Signals and indicators – Indicators – By location
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-26
2001-01-30
Hirshfeld, Andrew H. (Department: 2859)
Signals and indicators
Indicators
By location
C116SDIG008
Reexamination Certificate
active
06178915
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a emergency rescue aid system and more particularly pertains to increasing the safety of outdoor enthusiasts who may be at risk of being lost or injured in remote areas.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of rescue aids of known designs and configurations is known in the prior art. More specifically, rescue aids of known designs and configurations heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of reducing the risk of people in perilous situations are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which has been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,721,983 to Sherer discloses a Signal Balloon. International Application Number PCT/BR78/000002 to Vitali discloses an Emergency Rescue Balloon Kit. U.S. Pat. No. 3,154,050 to Hanson discloses an Emergency Signal Apparatus. U.S. Pat. No. 5,262,768 to Florer discloses a Rescue Beacon Apparatus. Lastly, U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 335,468 to Cumming discloses a Balloon Distress Signal Kit.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe emergency rescue aid system as described herein.
In this respect, the emergency rescue aid system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of increasing the safety of outdoor enthusiasts who may be at risk of being lost or injured in remote areas.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved emergency rescue aid system which can be used for increasing the safety of outdoor enthusiasts who may be at risk of being lost or injured in remote areas. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of rescue aids of known designs and configurations now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved emergency rescue aid system. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved emergency rescue aid system and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises an emergency rescue aid system adapted to be carried by outdoor enthusiasts who may be at risk of being lost or injured in remote areas. The system comprises, in combination a waistpack having an open interior with a removable flap and a waistband attached thereto for coupling with a user. The system also includes a pair of balloons positioned within the waistpack. Each balloon has in association therewith a nylon netting positionable therearound and each balloon has indicia thereon of a reflective material to indicate help is needed. A halogen or strobe light is positioned within the waistpack and positionable on the upper extent of each balloon. A reel of wire is provided and has a central electrical power cable, an exterior woven wire and an intermediate electrically insulating shield. The wire is about 500 feet in length and is adapted to couple at its upper end the light and to be supported on the reel at its lower end. A pair of helium containers are positioned on the waistpack, each helium container adapted to fill one balloon to effect its rising upon being inflated. A pair of batteries are positioned within the waistpack. Each battery is adapted to be coupled to the lower end of the power cable for illuminating the light when the balloon is raised. A pair of extra lightbulbs are positioned within the waistpack adapted to be utilized within the light.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an emergency rescue aid system which has all of the advantages of the prior art rescue aids of known designs and configurations and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved emergency rescue aid system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved emergency rescue aid system which is of durable and reliable constructions.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved emergency rescue aid system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such emergency rescue aid system economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a emergency rescue aid system for increasing the safety of outdoor enthusiasts who may be at risk of being lost or injured in remote areas.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved emergency rescue aid system including a waistpack having an open interior with a removable flap and a waistband attached thereto for coupling with a user. At least balloon is positioned within the waistpack. Each balloon includes a netting positionable therearound. A light is positioned within the waistpack and is positionable on the upper extent of each balloon. A reel of wire is provided. The wire having a central electrical power cable, an exterior woven wire and an intermediate electrically insulating shield, adapted to couple at its upper end the light and to be supported on the reel at its lower end. At least one helium container is positioned on the waistpack. The helium container being adapted to fill at least one balloon to effect its rising upon being inflated.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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