Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – Personal flotation device
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-25
2008-12-16
Avila, Stephen (Department: 3617)
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Personal flotation device
C441S113000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07465206
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a life saving apparatus which allows a wearer to readily assume a rearwardly inclined floating posture on the water surface under an inflated condition of a float body. The life saving apparatus includes a float body2configured to surround the torso of a wearer P under an inflated condition of the float body and an attaching body3to be attached to the waist of the wearer P. The float body2and the attaching body3are connected to each other at a connecting position on the back side of the wearer's P body via an extension member5having a predetermined length. The float body2and the attaching body3are connected, with a shorter inter-distance than the predetermined length of the extension member5, at a position forwardly of the connecting position on the back side of the wearer's P body.
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Avila Stephen
Takashina Life Preservers Co., Ltd.
The Webb Law Firm
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