Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – Personal flotation device
Patent
1984-03-21
1985-11-05
Basinger, Sherman D.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Personal flotation device
441 42, B63C 916, B63C 924
Patent
active
045511063
ABSTRACT:
Life preserving equipment in the form of an elongated housing having an open side and a cover for said housing hinged at one end thereto, an inflatable member having a compressed gas cartridge including a diaphragm within the member including a cartridge puncturing pin and cooperating lever and levers carried by the housing and cover and operable upon opening of the cover to actuate the cooperating lever and force the pin into the diaphragm to permit the discharge of gas into the member for inflation thereof and a cord tethering the member to the housing.
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Basinger Sherman D.
Geoffrey, Jr. Eugene E.
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