G.
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