Life saving buoy for small vessels

Details Life saving buoy for small vessels Life saving buoy for small vessels

1975-04-22

1976-09-21

Reger, Duane A.

B03B 2152

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039810364

ABSTRACT:
A life-saving buoy for small vessels such as yachts, fishing vessels and other small watercraft, which is mounted on the deck of the vessel in such a way as to release automatically if the vessel sinks, and including both light and radio beacons which come into operation automatically to signal the position of the buoy and of survivors. The buoy is connected at all times to the vessel by means of a cable carried by the buoy, the cable paying out as the vessel sinks away from the buoy, and this allows the buoy to serve as mooring means for life-saving equipment such as dinghies, life-rafts, etc. released from the vessel. For this purpose, the buoy includes a mooring line normally stowed with the buoy, and released from the vessel with the buoy to stream out on the water away from the buoy. The buoy has a generally flat base and sides curving upwardly from the base so that the base is the widest part of the buoy, and the mooring line has an end connected to the base of the buoy inwardly from its outer rim, preferably by means of a ring which surrounds the anchoring cable at a point near to the buoy.

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